FTA Community demands TradePub to correct inappropriate use of FTA course books
See update in this post: TradePub corrects offering of FTA course books On behalf of the FTA Community we have sent an open letter to an organisation called TradePub about their inappropriate use of our course books. As you may … Continued
Successful black-out against #SOPA
Yesterday more than 115.000 sites blacked out their site to protest against SOPA, the “Stop Online Privacy Act” and PIPA, the PROTECT-IP ACT. We simply say: Stop SOPA, stop the ridiculous metaphor of “piracy” and the war against Internet. The … Continued
From Free Software to Hardware
Over the last three decades we have seen how collaborative production in software development communities has made available all sorts of software under non-exclusive conditions, as Free Software, or Open Source. Certain trends suggest that in the coming years we … Continued
Net Neutrality Resolution Adopted in EU Parliament
From our friends at La Quadrature du Net: Paris, October 20th, 2011 — The “Industry” Committee of the EU Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution on Net neutrality. Through this vote asking the European Commission to promptly assess the need for … Continued
Open standards in Dutch public education
A couple of weeks ago Jan Stedehouder, a Dutch journalist, writer and Open Source advocate, published a blog post (english version here) about the use of Silverlight in the Dutch public education system. Silverlight was Microsoft’s attempt to steal the … Continued
FTA Community Portal opens its doors
The Free Technology Academy is happy to announce the new FTA Community Portal: an open space where anyone can participate in the Academy daily life and be a part of the FTA virtual community. The FTA Community Portal is an … Continued
FKI nominated for the International Prize!
by Hinde: On September 12, 2011, the winner of the International Prize will be announced! (see Dutch version of this post for details) The International Prize is meant for a novel and transferable project, which has concrete impact in the … Continued
A vision for the FTA
Recently we came together with the partners of the Free Technology Academy at the Open University Netherlands in Heerlen to discuss strategies and concrete plans to go forward. In this post I will try to explain the main aspects of … Continued
Varna Free University from Bulgaria joins the FTA
The FTA Network is maturing. Today the Varna Free University from Bulgaria has joined the Free Technology Academy as Associate Partner. The VFU will start providing FTA courses in Bulgarian and furthermore is planning to set up its own master … Continued
Building a Shared Free Technology Master Curriculum
As you may know the Free Knowledge Institute seeks to advance the sharing of knowledge and take away technical, social and legal impediments. One of our core activities lies in education and over the last years we have established a … Continued