The Complete Story of the Vienna Declaration ~by Georg C. F. Greve (Groklaw)
Groklaw has this
article by Georg C. F. Greve, the Free Software Foundation Europe
(FSFE) representative at the WSIS conference. "
During the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, one of my trips brought me to the Austrian booth in order to pick up some copies of the Vienna Conclusions to spread and advertise. When flipping through the text, I was quite shocked to find references to Free Software removed and a pro-DRM statement inserted in the findings of the "Digital Rights/Creative Commons" workshop ("To ensure ongoing innovation, Digital Rights Management (DRM) development and deployment must remain voluntary and market-driven."). Also, references to the cultural and social significance of software as "digital cultural technique" were watered down."
Posted Dec 2, 2005 21:49 UTC (Fri)
by greve (guest, #8385)
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FYI: A comment by one GROKLAW reader gave me the idea to create a "Fellow Me: Say NO! to Vienna Manipulations" button that people can use to express their feelings about this entire issue. You can find it online at http://www.fsfe.org/fellows/greve/freedom_bits/fellow_me_say_no_to_vienna_manipulations.
Fellow Me: Say NO! to Vienna Manipulations