[rohrpost] FFII/Greens workshop on software patents + free so

[Volker Grassmuck]

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*14-15 April 2004 : Brussels

*Conferences and LUG in Brussels - European Parliament, chaired by Dany
Cohn-Bendit MEP

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* http://plone.ffii.org/events/2004/bxl04

* http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda*

* http://laurence.domainepublic.net

Most legal frameworks related to new technologies are cooked up in Brussels.
Get your foot in the European Parliament's door and show that you care -
right before the election. Its future Members will decide on the
patentability of software, on data privacy issues, TPRM, and so on,
join an install party within parliament (and bring your favourite MEP
with you), attend a panel with Alan Cox, Georg Greve, Jon Lech
Johansen (of deCSS fame), participate in a guided tour through Brussels
(including an anti-sofware-patents demo), meet LUGs and programming rights
groups from all
over the place, and some chaotic nerds of FFII. A Wiki DSL connection
will be available.

*On 14 April evening, there will be a diner/party at restaurant La
Tentation, in the center of Brussels. http://plone.ffii.org/events/2004
(also to book you hotel).*

*Entrance is free however to access the building you have to register
online before 7 April http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda
<http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda>*

*Contact : lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int

*euroG/LUGparty

*Brussels European Parliament room ASP 1G2

*15 April 2004

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*The Greens in European parliament invite representatives of GNU/Linux
Users Groups of the 25 Member States of the European Union to come to
Brussels to:

- enhance the networking among the free software community in Europe(in
particular with the New Member states)

- prepare the second reading on the software patents directive

- show inside EP what free software is, how it works and what ideas lie
behind

- participate to the FFII conference and demo against software patents
on 14 April

Programme and registration at http://www.greens-efa.org

e-mail: lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int



*PROGRAMME*

9.00-11.00 25 G/LUGs for a Free Europe

Gathering European GNU/Linux Users Groups and associations for the
promotion of free software : BxLUG - Belgium, RWO - Plug - Poland,
Vrijschrift - The Netherlands, LiLux - Luxemburg, FFS Software -
Austria, APRIL - HNS-info.net - France, GUUG - Germany, SSLUG -
Sweden&Denmark, LUGOS - Slovenia, Debian - Latvia, AKL - Lithuania,
LugRoma - Italy, Grece, Cyprus, Finland, Estonia, ...


11.00-12.30 Linux Install Party for MEps with Monica Frassoni Dany
Cohn-Bendit, Hiltrud Breyer, Bart Staes, ... organized by BxLug


15.00 PANEL I: FAIR USE/COPIE PRIVÉE

Gwen Hinze(Electronic Fronteer Foundation)
Laurence Lebersorg(Test-Achat Belgium)
Jon Lech Johansen(DVD-Jon)


16.00 PANEL II: FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Cristiano Paggetti(Italy): eGovernment
Andrea Glorioso (Italy) : Free Content
Herman Bruynickx(Belgium): Free software in education
Jens Muhlhaus(Germany): Public administration: Linux für Munchen


17.00 PANEL III : FREE AS IN FREEDOM

Georg Greve, FSF Europe (Germany) Agenda 1910


*17.30 Alan Cox* www.linux.org.uk co-signatory of the letter sent by
Linus Torvalds to the President of EP against software patents(UK)

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