The TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award 2005 has been granted to OpenEmbedded,
OpenZaurus, PI-Sync, KWlanInfo and BlueZ. The winner have featured by
outstanding performances regarding
- the merger of three GNU/Linux distributions for PDAs - Open Embedded
contains OpenZaurus, OpenSimpad and Familiar [1],
- the unique support of the SHARP Zaurus machine with a consistent GNU/Linux
distribution by OpenZaurus [2],
- the seamless co-operation of desktops and the SHARP Zaurus PDAs for the
personal information management (PIM) [3]
- a mobile kicker applet that uses WLAN features for co-operation with others
(KWlanInfo) [4].
- the implementation of Bluetooth in GNU/Linux [5].
In recognition of their efforts in users freedom, the projects receive PDAs,
TriBand GSM/GPRS CF Cards, USB adapters or a Bluetooth scanner. The TuxMobil
GNU/Linux Award has been advertised the first time and will be granted yearly
in future.
[1] http://www.openembedded.org/
[2] http://www.openzaurus.org/
[3] http://www.pi-sync.net/
[4] http://www.ph-home.de/opensource/kde3/kwlaninfo/
[5] http://www.bluez.org/
About the Free Software Foundation Europe:
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Software in Europe. Access to software determines who may participate
in a digital society. Therefore the Freedoms to use, copy, modify and
redistribute software - as described in the Free Software definition-
allow equal participation in the information age. Creating awareness
for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and
giving people Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are
central issues of the FSFE. The FSFE was founded in 2001 as the
European sister organisation of the Free Software Foundation in the
United States.
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1. European Parliament rejects software patent directive
2. Svenska Linuxföreningen's yearly meeting
3. Summer School on Libre Software in Castellón
4. Jornades de Programari Lliure in Vilanova i la Geltrú
5. Third inter-sessional WIPO meeting in Geneve
6. FSFE at What The Hack
7. Expanding the network of Free Software organisations
1. European Parliament rejects software patent directive
After years of struggle, the European Parliament ultimately rejected
the software patent directive with 648 of 680 votes, sending a strong
signal against patents on software logic and ideas. The Free Software
community should not turn its back on the issue now: the forces that
were pushing for software patentability will not give up. That is why
FSFE and its associates are preparing for the next round in Europe and
the FSFE is taking this struggle to the global level at the United
Nations: We will need your help and support for that work!
Please check out http://fsfeurope.org/help/help.en.html to find out
what you can do.
2. Svenska Linuxföreningen's yearly meeting
Svenska Linuxföreningen (the Swedish linux society) had its yearly
meeting on 2 and 3 July. On the second day, Henrik Sandklef held a
speech titled "Free Software - Free Society".
3. Summer School on Libre Software in Castellón
At a summer school event at the University Jaume I in Castellón, Spain,
Jonas Öberg was invited to present the work of the FSFE.
4. Jornades de Programari Lliure in Vilanova i la Geltrú
"Jornades de Programari Lliure" ("Free Software days") is a Free
Software conference in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, organised by
a group of Catalonian Free Software enthusiasts. Karin Kosina gave an
introduction to 3D programming with Coin3D and held a speech about
making money with Free Software.
5. Third inter-sessional WIPO meeting in Geneva
Once again, Georg Greve and Karsten Gerloff found themselves in
Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in the third Inter-Sessional,
Inter-Governmental Meeting (IIM/3) on a Development Agenda for WIPO,
the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organisation. In his
capacity as co-chair of the WSIS Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
(PCT) Working Group of Civil Society and on behalf of this global
working group, Georg Greve urged the WIPO to establish clear limits of
patentability on a global scale, excluding areas such as software.
http://fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/statement-20050721.en.html
Again, Karsten's blog is one of the few independent sources of
information about what's going on in these meetings, and Karsten is
facing more and more attacks from representatives of the rightsholding
industry for his unmasking and pointed comments.
http://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/weblog_view
6. FSFE at What The Hack
Every four years, hackers from across the world come together to camp,
socialise, talk about technology and philosophy -- and fend off the
rain. This year's What The Hack conference/event near Liempde in The
Netherlands remained true to that tradition. For the first time, FSFE
was present at one of these events, with Georg Greve speaking on the
political aspects of Free Software and the work of FSFE, and Karsten
Gerloff explaining the work of FSFE at the WIPO.
7. Expanding the network of Free Software organisations
Building on the contacts made in Syria by Karin Kosina and Jonas
Öberg, Mohammad Khansari joined the FSFE team at this year's
GNU/LinuxTag in Karlsruhe. In personal discussions, Georg Greve and
Mohammad Khansari agreed to sign a cooperation agreement between Free
Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and Teheran's Advanced Information
and Communication Technology Centre (AICTC) to promote Free Software
awareness in the Middle East. FSFE hopes that many more cooperations
and partnerships will be formed and is looking forward to supporting
this process in any way it can.
You can find a list of all FSF Europe newsletters on
http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html
Press release: Boston, MA, USA - Tuesday, August 2, 2005 - The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU project today announced the
request for nominations for the 2005 FSF Award for the Advancement of
Free Software. This award is presented to a person who has made a
great contribution to the progress and development of free software,
through activities that accord with the spirit of software freedom (as
defined in the Free Software Definition[1]).
Last year's winner Theo de Raadt was recognized for his work as
founder and project leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects. Theo
joined a prestigious list of previous winners including Alan Cox,
Miguel de Icaza, Donald Knuth, Larry Lessig, Brian Paul, Guido van
Rossum, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Larry Wall.
Full details about the award and how to provide your nomination are
available at <http://www.fsf.org/news/fs-award-2005.html>.
[1] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html
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