[eccr] 4TH WORLD CONGRESS ON COMMUNITY SOFTWARE

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>4TH WORLD CONGRESS ON COMMUNITY SOFTWARE
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>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 
> Metz's Saulcy campus
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>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 it's 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:  http://libresoftwaremeeting.org
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>Press Contact:
>David Sugar
>phone: +1 732 302 1849
>email: (dyfet /at/ gnu.org)
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