Press Release: EU must adhere to own policy on Open Standards
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
EC supports European educational programme on Free Software
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
2008-2009 Petition to stop software patents in Europe
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
Free Software activities in Spain
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
The Gnowledge lab builds a “roadmap to knowledge”
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
SELF Interim Board meeting held in Amsterdam
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
The OXCARS – excelence means sharing
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
The Free Knowledge Free Technology Conference 2008
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.
Free Knowledge & Free Technology Conference 2008
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 Conference, 15-17 July 2008, Barcelona Spain
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