Free Technology plan for Education in The Netherlands
As communicated here before, and by several stakeholders, such as government and educational partners (NoiV, Koopal Advies), serious plans for getting the Dutch professional educational sector are underway. Recently the initiators of the plans (FKI, ECABO, ROC Mondriaan, Stichting Praktijk … Continued
European Parliament admitted the Petition on Open Standards
(post restored in 2021, with assumed date) The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions has admitted our Request for Adherence to Open Standards on 29 June 2009 with Petition Nr. 0413/2009. In the admission letter the chairman of the Comitee points … Continued
Civil Rights, Net universality and neutrality
The Spanish Internet Users Association (Asociación de Internautas) has published a manifest to raise awareness on the most urgent issues regarding European citizens’ rights in the digital arena: the Telecom package, privacy of electronic communications, broadband access to the Internet, … Continued
Why the free software community cares about The Pirate Bay
northxsouth has published an interesting article on the relevance of the lawsuit against The Pirate Bay for the FS community. Their arguments are in line with the ones repeatedly expressed by prominent members of the FSF: the final goal of … Continued
ODF Alliance finds serious shortcomings in Microsoft
The ODF Alliance, of which the Free Knowledge Institute is a member, has published a Fact Sheet for governments and others interested in how Microsoft’s SP2 for Office 2007 handles ODF. The ODF Allliance says their testing revealed “serious shortcomings … Continued
Plans for a documentary about Free Knowledge
The other day I met with two filmmakers in Spain. They are planning to make a documentary about Free Knowledge in general. They would like to show to the general public the aspects and culture within the various communities, ranging … Continued
Don’t let the EU parliament lock up the Internet!
The European Parliament will vote about the future of the internet. Several plans are under discussion to lock up the internet and condition it to corporate interest. The Free Knowledge Institute participates in the Open Net Coalition to work together … Continued
InWent is looking for trainers on Free Software in East and Southern Africa
The German InWent, part of the Cooperation and Development Agency of the German government is looking for trainers. As they just made public, they look for : “Future trainers on “FOSS Business Models for Africa” in East and Southern Africa. … Continued
Dutch plans for Free Technology Education
Last Friday, 24th of April, the foundations for vendor independent ICT education in the Netherlands were laid down. Initiated by the Free Knowledge Institute, Ecabo and Vocational Education centre ROC Mondriaan, more than 20 representatives from some of the key … Continued
Request for adherence to Open Standards in EU bodies and EC programmes
(this page restored from old backups. Assumed date is ~june 2009) 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 … Continued