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<title>FSF Europe - Two year executive summary - June 21st 2003</title>
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<h1>Two year executive summary</h1>
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<h2>Report for the 2003 general assembly</h2>
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Milano, Italy, June 21st, 2003<br />
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<p>After the Free Software Foundation Europe was proclaimed with a
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"Declaration of Intent - Free Software Foundation Europe" [<a href="#1">1</a>] in which
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all interested Free Software advocates from all over Europe were
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invited to participate in the creation of this common vision, the FSF
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Europe officially began its work March 10th, 2001 and finished the
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founding process April 24th, 2001.</p>
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<p>The 2003 general assembly in Milano, Italy on June 21st 2003 seems
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like a good opportunity to briefly recap some of the things going on
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in these two years.</p>
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<p>Initially, a lot of the work was going into issues of bureaucracy,
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legal questions and informing people about the FSF Europe. This was
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done on the web, in mailing lists, at tradeshows and conferences.</p>
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<h3>OECD Conference in Tokyo</h3>
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<p>Soon after the FSF Europe took up its work, it was already accepted by
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major political players. An example for this was when the German
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representative of the FSF Europe, Bernhard Reiter, was asked by the
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German ministry of economics (BMWi) to speak about Free Software at an
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OECD conference in Tokyo in September 2001. At this occasion, Bernhard
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Reiter also had the support of LinuxTag, Linux Verband, German Unix
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User Group to speak for the German Free Software scene.</p>
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<h3>"We speak about Free Software" campaign</h3>
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<p>Soon after it started working, Free Software companies were
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approaching the FSF Europe to ask for a campaign to increase the
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visibility of Free Software and explain the advantages of the Free
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Software terminology in comparison with Open Source.</p>
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<p>One of the main reasons for this was that they were experiencing an
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invasion into their market by proprietary software vendors exploiting
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the common "it's open source if you can see the source code"
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misunderstanding, claiming to offer something similar to what the Free
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Software companies were providing. </p>
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<p>Therefore, in November 2001, the FSF Europe launched the "We speak
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about Free Software" campaign [<a href="#1">2</a>] with support of Free Software
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companies across Europe.</p>
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<p>Originally only meant for companies, we made one exception by adding
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an individual to the list when Bruce Perens, author of the Open Source
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Definition, asked us to be added soon after the campaign was launched.</p>
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<h3>B<EFBFBD>rgerturm ("Citizen Tower")</h3>
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<p>The FSF Europe also provided input and background about Free Software
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in projects that were not directly software-related, like the
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B<EFBFBD>rgerturm ("Citizen Tower") project [<a href="#3">3</a>] in Berlin, Germany.</p>
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<p>The vision behind this project was to allow a free and cooperative
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design process to build a building by the citizens for the citizens in
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the heart of Berlin. According to the initial idea, the design process
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as well as the finished building should follow the Free Software
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philosophy, creating a visible and tangible implementation of the
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Free Software spirit.</p>
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<p>In the end, the group hoped to create a multifunctional building that
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would be both real and virtual and that would be open to all citizens
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24hrs a day.</p>
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<p>Although the idea turned out to be too ambitious for the group that
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gathered around it, the ideas and documents remain available and we
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hope that one day someone will pick them up and bring them to life.</p>
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<h3>Free Software for German Parliament</h3>
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<p>Many people were following the discussion about a possible shift to
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GNU/Linux by the German parliament. The FSF Europe actively
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contributed to that discussion in December 2001 [<a href="#4">4</a>] and provided the
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philosophical stepping stone for the Bundestux [<a href="#5">5</a>] project, which is
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still working to further Free Software in public administration.</p>
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<h3>Commission on Intellectual Property Rights</h3>
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<p>On January 21st, 2002, the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights
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[<a href="#6">6</a>] took place in London, UK. Besides participants from Microsoft and the
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media industry, Georg Greve, president of the FSF Europe, was invited
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to the expert workshop on "Copyright, Software and the Internet."</p>
