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A German court held Skype responsible for having failed to meet GPL terms
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following a complained filed by gpl-violations.org which holds the copyright for parts of the Linux kernel, the Munich District Court found Skype in infringement of the General Public Licence (GPL) terms. Skype offered SMC WSKP100 VoIP telephone produced by the Spanish manufacturer SMC Networks, running with Linux, […]
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Italian Government criticized by the Free Software Association
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After filing a case to the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio against the Italian Ministry of Work for launching a call for tenders where only Microsoft software was considered as eligible, Italian NGO Assoli (Associazione Software Libero) is criticizing again its Government. The problem arose when the […]
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Romanian open source community gets together
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Probably the most important conference in Romania on open source and free software took place at the end of the last week – on 18-19 May 2007 in Brasov. The eLiberatica 2007 conference was organized by a new group of IT specialists called Romanian Open Source and […]
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Free software needs to be considered in Italian public acquisitions
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the case filed by Associazione per il Software Libero (Assoli – Association for Free Software) to the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio-Rome, the Italian Ministry of Work and Social Politics has withdrawn the call for tenders for Microsoft Licences. The Department of Technological Innovation of the […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU. Final Report. (20.11.2006) http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf
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The Role of OSS for the Development of Information Society
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The conference “The Role of Open Source Software for the Development of Information Society” was held in Yerevan, capital of Armenia from 31 October to 1 November 2006. The conference aimed at the exchange of experience in open source promotion policy and in the use of open […]
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OSS Watch Survey 2006
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) OSS Watch performed a survey during February and March 2006 on UK Higher Education and Further Education institutions with the purpose to get an image of the present situation of open source software (OSS) in the target group. A comparison was made with the previous similar report […]
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Creative Communities and Consumers in TACD Conference
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) TACD (Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogues) organized a conference under the title “New Relationships Between Creative Communities and Consumers” in Paris on 19-20 June 2006. Participants represented a wide range of interests, including both artists’ and consumers’ organizations, but also WIPO and the European Commission. Several panels explored problems […]
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New appeal Microsoft against European Commission
Microsoft has launched a second appeal case against the anti-trust decision by the European Commission in March 2004. On 10 August 2005 Microsoft filed a new complaint at the European Court of Justice (First Instance) in Luxembourg, asking for annulment of the decision to open up the Windows source code enough to create interoperability and […]
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Creative Commons festival in Spain
From 15 to 17 July there will be a (freely accessible) festival on copyleft and creative commons in Barcelona, with talks by Lawrence Lessig, Wikipedia, Cory Doctorow and John Perry Barlow and plenty of workshops, screenings and presentations in the CCCB (Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre). The festival is devoted to the exploration of non-restrictive alternatives […]
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ISOC Bulgaria criticises report US Trade Representative
EDRI-member ISOC Bulgaria has sent an angry letter in May 2005 to the US Trade Representative about grave errors in their recent Special 301 Report. The Bulgarian organisation defends the Bulgarian government for its attempts to solve the problems with the illegal usage of software, music and films. In the 5-page letter, also sent to […]
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Council of Europe declaration on human rights and Internet
On 13 May 2005 the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a declaration on human rights and Internet that was prepared by a special committee of academic experts and government representatives. According to the press release, “the declaration is the first international attempt to draw up a framework on the issue and breaks ground […]
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