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FSFE's activities in the 6th EC Framework Programme led to the
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<a href="/campaigns/self/self.html">SELF</a> project. These pages here are
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kept for archiving purposes.
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<h1>6th EC Framework Programme</h1>
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<p>Involvement of the FSF Europe in FP6 began in March 2002, when Free
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Software was not on the proposed agenda for activities within the
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programme.</p>
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<p>As a <em>first step</em>, a recommendation was written and (with
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the support of over 50 parties throughout Europe) filed in April
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2002. Within that recommendation the advantages of Free Software for
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Europe were explained and recommendations on how to make them come
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true were given.</p>
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<p>The <em>second step</em> was filing two <b>Expressions of
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Interest</b>, in which the FSF Europe together with some of the
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signatories of the recommendation announced their interest in
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undertaking Free Software activities in FP6.</p>
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<p>The <em>third step</em> was exhibiting at the IST Conference &
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Expo, November 5th 2002 in Copenhagen and hosting a "Free Software
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Networking Session."</p>
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<p>As of December 17th, 2002, Free Software has found its way into the
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Information Society Technologies (IST) Work Programme (see <a
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href="http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2002q4/000047.html">press
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release</a>). Although using the misnomer "Open Source," which we
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avoid for multiple <a href="/documents/whyfs.html">reasons</a>, page 7
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of the work programme says that Free Software should be
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encouraged. <em>This translates into an evaluation bonus for Free
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Software within FP6.</em> Consortia with Free Software have higher
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chances of getting funds than those with proprietary software.</p>
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<h3>Step 4</h3>
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<p>As the next step, we seek to gather people, companies and
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institutes interested in Free Software related activities around FP6
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on a <a href="http://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/fp6">mailing
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list</a> created for this purpose.</p>
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<p>With the "hard core" of these people we will most likely seek to
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start a "Co-ordinating Action" for Free Software that can help
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Free Software consortia get off the ground.</p>
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<h3>Step 5</h3>
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<p>The FSF Europe will offer to help Free Software consortia the way
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it is doing for <a href="/campaigns/agnula/">AGNULA</a>, a FP5 IST
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Accompanying Measure. Also we will offer advice for those who
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encounter problems along the way.</p>
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<p>You may find more details on these projects in a presentation Georg
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Greve (president of the FSF Europe) gave at <a
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href="http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_d/st-ds/pres-infoday-040603.htm">a
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European Commission FP6 workshop in Brussels on June 5 2003</a> : <a
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href="http://gnuhh.org/work/presentations/Brussels-IST-OP-Infoday-2003/">http://gnuhh.org/work/presentations/Brussels-IST-OP-Infoday-2003/</a>.</p>
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<p>For those consortia who encounter internal problems or conflicts, the FSFE
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will offer a neutral third party. As a non-profit NGO, we are free of immediate
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commercial exploitation interests; our sole interest is the promotion and
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success of Free Software. One of our projects that might help with this is the
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<a href="/activities/ftf/fla/fla.html">Fiduciary Licence Agreement</a>.</p>
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<h3>Remark</h3>
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<p>As many will know, activities on this level are often painstakingly
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slow and take a lot of work. Althuogh the FSF Europe will try to do as
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much as it can, its resources are limited by the amount of support
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that it gets. So one way of speeding the process up <a
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href="/donate/donate.html">supporting our work</a>.</p>
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<h2>Documents</h2>
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<p>Documents by the FSF Europe for the <a
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href="http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/fp-debate/fp.htm">6th European
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Community framework programme 2002--2006</a> (FP6), which will cover
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funding by the European Commission for research and development during
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the period 2002-2006.</p>
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<h3>April 30th, 2002</h3>
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<p><b><a href="recommendation.html">Recommendation by
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the FSFE and supporting parties for the 6th framework
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programme</a></b>:</p>
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<blockquote><p>Free Software is a concept
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that has fundamentally changed the way some parts of the IT sector are
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working towards a more stable, lasting and sustainable approach with higher
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dynamics and increased efficiency. It is obvious that the first region to
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adopt and support this principle on a larger scale can profit enormously and
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get a head-start in the information age.</p></blockquote>
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<h3>June 4th, 2002</h3>
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<p>Following a <a
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href="http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi-instruments/home.html">Call for
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Expressions of Interest</a> (EOI.FP6.2002), the FSF Europe submitted an
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expression of interest for each of the FP6 instruments:</p>
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<h3>FOCAL -- "FOcusing Competence for Advantages of Liberty"</h3>
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<p><a href="focal.en.html">Expression of Interest for a <em>Network of Excellence</em></a>(Also available as <a href="FOCAL.pdf">PDF</a>; 129k)</p>
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<p>Registered in <a href="http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm">IST program's database</a> as:</p>
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<li>
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<a HREF="http://eoi.cordis.lu/dsp_details.cfm?ID=36920">FOcussing Competence for Advantages of Liberty</a></li>
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<li>
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<b>Acronym: </b>FOCAL
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</li>
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<b>Organisation: </b>Free Software Foundation Europe</li>
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<b>Thematic priority: </b>1.1.2 Information Society technologies</li>
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<b>Instrument: </b>Network of Excellence</li>
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<b>Country: </b> Germany</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>LAFIS -- "LAying the Foundations for Information Society"</h3>
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<p><a href="lafis.html">Expression of Interest for an <em>Integrated Project</em></a> (Also available as <a href="LAFIS.pdf">PDF</a>; 127k)</p>
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<p>Registered in <a href="http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm">IST program's database</a> as:</p>
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<li>
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<a HREF="http://eoi.cordis.lu/dsp_details.cfm?ID=36922">LAying the Foundations for the Information Society</a></li>
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<li>
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<b>Acronym: </b>LAFIS
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<b>Organisation: </b>Free Software Foundation Europe</li>
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<b>Thematic priority: </b>1.1.2 Information Society technologies</li>
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<b>Instrument: </b>Integrated Project</li>
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<b>Country: </b> Germany</li>
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