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<p>When the final report came out in September 2002, it recommended that
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developing countries should consider use of Free Software. [<a href="#7">7</a>][<a href="#8">8</a>]</p>
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<h3>Investigation of the European Commission against Microsoft</h3>
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<p>Also in January 2001, the FSF Europe got asked for input on the
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ongoing investigation against Microsoft by the European
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Commission. Thanks to the quick and competent reaction of the SAMBA
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team, Dr. Peter Gerwinski, Head of Office of the FSF Europe, was able
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to provide concrete material on how Microsoft was trying to keep
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competitors out of the market.</p>
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<h3>German Copyright law revision</h3>
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<p>Another issue also found its end that month. The German ministry of
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justice was planning a revision of Copyright law to protect artists
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from exploitation by the media industry through mandatory payment for
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transfer of rights. Unfortunately, this might have jeopardised the
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legal security of commercial Free Software, as Free Software is
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considered a gift under German law.</p>
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<p>Thanks to the well-established cooperation with ifross [<a href="#9">9</a>] -- a German
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institute for legal questions of Free Software -- the FSF Europe was
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able to support the ifross in requesting a supplement to that specific
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law, which got accepted in January 2002. [<a href="#10">10</a>]</p>
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<p>Now the law -- which was enacted April 2002 -- contains an exception
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for Free Software.</p>
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<h3>A GNU/Linux Audio Distribution (AGNULA)</h3>
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<p>After many months of preparation and paperwork, the AGNULA project
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[<a href="#11">11</a>] finally took off in April 2002 with the goal of creating an
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entirely Free Software GNU/Linux Audio distribution for professional
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users. Thanks to this, the FSF Europe became official partner of the
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European Commission within a year after being started.</p>
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<p>Within the AGNULA project, the FSF Europe determines the Copyright and
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licensing policy, decides which licenses and software packages are
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acceptable and makes sure the long-term and community interests are
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taken into account. [<a href="#12">12</a>]</p>
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<h3>6th Framework Programme of the European Commission</h3>
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<p>As some people may know, the European Commission has programs to
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further pan-European research and development, called "framework
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programmes", which last for four years. Within these framework
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programmes, there are certain areas, one of which is "Information
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Society Technologies" (IST), the area concerned with information
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technology. AGNULA for instance was part of the 5th framework
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programme IST area.</p>
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<p>The 6th framework programme (FP6) was prepared for launch towards the
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end of 2002 and originally, there was no mentioning of Free Software.</p>
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<p>So the FSF Europe wrote a recommendation [<a href="#13">13</a>] for the 6th framework
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programme in which the advantages of Free Software for Europe as a
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region and the European countries were explained and in which
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suggestions were made as to how to capitalise on them. This suggestion
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was backed by over 50 parties throughout Europe and filed in April
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2002.</p>
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<p>In June 2002, the FSF Europe also backed this up by filing two
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expressions of interest, FOCAL ("FOcusing Competence for Advantages of
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Liberty") [<a href="#14">14</a>] and LAFIS ("LAying the Foundations for Information
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Society") [<a href="#15">15</a>] with some of the parties who signed the recommendation
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in order to show that there was real interest in doing something about
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Free software in the FP6.</p>
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<p>As of December 2002, the suggestion of the FSF Europe -- namely to
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give projects with Free Software an evaluation bonus in the rating
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process, increasing the chances of Free Software projects in
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comparison with proprietary software -- became part of the IST work
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programme. [<a href="#16">16</a>]</p>
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<p>As a result, the whole budget of the IST work programme, containing
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1725 million Euro, is available with a preference for Free Software.</p>
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<p>The FSF Europe is now working to help consortia for Free Software find
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and organise themselves to make sure that as many projects as possible
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will make use of this opportunity. [<a href="#17">17</a>]</p>
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<h3>Web page</h3>
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<p>In January 2003, after a process of over one year, Jonas <20>berg,
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vice-president of the FSF Europe, was finally able to put the new FSF
