On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 11:30, Marcel Ruff wrote:
Research institutes get up to 100% sponsoring, companies get up to 50%, free software gets 0%
I don't think this is a fair comparision. Free software can well exist in both research institutes and companies. We should remember that free software is no longer a separate entity. Free software should be present in all projects that IST funds (ideally).
If you have read the IST Work Programme, you will indeed see that, "the development of open standards and open source software will be encouraged when appropriate to ensure interoperatbility of solutions and to further innovation."
The FSF Europe has a special page for information about the sixth framework programme: http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/fp6/ There's also a mailing list there for fp6 related activities, if you wish to participate.
Jonas