4th Libre Software Meeting

4TH WORLD CONGRESS
ON COMMUNITY SOFTWARE


Libre Software Meeting (LSM)


Sharing knowledge, Community spirit and

Exchanging and Discussing Progress

in Technologies and Free Software. 


From 9th till  12th July 2003, Technopole of  Metz, France, University
of Metzs Saulcy campus


For  the  4th  consecutive  year, professionals,  institutions,  fans,
experienced or beginning users of  «free» software will be meeting for
4 days of workshops and  debates in a friendly atmosphere. This annual
meeting will enable a diversified public to gather around a philosophy
that moves beyond simple Information Technology. 


Free software (such as GNU/Linux, Apache web servers, MySQL databases,
etc...)  is  engineered  mostly  through  the  work  of  thousands  of
volunteers  throughout   the  world.  It   respects  four  fundamental
freedoms:  the freedom  to execute  software without  limitations, the
freedom to study  the software (through its source  code), the freedom
to  modify  the  software,  and  the  freedom  to  redistribute  those
modifications. 


The LSM  also provides the opportunity to  publicize the possibilities
of such software  (at times unknown by the  public), through workshops
such  as «Free  Software  and Businesses»,  «Free  Software and  Local
Communities»,  «Free Software  for the  Blind  and Visually-Impaired»,
«Free Software for Music», «Relevant issues to Society» (with the team
of www.copinedegeek.com), «Law, Economics, Politics and Free Software»
and further debates. The  Meeting emphathises a thematic and pragmatic
(rather  than  theoretical)  approach  which  allows  participants  to
discover series of solutions tailor-made to specific uses. Please note
that some  workshops will cover technical themes  dealing with current
Information Systems  issues (such as  databases and security)  where a
specific level of expertise is required. 


This Meeting - held as a  result of the existing synergy between local
and national  Free Software  User Groups -  will provide a  unique and
open forum, and will enable the  sharing of information as well as the
launching of new projects. This 4th Libre Software Meeting will gather
users, professionals and non-professionals alike free of charge. 


For any information  concerning the agenda of the  conferences and the
registration : http://libresoftwaremeeting.org

Press Contact:

David Sugar

phone: +1 732 302 1849
email: dyfet@gnu.org

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