[please forward where appropriate]
January 5th 2004, Irish Free Software Organisation[0] (IFSO) is
launched. Since June 2003, members of the fsfe-ie[1] mailing list have
been collaborating on issues such as software patents[2], and the
European Copyright Directive[3].
With Ireland holding the presidency of the EU for the next six months,
political lobbying in Ireland will be of increased importance. The fate
of the software patentability directive is still undecided, and we now
also have the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive[4] to
deal with. In the coming months, members of IFSO also plan to work on
spreading education and adoption of Free Software in Ireland. Once we
have a proven track record, we hope to become an associate
organisation[5] of FSF Europe.
By no coincidence, today is also the 20th anniversary of
the beginning of the GNU project[6].
[0] IFSO : http://ifso.info/
[1] fsfe-ie : http://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-ie/
[2] swpats : http://ifso.info/documents/swpats-meps-00.html
[3] eucd : http://ifso.info/documents/eucd-dete-00.html
[4] ipre : http://ifso.info/projects/ipre.html
[5] fsfe assoc : http://fsfeurope.org/associates/associates.en.html
[6] gnu20th : http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu20th
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