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Europe web page on-line with a rather unique structural layout. [<a href="#18">18</a>]</p>
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<p>In order to appreciate the thought that has gone into the design, one
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should know that the FSF Europe follows a federal approach with
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parallel local and European/global level. Also everything is
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translated into as many languages as possible, while missing or
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outdated translations must not pose problems.</p>
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<p>This makes for a very complex situation -- but trying to achieve the
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maximum transparency possible, that complexity should not be the
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concern of the web site visitor. Also the visitor should always get
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the best match in terms of selected language regardless of which
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translations exist or whether they might be outdated.</p>
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<p>The solution for this problem is the "focus" approach. If no focus is
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selected, people will see all news and projects that are of European
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and global interest. But if they select certain regions of special
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interest -- like Italy, France or Germany -- they will also see the
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information of specific interest to these countries.</p>
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<p>Unlike the situation for other web pages, that local information does
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not hide any European or global information, however -- it is provided
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additionally. So regardless of the focus, the global information
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always remains visible and accessible.</p>
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<p>Of course we are still in need of more translators and translations,
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as always.</p>
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<h3>Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA)</h3>
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<p>With increasing interest in Free Software by companies and
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governments, the question of legal safety and maintainability are also
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becoming more important. At the same time, authors have a harder time
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taking care of the legal needs of their projects and also sometimes
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find themselves in the situation of being attacked legally.</p>
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<p>In order to provide protection against this and increase the legal
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security of Free Software, the FSF Europe has worked on the Fiduciary
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Licence Agreement (FLA) [<a href="#19">19</a>] with experts in Free Software legal
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issues, which was published in February 2003.</p>
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<p>This agreement allows authors to make the FSF Europe their fiduciary
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for all legal issues and provides a possible solution for the needs of
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several software projects that need to establish some form of rights
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management. </p>
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<h3>bridge foundation</h3>
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<p>June 2003, the bridge foundation [<a href="#20">20</a>] was founded in Berlin, Germany
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with the goal of furthering questions of digital citizenship rights in
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the information society.</p>
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<p>The FSF Europe supports this foundation ideally and personally through
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its president, Georg Greve, who is member of the jury for the bridge
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ideas contest, in which 15000 EUR will be available to the project
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that seems most promising in spreading awareness for these issues.</p>
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<pre>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="1">1</a>] <code><a href="/documents/doi.en.html">http://fsfeurope.org/documents/doi.en.html</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="2">2</a>] <code><a href="/documents/whyfs.en.html">http://fsfeurope.org/documents/whyfs.en.html</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="3">3</a>] <code><a href="http://www.germany.fsfeurope.org/de/projects/buergerturm/">http://www.germany.fsfeurope.org/de/projects/buergerturm/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="4">4</a>] <code><a href="/de/news/2001/article-13.12.2001.en.html">http://fsfeurope.org/de/news/2001/article-13.12.2001.en.html</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="5">5</a>] <code><a href="http://www.bundestux.de">http://www.bundestux.de</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="6">6</a>] <code><a href="http://www.iprcommission.org/">http://www.iprcommission.org/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="7">7</a>] <code><a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-13.09.02-007/">http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-13.09.02-007/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="8">8</a>] <code><a href="http://www.iprcommission.org/papers/text/final_report/chapter5htmfinal.htm">http://www.iprcommission.org/papers/text/final_report/chapter5htmfinal.htm</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="9">9</a>] <code><a href="http://www.ifross.de">http://www.ifross.de</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="10">10</a>] <code><a href="http://www.ifross.de/ifross_html/home1_2002.html#ARTIKEL01">http://www.ifross.de/ifross_html/home1_2002.html#ARTIKEL01</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="11">11</a>] <code><a href="http://www.agnula.org">http://www.agnula.org</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="12">12</a>] <code><a href="/projects/agnula/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/agnula/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="13">13</a>] <code><a href="/documents/fp6/recommendation.html">http://fsfeurope.org/documents/fp6/recommendation.html</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="14">14</a>] <code><a href="/documents/fp6/focal.en.html">http://fsfeurope.org/documents/fp6/focal.en.html</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="15">15</a>] <code><a href="/documents/fp6/focal.en.html">http://fsfeurope.org/documents/fp6/focal.en.html</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="16">16</a>] <code><a href="http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/ist.htm">http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/ist.htm</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="17">17</a>] <code><a href="/projects/fp6/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fp6/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="18">18</a>] <code><a href="">http://fsfeurope.org</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="19">19</a>] <code><a href="/projects/fla/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="20">20</a>] <code><a href="http://www.bridge-ideas.de">http://www.bridge-ideas.de</a></code>
