attended four events in Trieste, Torino, Bologna and Milano.
During the four days, Stefano Maffulli gave a speech about the activity of the FSFE and future perspectives of Free Software in Italy, Alessandro Rubini spoke about "Gnu General Public License Vs Creative Commons Public License", Lele Rozza underlined the importance of Free Software for the public administration. More meetings will be organized for next months.
4. Chapter Italy awarded Prof. Stefano Rodotà
During the event in Milano, the Italian Chapter of the FSFE awarded Prof. Stefano Rodotà (head of the Italian Data Protection Authority) the 2004 Italian "Free Software, Free society" award. Prof. Rodotà was awarded for his commitment in building awareness around the issue of personal data protection and into protecting freedom in a digital society.
5. Other public appearances
Georg Greve gave two public speeches in December: At the University of Lüneburg, Germany, he gave an introduction to Free Software with a focus on the effects of Free Software on society, also introducing the FSFE. At an event held by the University Hamburg, Germany, under the heading of "programmers and other lawmakers" he also talked about the current developments in the EU software patent issue and the Microsoft trial.
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