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The case for a World Innovation Policy Organisation
Good innovation policy requires understanding of the regulatory impact of each policy instrument individually, as well as knowledge about the interaction of different instruments. It is therefore necessary to look at the whole spectrum available within each instrument, as well … Continue reading
Posted in DG INFSO, European Union, IDABC, Open Standards, United Nations, WIPO
Tagged Articles, EU, Free Software, Innovation, Interoperability, Open Standards, Politics, UN, WIPO
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Considerations on Innovation and Competition Policy
[PDF version, paper providing input to the workshop “Technical Regulation of the Internet : From Standardization to Behavorial and Societal Norms” ] — by Georg C. F. Greve Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) Innovation is the process of applying new … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, European Union, Open Standards
Tagged Antitrust, Articles, Business, Conference, EU, Innovation, Interoperability, Open Standards, Politics, SWPAT, UN
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LWN.net: The road to freedom in the embedded world
I wrote an article for LWN.net about the status of Free Software in the embedded world and where we need to intensify our efforts. For your convenience, I’m mirroring the article here, as well: The road to freedom in the … Continue reading
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Netzpolitik-Interview: Sechs Jahre Free Software Foundation Europe
For all Fellows capable of reading German, Netzpolitik.org,a favorit source of news about the social and political issues in the knowledge society, has an interview with me on the occasion of six years Free Software Foundation Europe. Vor sechs Jahren … Continue reading
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OpenXML wrap-up after D12K
Publication of my article "Novells Danaergeschenk" on Groklaw.net has spurred quite some interesting reactions, like this interview with the Futurezone of the ORF, Austria’s national public-service broadcaster, titled "Streit ums Dateiformat der Zukunft" ("Controversy about the file format of the … Continue reading
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Novells “Danaergeschenk”
The following article has just gone up on Groklaw, one of my favorite news sources, and is mirrored here for convenience. Permanent URLs for this article are: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061208135621706 http://www.fsfe.org/fellows/greve/freedom_bits/novells_danaergeschenk German is an interesting language, and many of its words … Continue reading
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Lifting the veil on DRM in different ways
[ The following article was first posted on DRM.info. It is copied here for the convenience of readers of the Fellowship. ] In the entire discussion on Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) there are multiple problems that prevent broader discussion and … Continue reading
Copyright perspectives: obligation to publish and DRM?
There have been a couple of interesting articles and statements regarding Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) that I would like to share with you and comment on. One was a blog entry by Shane, titled "DRM is not evil. People are … Continue reading
When doing good does bad
I am a fan of critical analysis and thinking, of going beyond and below superficial appearances and "what everybody knows." And in some cases, such articles dare to be questioning what most people take for granted based on nothing but … Continue reading
Tagged Articles, Church of IPR, Microsoft, UN, WIPO
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The Latin American experience
This trip is taking longer than it should. The connection was crappy as they get: Swissair to Zurich, Iberia to Madrid, and then on to Buenos Aires. Including the two 2-3 hour waiting sessions, the slightly delayed 13hrs flight to … Continue reading