Event homepage: http://www.ifso.ie/events/2006-04-29/index.html
Federico Heinz: The Imperative for Free Software in Government & Public Administration Heinz is one of the guys behind the adoption of laws requiring government bodies to use Free Software in various Latin American countries, particularly Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela. These laws have met mixed results. In particular, Heinz argues that use of Free Software is necessary to fulfill the state's promise the the citizens that their data which it keeps and processes, will be kept with three principles: Security. No one should be able to prevent the people who do have the right to access that data, from doing so Persistence. How long the data is usable for should be determined by the government Transparency. Actions which the laws mandate must be verifiable by the citizens. Heinz explains that this can be done through manual procedures, but when it is done digitally, Free Software must be used. Ciaran O'Riordan: GPLv3: the process and the changes A brief presentation of the most significant changes proposed for version three of the GNU General Public License, and information about the year-long public consultation process. Federico Heinz: Free Software and Education This is a topic that IFSO requested he talk about, and it's something that's also important to him. Issues such as access to education are far more acute there than in Ireland. This should be of particular interest to those evaluating or advocating the use of Free Software for the software infrastructure of schools and universities, for the teaching curricula based on Free Software.

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