Tag Archives: EU

MyKolab.com: Building the Open Source Cloud service that was missing

Posted on 9. August, 2013 by Georg Greve

In January this year we started the MyKolab beta phase and last week we finally moved it to its production environment, just in time for the Swiss national day. This seemed oddly fitting since the Swiss national day celebrates its … Continue reading →

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Life post-PRISM: Politics and Power Struggles

Posted on 22. July, 2013 by Georg Greve

Following the disclosures about details on how the United States and other countries are monitoring the world there has been a global discussion about this subject that’s been long overdue. In previous articles I tried to put together what actually … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Post-PRISM Society: A primer.

Posted on 1. July, 2013 by Georg Greve

Questions of privacy, security and control have occupied me for a long time, both personally and professionally. In fact it was a significant aspect of my decision to switch focus from the Free Software Foundation Europe to Kolab Systems: I … Continue reading →

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Oral intervention by FSFE to CDIP/3

Posted on 30. April, 2009 by Georg Greve

[ PDF version ] FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE (FSFE) STATEMENT TO THE 3rd SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (CDIP/3) (Geneva, 27 April – 1 May 2009) Mr Chairman, On behalf of the Free Software Foundation Europe … Continue reading →

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FSFE’s written submission to WIPO CDIP/3

Posted on 30. April, 2009 by Georg Greve

[PDF version] FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE (FSFE) STATEMENT TO THE 3rd SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (CDIP/3) (Geneva, 27 April – 1 May 2009) Mr Chairman, On behalf of the Free Software Foundation Europe please allow … Continue reading →

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The case for a World Innovation Policy Organisation

Posted on 14. April, 2009 by Georg Greve

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 →

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Considerations on Innovation and Competition Policy

Posted on 31. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

[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 →

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Some pointers on European Software Strategy, WIPO and further reading

Posted on 15. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

It’s been one of “those” months. Again. First and foremost, the European Software Strategy has taken up a lot of time and energy for myself and others in FSFE. Having been invited to contribute our expertise to the process of … Continue reading →

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Why the Commission is doing the right thing on antitrust

Posted on 10. February, 2009 by Georg Greve

Previously on “European Commission Antitrust”… Free Software Foundation Europe has been supporting the European Commission’s DG Competition in its antitrust work since 2001, when it first offered its expertise to the former Competition Commissioner Mario Monti. In 2003 it brought … Continue reading →

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Topic of 2009: Interoperability

Posted on 9. February, 2009 by Georg Greve

It seems the topic of 2008 will also be the key topic of 2009. This is hardly surprising. Interoperability is at the connecting point of innovation and standardisation, of Free Software and proprietary software, of SME’s and large enterprises, and … Continue reading →

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