[Fwd: 2 days conferences on software patents and free software in EP Brussels]

[Dimitris Glezos]

Για όποιο θέλει να παρευρεθεί στα events στις Βρυξέλλες και ίσως να
γνωρίσει τον Alan Cox από κοντά ;)

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	2 days conferences on software patents and free software in
EP Brussels
Date: 	Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:57:01 +0200
From: 	VANDEWALLE Laurence <lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int>



******************PLEASE HELP TO WIDESPREAD****************

*14-15 April 2004 : Brussels is the Hub to go *

*Conferences and LUG in Brussels **European Parliament Chaired by Dany
Cohn-Bendit MEP *

________________________________________________________________

http://plone.ffii.org/events/2004/bxl04

*http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda* <http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda>

http://laurence.domainepublic.net

*Most legal frame related to new technologies is cooked up at Brussels.
To get a feet into European Parliament's door and show that you care
right before the election. Its future Members will decide on the
patentability of software, on data privacy issues, TPRM, and so on),
join an install party within parliament (and bring your favourite MEP
with you), attend a panel with eg Alan COX, Georg GREVE, Jon Lech
JOHANSEN (of decss fame), participate in a guided tour through brussels
(anti-swpats "demo"), meet LUGs and programming rights groups from all
over the place, and some chaotic nerds of FFII. A Wiki DSL connection
will be available.*

*On 14 April evening, there will be a diner/party at restaurant La
Tentation, in the center of Brussels. http://plone.ffii.org/events/2004
(also to book you hotel).*

*Entrance is free however to access the building you have to register
online before 7 April http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda
<http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda>*

*Contact : lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int *

*euroG/LUGparty*

*Brussels European Parliament room ASP 1G2*

*15 April 2004*

*________________________________________________________________*

*The Greens in European parliament invite representatives of GNU/Linux
Users Groups of the 25 Member States of the European Union to come to
Brussels to *

*- enhance the networking among the free software community in Europe(in
particular with the New Member states)*

*- prepare the second reading on the software patents directive *

*- show inside EP what free software is, how it works and what ideas lie
behind*

*- participate to the FFII conference and demo against software patents
on 14 April *

*Programme and registration on http://www.greens-efa.org*

*lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int *

*Programme*

**

*PROGRAMME

9.00-11.00 25 G/LUGs for a Free Europe

*

Gathering European GNU/Linux Users Groups and associations for the
promotion of free software : BxLUG - Belgium, RWO - Plug - Poland,
Vrijschrift - The Netherlands, LiLux - Luxemburg, FFS Software -
Austria, APRIL - HNS-info.net - France, GUUG - Germany, SSLUG -
Sweden&Denmark, LUGOS - Slovenia, Debian - Latvia, AKL - Lithuania,
LugRoma - Italy, Grece, Cyprus, Finland, Estonia, ...

*

11.00-12.30 Linux Install Party for MEps with Monica Frassoni Dany
Cohn-Bendit, Hiltrud Breyer, Bart Staes, ... organized by BxLug

*

*

15.00 PANEL I: FAIR USE/COPIE PRIVΙE

*

Gwen Hinze(Electronic Fronteer Foundation)

Laurence Lebersorg(Test-Achat Belgium)

Jon Lech Johansen(DVD-Jon)

*

16.00 PANEL II: FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

*

Cristiano Paggetti(Italy): eGovernment

Andrea Glorioso (Italy) : Free Content

Herman Bruynickx(Belgium): Free software in education

Jens Muhlhaus(Germany): Public administration: Linux fόr Munchen

*

17.00 PANEL III : FREE AS IN FREEDOM

*

Georg Greve, FSF Europe (Germany) Agenda 1910

* *

*17.30 Alan Cox* www.linux.org.uk co-signatory of the letter sent by
Linus Torvalds to the President of EP against software patents(UK)



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