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<h3>Ongoing activities</h3>
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<p>Of course, besides these concrete projects there were other ongoing
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activities in which the FSF Europe was active or provided assistance
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or a platform to the activits in these areas.</p>
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<p>Examples include work against the European equivalent of the Digital
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Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the European Copyright Directive
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(EUCD) [<a href="#21">21</a>]. This law -- which is currently transcribed into national
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law -- provides legal measures for monopolies on file formats and
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vendor lock-in, silent removal of fair use rights, massive reduction
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of the freedom of speech and censorship.</p>
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<p>Another area are software patents [<a href="#22">22</a>], in which lobby groups are
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trying to seal up the market and divide up the shares for the
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information society among themselves to make sure noone else will be
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in a position to contribute. Consequently, this not only reduces
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innovation and competition, they also provide means of enforcing
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monopolies on file formats and vendor lock-in.</p>
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<p>During the first general assembly of the FSF Europe, education was
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identified as one of the most important areas for activity so young
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people and students would have the chance of getting in touch with
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knowledge instead of mere product schooling. Therefore the FSF Europe
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started a Free Software in Education [<a href="#23">23</a>] working group.</p>
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<p>Also, the FSF Europe was very happy to provide a home for the
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Tux&GNU@School [<a href="#24">24</a>] column by Mario Fux, a column about educational
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Free Software, under the roof of this working group.</p>
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<p>On a less serious note, the the FSF Europe also wanted to uphold the
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t-shirt tradition and not only provided the first European FSF shirts,
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it also created the first girlie shirts with GPL preamble on the back
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as well as the first GNU pins ever. [<a href="#25">25</a>]</p>
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<pre>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="21">21</a>] <code><a href="/projects/eucd/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/eucd/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="22">22</a>] <code><a href="/projects/swpat/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/swpat/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="23">23</a>] <code><a href="/projects/education/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/education/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="24">24</a>] <code><a href="/projects/education/tgs/">http://fsfeurope.org/projects/education/tgs/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="25">25</a>] <code><a href="/order/">http://fsfeurope.org/order/</a></code>
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<h3>Associates</h3>
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<p>One of the fundamentals of Free Software is that we do not stand
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alone. And just like this is true for individuals, the FSF Europe also
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believes in this with respect to organisations, which builds the basis
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of the associate organisation [<a href="#26">26</a>] status.</p>
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<p>Current associates are
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<ul>
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<li>AFFS, UK [<a href="#27">27</a>]</li>
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<li>ANSOL, Portugal [<a href="#28">28</a>]</li>
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<li>APRIL, France [<a href="#29">29</a>]</li>
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<li>AsSoLi, Italy [<a href="#30">30</a>]</li>
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<li>FFII, Germany [<a href="#31">31</a>]</li>
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<li>FFS, Austria [<a href="#32">32</a>]</li>
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<li>FSIJ, Japan [<a href="#33">33</a>]</li>
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<li>OFSET, France [<a href="#34">34</a>]</li>
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</ul></p>
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<p>The members of these organisations can get directly involved in all
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FSF Europe activities and without them, a lot of the work would not
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have been possible.</p>
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<p>If you wish to become involved in the FSF Europe, joining one of the
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existing associate organisations, making your organisation an
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associate or creating an associate organisation is definitely the most
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efficient way.</p>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">26</a>] <code><a href="/associates/">http://fsfeurope.org/associates/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">27</a>] <code><a href="http://www.affs.org.uk">http://www.affs.org.uk</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">28</a>] <code><a href="http://www.ansol.org">http://www.ansol.org</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">29</a>] <code><a href="http://www.april.org">http://www.april.org</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">30</a>] <code><a href="http://www.softwarelibero.it">http://www.softwarelibero.it</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">31</a>] <code><a href="http://www.ffii.org">http://www.ffii.org</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">32</a>] <code><a href="http://www.ffs.or.at">http://www.ffs.or.at</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">33</a>] <code><a href="http://www.fsij.org">http://www.fsij.org</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="26">34</a>] <code><a href="http://www.ofset.org">http://www.ofset.org</a></code>
