[en] FSFLA News

[Beatriz Busaniche]

FSFLA News
Issue #8
March 2006

GPLv3

January this year was the kickoff for the process of updating the GNU
GPL, the most popular Free Software license. The process leading to
GPLv3 started with a conference in Boston, MA, USA, on January 16th. The
next GPLv3 conference will take place in Latin America.

The Second International Conference on GPLv3 will be hosted in Porto
Alegre, Brazil, within the framework of the 7th International Free
Software Forum (FISL 7.0), which will take place between April 19th and
22nd this year.

Richard M. Stallman has confirmed his attendance, as have Free Software
activists from all over the world. 

FSFLA will help keep the community informed about progress on GPLv3
through our web site http://www.fsfla.org/

FSFLA will actively participate in the GPLv3 event, and will present a
conference within the Forum.

Work Teams

Two of FSFLA's work teams are up and running.

The translation team is working hard in localizing the main documents
from the GPLv3 process into Spanish and Portuguese, as well as other
documents of interest for the Latin American Free Software community.
People who want to monitor the translation progress or wish to get
involved can do so at the following page:
http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/traductores

The legal affairs work team's mailing list also is open for subscription
at:
http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legales

Both are part of FSFLA's set of work teams, which are open for anyone
who wishes to collaborate and contribute their work and ideas.

Web Site

By and by, we are feeding information of interest for the Latin
Amercican Free Software community into our web site, especially about
FSFLA's activities.

The site has now a section dedicated to local laws which may have some
kind of impact or influence over Free Software development or use. If
your country is not yet in the list for which we have already compiled
laws, and you can help us complete it, please don't hesitate to contact
us at <info at fsfla.org>.

More information at http://www.fsfla.org/ 

Events

In February, members of FSFLA were active in different places in Latin
America.

Federico Heinz, FSFLA's current president, offered a series of
conferences in Mexico DF and El Salvador. In both countries, he took
part in activities together with the Heinrich Böll Foundation's office
for México, Central America and the Caribbean. During his trip, Federico
worked with several NGOs in affairs related with Free Software and
access to knowledge.

Beatriz Busaniche visited Cuba, where she participated in 15th National
Book Fair of La Habana, introducing the book "A patented world? The
privatization of life and knowledge" together with Silke Helfrich from
the Heinrich Böll Foundation. She also took part in a series of events
in the Juan Marinello Cultural Center, at the Universidad de La Habana
together with the Habana's Free Software User Group, and the Cuban
Intellectual Property Office, where she gave a technical workshop on
software patents.

The 2nd Latin American Free Software Installfest (FLISOL) will take
place on March 25th on many cities all over Latin America. FLISOL is an
event that promotes the use of Free Software and the integration of user
communities in all Latin American countries. If you already are a Free
Software user, you can participate and collaborate in the event. Please
get in contact with the user groups that are hosting FLISOL in your
city. Your help is needed and appreciated! For more information, the
list of cities participating in FLISOL, as well as instructions on how
you can help, are available at http://installfest.info/
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