The EuroLinux Alliance for a Free Information Infrastructure is a coalition of citizens, commercial companies and non-governmental organisations (NGO) united to promote and protect a vigourous European Software Culture based on copyright, open standards, open competition and open source software such as Linux. Eurolinux was founded in 1999 and launched a successful campaign against European software patenting. More than 300 000 European citizens supported the Eurolinux petition for a software patent free Europe. Eurolinux continues to talk with policy makers to make Europe more competetive in a world increasingly dominated by ubiquitious Linux and other free and open source solutions.

Penguin Agenda: Linux everywhere (2010)

The Penguin Agenda. Eurolinux advocates public policies which lead to European Digital Independence: Eurolinux aims to overcome strategic dependencies of our critical information infrastructure which put European citizens at risk. Linux is a strategic means to this end.

Reduction of regulatory risks (1999-2009)

The Eurolinux became famous for its 2000 Petition for a software patent free Europe. It attracted more than 350 000 signatures. Ten years later a new European petition supported by Eurolinux follows in the footsteps of our legendary petition to tackle the still unresolved issue of patent hazards. We also want to show out appreciation to the Hague Declaration and APRIL's Free Software Pact.

Other older activities

ACT on ACTA

The Linux environment is threatened by patent trolls and hostile competitors who use patents as weapons against the Linux eco system. A very dangerous process of international legislation is ACTA, a confidential Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Its now leaked contents would have devastating effects on the internet, Linux and the democratic environment.

European citizens and SME can help as follows:

The beginning of Linux

Sat, 03/20/2010 - 01:08 — adminsch

Hello everybody out there using minix -

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).

comp.os.minix

QdN starts collecting signatures on ACTA declaration

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:39 — adminsch

Strasbourg, March 8th 2010 - Written declaration 12/2010 regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is now open for
signatures. It has to be signed within three months by more than half of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It is a great opportunity for the European Parliament to prove its commitment to protecting fundamental rights and freedoms. Every EU citizen concerned about ACTA and the preservation of an open Internet can participate [1] by getting in touch with MEPs [2] and urging them to sign the written declaration.

techdirt: Intellectual Ventures Lending Its Patents To Members To Sue Others

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 15:07 — adminsch

Eurolinux stressed before that the international soft patent business is in a credibility crisis. Usually it does not generate return as expected. Commercially successful are scare scheme, where industrial have to become a member of the portfolio to be safe from soft patents of that very portfolio. Techdirt reports that the time of defensive growth is over:

Intellectual Ventures Lending Its Patents To Members To Sue Others:

Francisco Mingorance still lobbies for Software-Patents in the European Union

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:13 — adminsch

Lobbyist Francisco Mingorance from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is a die-hard advocate for software patents on the European level. The original EU-Commission software patent directive proposal which was defeated by Eurolinux and supporters was last saved by the lobbyist Francisco Mingorance. His recent intervention at the European STOA panel shows that we have to stay alert and defend the rights of software SMEs and the Linux sector against our opponents and their patent ideology.

The European Interoperability Framework 2 'will be submitted to the European Parliament and Council soon'

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 23:11 — Anonymous

Alan Bell reports received news from the European Parliament regarding the whereabouts of the European Interoperability Framework version 2. Foreign software vendors invested heavily to stifle and delay the process for an EIFv2.

His UK-conservative MEP answers him:

European Parliament Intergroup for New Media, Free Software and Open Information

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 01:03 — Anonymous

An intergroup on "New Media, Free Software and Open Information Society" was established in the European Parliament with the support of
a wide range of political groups (EPP, ALDE/ADLE and Greens/EFA). Intergroups enable MEPs to work on subjects and debate without considerations of political parties and without committee competence limitations.

For Eurolinux and Free Software promoters, the creation of this intergroup enables naturally transversal information society issues to be more widely debated within the European Parliament.

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