See you at FOSDEM 2024!
It is that time of the year again. FOSDEM will take place in Brussels on
3 and 4 February 2024. The Free Software Foundation Europe will be there
with most of its staff and some of our volunteers! Are you planning to
attend? If so, come meet us at our booth!
FOSDEM brings together thousands of Free Software enthusiasts in
Brussels on the first weekend of February each year to discuss Free
Software related topics. Once again, we are participating in this
two-day event at the Free University of Brussels with our booth, the
Legal and Policy Devroom that we co-organize, and other interesting
talks. Our team will be there ready to meet you, engage in fruitful
discussions, and network with the Free Software community. Come along to
check out our socks and t-shirts, along with a bunch of freshly-printed
stickers!
If you are planning to come to FOSDEM, we encourage you to join our Matrix FOSDEM 2024
room. Stay up to date and step by our social gatherings!Indeed,
if you are already in Brussels on Friday, you can join our first social
gathering and catch up! We'll meet for dinner and drinks at La
Mazette at 19:00h. See in OpenStreetMap.
Saturday, 3 February
From Saturday, as usual, you will find us around, mainly at our booth.
Whether you are a newcomer or a Free Software expert, our team will be happy
to meet you at the FSFE booth. Come to chat with us and discuss of
Free Software, get informed about our activities, share with us your
impressions about our new stickers, and add a new t shirt - or a pair of
socks - to your wardrobe. Our booth is the best place to find our team!
The FSFE Booth is in Building K level 2. Group A - Community
advocacy, 5.
Moreover, Saturday is the day during which our co-organized devroom, the Legal and
Policy Issues Devroom, takes place. We have been co-organizing this
devroom since 2020. Since then, FOSDEM participants have showed great
interest in these topics. Our Legal and Policy Issues Devroom is taking
place from 15:00 in Guillissen. One more year, together with our
co-organisers Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn from Software Freedom
Conservancy, and Tom Marble from Informatique, Inc., the FSFE’s
Alexander Sander and Matthias Kirschner will be addressing key legal and
policy topics related to Free Software.
- 09:00h - 19:00h - FSFE Booth Building K level 2. Group A - Community advocacy, 5.
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15:00h - 19:00h - Legal & Policy
Devroom Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
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15:00h – 15:05h - Welcome to the Legal and Policy
Issues Devroom: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
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15:05h – 16:00h - RHEL and CentOS and the growth of
openwashing in FOSS Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
- 16:00h – 16:30h - Figuring out trademark policy on the fly Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
- 16:30h – 17:00h - GPL’s Termination under German Law Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
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17:00h – 17:40h - Further Restrictions, Imposed
Downstream on Copyleft, Wreak Havoc: Discussing A Plan of Action Room:
UA2.220 (Guillissen)
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17:40h – 18:10h - The new Swiss Open Source Law:
"Public Money Public Code" by default Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
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18:10h - 19:00h - Hot Topics: Organizers of the Legal
& Policy DevRoom discuss the issues of the day Room: UA2.220
(Guillissen)
After a long day, what is better than a pizza? Join us to continue
discussing Free Software while we enjoy yummy pizza. We'll at Otomat at 19:30h. See
in OpenStreetMap.
Sunday, 4 February
On Sunday, our booth will be open from 9:00h until 17:00h. You will find
there our team and volunteers who would love to explain our
activities to you. We come with a lot of merchande, but if you
want to secure a t-shirt in your size, the sooner you are coming, the
better!
On this day, the "Open Source in
the European Legislative Landscape" devroom will take place. This
devroom is run by Simon Phipps, Enzo Ribagnac, Maarten Aertsen, Axel
Thévernet, Deb Bryant, Alexander Sander, and Gijs Hillenius. The
Community will discuss current policy topics with European legislators.
There, Alexander Sander, FSFE's Senior Policy Consultant, will moderate
the session on "FOSS Policy
Engagement". After that, if you stay in the same room, you will have
the chance to listen to Lina Ceballos, FSFE Policy Project Manager, who
will open the session on “Public
Services interoperability” and the Interoperable Europe Act,
followed by a discussion between decision makers and the Community.
Later that day, Lucas Lasota, FSFE Programme Manager, together with our
Netherlands Coordinator Niko Rikken, will highlight the main challenges
for Router Freedom and Device
Neutrality in Europe.
Finally, Niharika Singhal, FSFE’s Project Manger, will present the
FSFE’s work on AI and license proliferation done within the Zooom initiative. The talk will be
presented in the AI and Machine
Learning devroom.
- 09:00 – 17:00 - FSFE Booth Building K level 2. Group A - Community advocacy, 5.
- 12:30 – 13:10 - FOSS policy engagement: workshop Room AW1.120
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13:35 – 14:10 - Public services interoperability: The
Interoperable Europe Act; the challenges and opportunities for the free
and open source communities Room AW1.120
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15:10 – 15:20 - Digital Services Interoperability:
Intertwining EU telecom law, the DMA, internet devices and Free Software
Room AW1.120
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16:00 – 16:15 - Codes Bound by Ethics: The Rising Tide
of Non-Free Software Licenses in AI ecosystems Room UB2.252A (Lameere)
Of course, there will be many more interesting talks going on! You can
check the schedule of the two-day conference in the FOSDEM website.
Let’s close these two intense but insightful days with our last community
gathering. We'll meet at 18:00 at the Cafè La Maison du Peuple. See in OpenStreetMap.
Give us a hand!
Although we hope we do not have a lot of merchandise left at the end
of the conference, tearing down the booth is usually not an easy task so
we might need extra hands on Sunday. Contact our Office Assistant,
Francesca, at fi@fsfe.org if you can join us!
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