Talk: Non-free software advertisement presented by your government
Free Software in Politics- Day
- Saturday 12th of November, 2011
- Start
- 11:00
- End
- 11:45
- Duration
- 0:45:00
- Room
- 1
What would you think about a sign on the highway saying “You need a Volkswagen to drive on this road. Contact your Volkswagen dealer for a gratis test drive – Your Government”? When it comes to software that opens PDF files, many public sector organisations do this every day.
With the pdfreaders.org campaign FSFE has turned the spotlight on government organisations who behave in this way, exposing how frequent such advertisements for non-free software are. With the help of activists across Europe, FSFE contacted these organisations and explained them how to improve their websites so that they respect our freedom.
Why did FSFE choose this topic? How was the campaign organised? How successful was the campaign until now? How can you still participate in it?
Concurrent events:
- 11:00 - 11:45 Talk: Open Source Ecology - the hardware foundation for modern civilization
- 11:00 - 11:45 Talk: Necessitas - Qt on Android
- 11:00 - 11:45 Talk: The design of GNOME 3
Next (up to 3) talks in the same room (1):
- 12:00 - 12:45 Talk: Free Software in the Swedish public sector
- 14:00 - 15:00 Keynote: Dialogue with Richard Stallman
- 15:15 - 16:00 Talk: "Use the edge, strong man!" - Free Software in the European Parliament
Events that start after this one (within 30 minutes):
- 12:00 - 12:45 Talk: Erlang Embedded Simulation
- 12:00 - 12:45 Talk: Free Software in the Swedish public sector
- 12:00 - 12:45 Talk: Manditory versus optional online payments and why it matters for information freedom
- 12:00 - 12:45 Talk: How to run successful contributor sprints