10 Points for Change
The Free Knowledge Institute was one of many active participants that gathered from all over the world in Barcelona for the Free Culture Forum. Its first edition was celebrated from October 30th till November 1st 2009. In this article we draw upon the main topics discussed during the Forum and the main output that what was collectively produced: a Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge. A Free Knowledge version can be found at the Free Knowledge wiki. Find below the ten points for change, or prerequisites for a free knowledge society.
First FTA Educational Materials available!
Announcement from the Free Technology Academy
We are pleased to announce that the first set of FTA educational materials is available online! Please note that these are preliminary versions of the materials. Please read below for more information on the materials, as well as about the FTA materials in our courses and learning methodology and about the FTA in general. Enjoy!
About Free, Libre and Open
Submitted by wouter on Tue, 12/01/2010 - 15:43.There have been and still are intense flamewars about the use of the terms free, libre and open in the context of software, knowledge and licensing. As the Free Software movement was the first in defining the main concepts (of copyleft, using copyright to protect the freedoms and thus stimulate sharing of knowledge), let us start there.
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ACTA: A Global Threat to Freedoms (Open Letter)
Paris, December 10th 2009 - A worldwide coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, consumers unions and online service providers associations publish an open letter to the European institutions regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently under negotiation. They call on the European Parliament and the EU negotiators to oppose any provision int the multilateral
Thousand institutions will receive the Free Culture Charter approved in Barcelona
Over
100 high-profile specialists from 20 countries participated in the Free
Culture Forum in Barcelona (Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2009) convened by EXGAE,
Networked Politics and the Free Knowledge Institute.
The Forum
began an unprecedented civil society campaign in defence of fundamental
rights in the digital era. These rights include: the right of free
expression, the right of access to culture and knowledge and the right
to an equitable distribution of copyright benefits. The inviolability
of communications, privacy and neutrality of internet access are
necessary to defend these rights and to serve as levers for economic,
political and social transformation.
Digital rights: call to all citizens to fight back (Free Culture Forum)
The first International Free Culture Forum will take place in Barcelona from October 29 to November 1 2009. This event will bring together the main organisations and most active voices in the world of Free Culture and Free Knowledge to set common agendas and strategies.
The Free Knowledge Institute co-organises the Free Culture Forum and invites you to be part of this unique and historical moment.
We Must Protect Net Neutrality in Europe! - Open letter to the European Parliament
Paris, September 16th 2009 - We Must Protect Net Neutrality in Europe! Organizations from all around Europe share their concern of seeing Net Neutrality being sacrificed during the conciliation procedure of the directives of the EU Telecoms Package. They sent this letter to the Members of the European Parliament, urging them to take decisive action in order to guarantee a free, open and innovative Internet, and to safeguard the fundamental freedoms of European citizens.
Free Culture Forum, Barcelona 29 Oct - 1 Nov
The International Forum on free culture and knowledge will take place from October 29 to November 1st 2009 in Barcelona. This event is a unique opportunity to bring together under the same roof the main organizations and active voices in the world of free culture and free knowledge; a meeting point to sit down and work together setting common agendas and strategies, and also to reflect, from a critical point of view, on the different views, dangers and contradictions of free culture. At the same time, the forum is an opportunity to give more visibility to alternative conceptions of knowledge, culture and creativity, different from the ones that the entertainment industry and universities insist
on imposing.
Caracas Declaration
Need for international
and community cooperation
in Latin America in favor
of Free Software
Caracas, Venezuela. July 20th, 2009
Free Software Foundation Latin America's
First Meeting
Preamble
In Caracas, Venezuela, on the 20th day of the month of July, 2009, in conformance with the Freedom values established in the GNU Manifesto and in the Free Software definition,
Free Technology plan for Education in The Netherlands
Submitted by wouter on Fri, 24/07/2009 - 10:37.As communicated here before, and by several stakeholders, such as government (1, 2) and educational partners (1, »
