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<title>FSF Europe represents Free Software at OECD-Conference in Tokyo</title>
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<blockquote>
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<h3>"FSF Europe presented Free Software at OECD workshop in
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Tokyo on invitation of the German Ministry of Economics and
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Technology"</h3>
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<p>(Tokyo, Japan) September 12th and 13th 2001, the FSF Europe presented
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the advantages of Free Software regarding "Information security in a
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networked world" at a OECD conference. Bernhard Reiter, German
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chancellor of the FSF Europe, represented the FSF Europe and other
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German groups related to Free Software on invitation of the German
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Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).</p>
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<p>The 15 minute talk titled "Free Software as standard and basis for a
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secure Information Technology" took place in the track about "Role of
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technical standards" on Thursday morning. It outlined the four
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fundamental freedoms for software to be Free Software, stressed the
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importance of Free Software for the internet and closed with examples
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for Free Software solutions like the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG).</p>
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<p>"This successful collaboration between the FSF Europe and the BMWi
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shows that the Free Software community is being heard." says Georg
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Greve, President of the FSF Europe, "Free Software is a global
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phenomenon of international importance, it has to be treated as
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such. We will continue strengthening the internation cooperation and
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networking."</p>
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