1. GPLv3 conference in Barcelona 2. FSFE at UN WIPO PCDA/2 3. Anja Vorspel hired part time to help in FSFE office 4. Georg Greve at dorkbot.swiss 5. Linuxwochen in Linz (Austria) 6. Stefano Maffulli at Java Conference Milano
1. GPLv3 conference in Barcelona
The Free Software Foundation Europe organised the third international GPLv3 conference in Barcelona, Spain. The first day of the two day event featured speeches from Georg Greve, Richard Stallman, Ciarán O'Riordan and Eben Moglen about the changes in GPLv3 and the public consultation process. The second day included four panel discussions, a talk by Pablo Machón about software patents and a closing presentation by Stefano Maffulli.
Hosting an official GPLv3 conference in Europe was very important, and the FSFE was proud to be able to organise it. Financial contributions from the Fellowship and the work of the Fellows and other volunteers were essential to make this conference possible. Also, FSFE would like to thank Stichting NLNet, whose donation supports a large part of the GPLv3 activities.
http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/europe-gplv3-conference.en.html
2. FSFE at UN WIPO PCDA/2
The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) held its second Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. This meeting was the last before the next WIPO general assembly, and was intended to formalise the agenda items for a WIPO reform. After several days of discussion, a proposal to drop all items except those immediately acceptable to the United States and European Union led to escalation, and a total disassembling of the meeting. FSFE's statements can be found online at
http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/
and FSFE's president Georg Greve also summarised much of what has happened throughout these days in his blog:
http://www.fsfe.org/fellows/greve/freedom_bits/(tag)/WIPO
3. Anja Vorspel hired part time to help in FSFE office
Thanks to Rainer Kersten, FSFE's new office in Düsseldorf is up and running. Rainer works in the office on part time basis and is joined by Anja Vorspel as a complimentary part time officer. Anja has been helping as a volunteer in the new office from the start.
4. Georg Greve at dorkbot.swiss
FSFE's president Georg Greve spoke at the dorkbot.swiss event in Zürich, Switzerland. The dorkbot events are a global network of events about "doing strange things with electricity", bringing together artists from various fields and interested people. Georg Greve spoke about Free Software, its social impact, and how Free Software is both shaping art and offering new perspectives for artistic work.
5. Linuxwochen in Linz (Austria)
After the positive experience in Vienna, Karin Kosina also gave a presentation about the FSFE at another event in the Linuxwochen series, this time in Linz. Although this event was much smaller, her talk was again well received.
6. Stefano Maffulli at Java Conference Milano
During the latest Java Conference in Milano on 27 June, the Italian chancellor of FSFE presented the revision process of the GPLv3 to a public of small and medium enterprises.
You can find a list of all FSFE newsletters on http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html