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FSF Europe Founded

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grab-a-soapbox dept.

senfman writes "The German News Service Heise Onilne writes in this article, that the Free Software Foundation Europe was founded. The four founding members are Germans who look for people in other european countries to support them. The FSF Europe is going to cooperate with Richard M. Stallman to make sure that there are no differences between this institutions." Excellent.

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  1. Re:We do more research, so you don't have too by e7 · · Score: 5
    I have been hearing more about Europe in the last 2 years than ever before.

    Actually ... Europe has been around for millenniums (I know because it's been reported on Slashdot several times already). This link shows the existence of prior art.

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  2. Hypocrisy, michael by Froid · · Score: 3

    (I should note that the change could have been done silently, so that you wouldn't have known who changed the password on your account.)

    So the answer is more secrecy? That hardly seems consistent with the mission of YRO. You throw a fit every time a closed-source program dials out and shares user data with a secret server somewhere. You would've thrown a fit if Intel had secretly manufactured its PIIIs with serial numbers. You've built yourself a career here railing against abusive secrecy, and now you turn around and inflict the same?

    I've never thought much of you, michael, but you've far exceeded my expectations here. You positively drip with hypocrisy. How can anyone read anything you ever post again knowing that whatever ideals you pretend to stand for are a ruse masking your power infatuation?

    Thanks for reminding me why /. has lost all journalistic credibility. And thank you for doing your part to make it possible.

  3. Declaration of Intent by Jonas+�berg · · Score: 3

    As anyone who has cared to look at the website can tell, this is so far only a Declaration of Intent. Greve, Bernhard, Werner, Peter and others are currently very busy with organisating a Free Software Foundation Europe. There will also be local chapters of this FSF Europe. If I have anything to say about this, and I think I do, Sweden will be one of those countries having a local chapter. This is interesting times indeed.

  4. Re:Michael says "excellent" by Arker · · Score: 4

    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.

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