[FSFE PR][EN] [Background information] "FSF Europe presented Free Software at OECD workshop in Tokyo on invitation of the German Ministry of Economics and Technology"

[Georg C. F. Greve]

Background information by the Free Software Foundation Europe

 "FSF Europe presented Free Software at OECD workshop in Tokyo on
  invitation of the German Ministry of Economics and Technology"

(Tokyo, Japan) September 12th and 13th 2001, the FSF Europe presented
the advantages of Free Software regarding "Information security in a
networked world" at a OECD conference. Bernhard Reiter, German
chancellor of the FSF Europe, represented the FSF Europe and other
German groups related to Free Software on invitation of the German
Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

The 15 minute talk titled "Free Software as standard and basis for a
secure Information Technology" took place in the track about "Role of
technical standards" on Thursday morning.  It outlined the four
fundamental freedoms for software to be Free Software, stressed the
importance of Free Software for the internet and closed with examples
for Free Software solutions like the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG).

"This successful collaboration between the FSF Europe and the BMWi
shows that the Free Software community is being heard." says Georg
Greve, President of the FSF Europe, "Free Software is a global
phenomenon of international importance, it has to be treated as
such. We will continue strengthening the internation cooperation and
networking."


About the FSF Europe:

The Free Software Foundation Europe is the European sister
organization of the Free Software Foundation created 1985 by Richard
M. Stallman in the United States of America.

Principal goals of the FSF Europe are coordination of Free Software
initiatives throughout Europe, providing a Free Software
competence-center for politicians and journalists and infrastructure
for Free Software projects, especially the GNU Project.

Further information about the FSF Europe can be found at 

      http://fsfeurope.org


Contact:
 Europe
   Georg C. F. Greve <greve at gnu.org>
   Tel: +49-40-23809080
   Fax: +49-40-23809081
 France   
   Frederic Couchet  <fcouchet at april.org>
   Tel: +33 6 60 68 89 31
 Germany
   Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de>
   Tel: +49-541 - 335 08 - 33
 Italy
   Alessandro Rubini <rubini at gnu.org>
   Tel: +39-0382-529.554 (o .424)
   Fax: +39-0382-529.424 
 Sweden  
   Jonas Öberg <jonas at gnu.org>
   Tel: +46-21-144831

Further press contact information is available at

      http://fsfeurope.org/press/