Knowledge and Technology for a Free Knowledge Society
A group of universities, civil organisations and individuals across Europe have sent an appeal to the European Commission expressing their concerns on the lock-in effects of proprietary file formats for digital documents. Despite all the European interoperability regulations, directives and … Continued
Free Technology Academy set up to foster distance learning A Consortium formed by three universities and led by the Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) has received the support from the EC’s Lifelong Learning Programme to offer an international educational programme on … Continued
We have signed the Stop Software Patents .eu petition to support their view on serious restrains current software patent legislations cause. “The patent system is misused to restrain competition for the economical benefit of a few but fails to promote … Continued
Cenatic, the National Reference Centre for Open Source Software of the Spanish government, published an overview of what’s going on in Free Software (Open Source Software as they call it) in Spanish government. The report “Open Source Software for the … Continued
Our friends at the Gnowledge Lab at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education have just published a new portal to build a “roadmap to knowledge.” The collaborative platform lets users add concepts and dependency relations between the concepts and activities. … Continued
On Wednesday 15th the Interim Board of the SELF Project came together in Amsterdam. Representatives from the Catalan Open University and from the Indian Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education came together at the Free Knowledge Institute to discuss the … Continued
Friends in Spain are preparing the “first international culture Awards in the digital age.” Conservas and EXGAE (a play on the Spanish collectors society SGAE, which it so much opposes) organise the OXCARS free culture event to reclaim our cultural … Continued
Free Knowledge, Free Technology Education for a free information society SELF International Conference 2008 The FKFT Conference 2008 was the first international event that focused on the production and sharing of free educational and training materials about Free Software.
The Free Knowledge & Free Technology Conference (FKFT) is the first international event that focuses on the production and sharing of free educational and training materials about Free Software. It aims to: present the SELF Platform, a community platform for … Continued
Free Knowledge, Free Technology Education for a free information society SELF International Conference 2008CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTFirst International Conference July 15-17, 2008 Barcelona, Spain The Free Knowledge, Free Technology Conference (FKFT) is the first international event which will centre on the production … Continued