"The Free Software Foundation Europe gathers members and volunteers at the Free and Open Source Software Developers Meeting in Brussels"
Between the 16th and 17th of February, 2002, the Free and Open Source Software Developers Meeting will take place in Brussels, Belgium. Among the visitors will be Richard M. Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation and Georg C. F. Greve, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe.
FOSDEM will also host the Free Software Foundation Award Ceremony. The FSF Award For the Advancement of Free Software is handed out annually to honor someone who has contributed significantly to further the Free Software Movement. Earlier award winners include Larry Wall, Miguel de Icaza and Brian Paul.
The FSF Europe will also meet internally during the FOSDEM event to discuss the future of Free Software in Europe and elsewhere. An open round table discussion on the topic will take place if there is sufficient interest.
Additionally, the FSF Europe would like to welcome all members of the press to FOSDEM where they will have the opportunity to meet many of the foundation members and volunteers who would be happy to talk about the issues of Free Software.
About the Free and Open Source Developers Meeting:
FOSDEM (renamed from The Open Source and Free Software Developers Meeting to underline the importance of Free Software) was first held in 2001 and was attended by more than 1200 visitors during its two day conference, making it one of the larger Free Software events in Europe.
More information: http://www.fosdem.org/
About the Free Software Foundation Europe:
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a charitable non-governmental organization dedicated to all aspects of Free Software in Europe. Access to software determines who may participate in a digital society. Therefore the freedoms to use, copy, modify and redistribute software - as described in the Free Software definition - allow equal participation in the information age. Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the United States.
More information: http://fsfeurope.org/
Contact: Georg C. F. Greve greve@gnu.org Tel: +49-40-23809080 Fax: +49-40-23809081
Further press contact information is available at http://fsfeurope.org/press/.