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(2008-08-17) 'Who Owns Free Software? The Copyright and Patent Debate' speech
at OSiM World, Berlin
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| Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a speech
| entitled 'Free Software licenses and other questions' at OSiM World at Berlin
| on the 17th of August. This talk will examine question of ownership, the goal
| of owning creative work, benefits to consumers and the community and the
| relationship between ownership and Free Software licences.
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http://www.fsfeurope.org/events/#2008-08-17-2008-08-17
There's waking up:
European Commission publishes draft of interoperability framework
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| The European Commission's Directorate-General for Informatics has published a
| proposal – PDF file – for a revised framework to promote interoperability in
| e-government services. In the revision of the European Interoperability
| Framework (EIF), Brussels calls for open standards to be used in public
| administration, arguing that open standards lower the bar for market entry,
| promote competition, increase quality, widen choice and lower prices. It goes
| on to point out that open standards also ensure access to information and
| services and argues that public administration benefits because public
| officials have to keep control of the standards and technical specifications
| used.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/European-Commission-publishes-draft-of-interoperability-framework--/111130
http://tinyurl.com/5d8ypm
Related:
FSFE calls on Microsoft to release interoperability information without
restrictions
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| Microsoft is the last company that actively promotes the use of software
| patents to restrict interoperability. This kind of behaviour has no place in
| an Internet society where all components should connect seamlessly regardless
| of their origin," says Georg Greve, president of the Free Software Foundation
| Europe.
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http://fsfeurope.org/news/2008/news-20080228-01.en.html
FSFE concerned about quality of standardisation process
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| Today the International Standards Organisation (ISO) approved
| Microsoft's Office OpenXML format as ISO/IEC standard 29500 despite
| severe technical and legal concerns with the specification that have
| been raised by various parties.
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| "FSFE published its 'Six questions to national standardisation bodies'
| before the September 2nd vote last year. [1] Considering the statements
| about progress made on MS-OOXML, one would have hoped that at least one
| of these questions enjoyed a satisfactory response," states FSFE's
| German Deputy country coordinator Matthias Kirschner.
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http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2008q2/000206.html
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