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Irish Free Software Organisation Founded

Posted by simoniker on from the ripped-up-the-pope-bald-chap? dept.

balor writes "January 5th 2004, Irish Free Software Organisation (IFSO) is launched. Since June 2003, members of the fsfe-ie mailing list have been collaborating on issues such as software patents, and the European Copyright Directive. With Ireland holding the presidency of the EU for the next six months, political lobbying in Ireland will be of increased importance. The fate of the software patentability directive is still undecided, and we now also have the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive to deal with. In the coming months, we also hope to work on spreading education and adoption of Free Software in Ireland. By no coincidence, today is also the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the GNU project."

9 comments

  1. Thank god.. by pr0c · · Score: 0, Funny

    Irish software has always been a constant problem for me. It works like its drunk if it bothers to at all. Irish Free Software.. YAY!

  2. I can't be the only to think ... by timothy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Free as in Whiskey!"

    Which sounds pleasant etc (if you like whiskey; I think that your average vinyl-factory explosion would make a better mouth sensation), but since whiskey tends not to be free, or even cheap, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Still, raspberries and lawnmowers.

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    jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
  3. Irish Free Software? by Uma+Thurman · · Score: 1, Funny

    I like my software with lots of Irish in it thank you very much.

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    This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
  4. "Irish free" by Danny+Rathjens · · Score: 3, Funny

    ok, who else will admit that they first read 'irish free' as 'not containing any irish', similar to 'fat free' labels, 8^)

    1. Re:"Irish free" by Phexro · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, my first thought was "are they going to bomb commercial software companies?"