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Spammed by Kofi Annan?
Being on dozens of mailing lists with several email addresses that have been in use since the mid-90s and a column that has been translated in up to 10 languages — most of which I do not speak, some of … Continue reading
Leaving Tunis
After a short "last-minute one-person drafting session" to find some language on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Free Software and Open Access for the PCT Working Group to go into the Civil Society statement last night, I’ve again endured the bus … Continue reading
SchoolNet Jets make “FYOOOSHH!”
Did you know that there is a group of superheros operating in Nambibia that fly cool VTOL harrier-like jets to install computer labs with Free Software in schools in Namibia? Neither did I until I stumbled upon the WSIS booth … Continue reading
Will we one day have a World Intellectual Wealth Organisation?
Besides spreading the word about how Free Software was censored from the "Vienna Conclusions on ICT & Creativity", I also participated in a panel on the ongoing World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reform: As you may know from Karstens Blog, … Continue reading
Article: WSIS and the Software Challenge
Wolfgang Kleinwächter asked me to write about "WSIS and the Software Challenge" for the UN ICT Task Force Series 8 (2005): "The World Summit on the Information Society — Moving from the Past into the Future" It was edited by … Continue reading
The Vienna Conclusion: Sponsorship+Politics=Influence
In June 2005, the Austrian government has been holding a very high-level conference on "ICT & Creativity" as part of the WSIS process. The dignitaries included Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Director-General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNIDO Carlos Magarinos … Continue reading
WSIS blog aggregation
FYI: there is a blog aggregation project online at http://www.wsisblogs.org. You will find more details on people in hunger strike, on repression and on the internet governance issues, as well as side-events that are taking place here. And I just … Continue reading
Business as usual: secret service, rfid, repression
The Tunisian government is deadly afraid of Civil Society. There is no other explanation for what is going on here in Tunis. And since I assume that most of you have never had first-hand experience of this kind, let me … Continue reading
Off to Tunis
I am aware that I am likely to get the "luxury version" of Tunis, and unlike Tunisian people won’t have anything to fear from speaking my mind — also because that is what "THE FAQ" says. I still have to … Continue reading
It’s official: Going to Tunis
As many of you may know, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is taking place 16. to 18. November in Tunis. To this point, Free Software Foundation Europe has been very active in the WSIS so … Continue reading
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