Tag Archives: FSF

Changes in FSFE: Time to pass on the torch

Posted on 24. June, 2009 by Georg Greve

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) was conceived in early 2000, pregnancy took about a year, and in early 2001 my decision to make the creation and success of Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) my first and foremost priority in life … Continue reading →

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It’s time for the community to take charge of its brand

Posted on 4. June, 2009 by Georg Greve

There are a couple of “beginner’s mistakes” when thinking about Free Software in general and its commercial application, in particular. One is to believe there was a substantial difference in the software referred to by the terms “Free Software” and … Continue reading →

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FSFLA liberates tax declaration in Brazil

Posted on 28. April, 2007 by Georg Greve

As featured in my March entry “When governments mandate proprietary software,” Brazil had mandated that all citizens file their tax declaration with a proprietary program distributed by the government. Alexandre Oliva of FSFLA, FSFE‘s sister organisation in Latin America, reverse … Continue reading →

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Back from GPLv3 conference in Tokyo, Japan

Posted on 27. November, 2006 by Georg Greve

Today is my first day back in office after the GPLv3 conference in Tokyo, Japan. Great thanks and compliments go to the Free Software Initiative Japan (FSIJ) for organising such a professional and interesting conference in Akihabara, where dead geeks … Continue reading →

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Back from Day against DRM Protest in Zürich

Posted on 3. October, 2006 by Georg Greve

An exciting day is coming to an end now. You can read a short account of our Day against DRM protest in downtown Zürich on my other blog on DRM.info, so I won’t repeat the same story here, but I … Continue reading →

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DAY AGAINST DRM: Launch of DRM.info, the DRM awareness portal

Posted on 3. October, 2006 by Georg Greve

To describe the past weeks running up on 3 October as hectic would be a major understatement. Within very short time, a group of dedicated FSFE people put together a collaborative effort among digital liberty, new media, consumer protection and … Continue reading →

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Piracy redefined, and other gems from Helsinki

Posted on 25. September, 2006 by Georg Greve

End of last week I found myself at a seminar of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) in Helsinki, Finland. The seminar was titled "IPR Protection of Software: Copyright, Patent and/or Open Source?" and sponsors were in … Continue reading →

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Freedom Day at the Free Software Forum

Posted on 21. April, 2006 by Georg Greve

Today is day three of the Free Software Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which is undoubtedly one of the best Free Software conferences on this planet — and a very busy time for everyone present. Besides many meetings and discussions … Continue reading →

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Debian: GNU FDL without invariant sections is Free

Posted on 12. March, 2006 by Georg Greve

Ever since it was first released there was a very controversial discussion about the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) by some people of the Debian Project. The escalation did not end before some people repeatedly asked to remove all DFSG … Continue reading →

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Meeting of FSFE’s Spanish Team in Miraflores de la Sierra

Posted on 4. March, 2006 by Georg Greve

Thanks to snow chaos in Munich, I spent most of yesterday on planes and airports to finally get to the beautiful Spanish town Miraflores de la Sierra, home of FSFE’s Spanish associate organisation, the Free Knowledge Foundation (FKF) who organised … Continue reading →

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