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<h3>Shows/Talks</h3>
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<p>One of the most tedious, but very necessary tasks is to be present at
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tradeshows, create and spread distribution material, talk to the
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people and inform them about Free Software and the value of freedom in
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speeches and podium discussions.</p>
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<p>Some events and places where the FSF Europe has done this in the past
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are</p>
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<pre>
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Asia OSS Symposium 2003, Phuket, Thailand
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Associazione Industriali Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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CECAM (European Center for Atomic and Molecular Computations), Lyon, France
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CeBIT, Hanover, Germany
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DANTE (German TeX Users Association) 2003 Conference, Bremen, Germany
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FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium
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Free Software Symposium 2002, Tokyo, Japan
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GNU/Linux Seminar at the Sheffield Wednesday football stadium, Sheffield, UK
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IFA, Berlin, Germany
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IST Infoday "Open Platforms", Brussels, Belgium
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Information Society Technologies (IST) Conference & Expo, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Libre Software Meeting, Bordeaux, France
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Linux Infotage, Berlin, Germany
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Linux@work, Frankfurt, Germany
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LinuxDay, Bolzano and Milano, Italy
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LinuxExpo, Paris, France
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LinuxTag, Stuttgart & Karlsruhe, Germany
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LinuxWorldExpo, Milano, Italy
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Parliamentary Evening, Berlin, Germany
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Systems, Munich, Germany
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ThinkAbout-IT, Rostock, Germany
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Transmediale, Berlin, Germany
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Universita` di Bari, Politecnico, Bari, Italy
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Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Webbit, Padova, Italy
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Wizards of OS, Berlin, Germany
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Workshop "Free Software and Multimedia," Centro Tempo Reale, Florence, Italy
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egovos.org, Washington, U.S.A.
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hiroshima mon amour cultural center, Torino, Italy
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</pre>
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<h3>Outlook</h3>
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<p>For the next years, there is still a lot of work ahead of us.</p>
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<p>We are currently awaiting the outcome of the evaluation for the "GNU
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Coordination Action Network" (GNUCAN) which was filed for the first
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call of the FP6 IST program. Also there are plans to start working on
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a "Free Software for a Mobile World" (GNUBILE) proposal.</p>
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<p>In order to firmly root Free Software in society and make sure that it
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is here to stay, we also need to further it in the business field. Our
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hope is that we will soon find the time and resources to work on the
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GNU Business Network, which will set out to do that.</p>
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<p>As the proprietary software companies have increased their spendings
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on lobbying against Free Software to preserve their monopolies, we
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also need to intensify our political work.</p>
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<p>One of the events where this will be necessary is the "World Summit on
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the Information Society" (WSIS) [<a href="#35">35</a>] at the end of 2003. The
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preparation is already in full progress and the FSF Europe has for
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instance major support by other German civil societies to represent
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the German civil society movement in this process, but we will need to
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intensify our efforts.</p>
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<p>And of course we hope to get more countries officially and
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inofficially involved in the FSF Europe. This does require significant
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work by the local activitists, but we are optimistic that more
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countries will participate soon.</p>
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<p>Finally, we would like to thank all of you who have supported us in
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the past -- without you to stand at tradeshow booths, talk to the
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people, translate documents, make contacts, ask companies to donate or
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donate yourself, we could not have done as much as we did!</p>
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<p>And if you haven't supported us yet but would like to do so,
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information about this can be found online. [<a href="#36">36</a>] [<a href="#37">37</a>]</p>
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<pre>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="35">35</a>] <code><a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/">http://www.itu.int/wsis/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="36">36</a>] <code><a href="/help/">http://fsfeurope.org/help/</a></code>
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[<a href="es-2003.html" name="37">37</a>] <code><a href="/help/donate.html">http://fsfeurope.org/help/donate.html</a></code>
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