Henri bergius, kai blin, ara pulido, andre klapper, jonathan. Mambo software mambo developers mambo foundation inc. Henri bergius solutions architect umi urban mobility. Benjamin mako hill posted some thoughts on how the first generation of free software developers has grown. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. More than 55 open source developers helping us building iks technology. The chapters in this book are based on the papers delivered there by historians, political scientists and others who have had first hand knowledge of these areas. Obooe is new umbrella federation bringing together european business associations and organizations related to free, libre and open source software.
Lift conference is one of europes key events about innovation and digital technologies. Engineering lead with strong background in open source, iot, and content management. Fsfe is a charitable registered association eingetragener verein under german law, and has registered chapters in several european countries. Evolving the visual programming environment with react at react europe. Read more about henri on his personal blog and in our article speaker in the spotlight. His background is in midgard, a php content management system, and he has authored javascript tools and libraries, including the vie editing toolkit and noflo, a flowbased programming environment. Henri bergius has been living in both helsinki and istanbul, working with web technologies since early 90s. Henri bergius spent three days at the gnome developer experience hackfest working on the noflo runtime for gnome. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. The 2008 edition of fosdem the free and open source software developers europe meeting will take place at the ulb, brussels, belgium over the weekend of february 2324 2008. Berlin and the future of eastern europe, 1963 online. Noflo and flowbased programming by henri bergius node. Fsfe newsletter october 2009 free software foundation.
This decision was taken unanimously by the committee on the environment and agriculture of the 45nation council of europes parliamentary assembly during its april parliamentary session in strasbourg. Then, we present a new research platform with comparative study sites varying in tree diversity. Besides writing on this blog, im also available on twitter and linkedin. Global research centre for research on globalization.
Modern historical findings, such as the research done by the bergier commission, indicate that another major factor was the continued trade by swiss banks with nazi germany. On october 14th, nbc news bannered cia prepping for possible cyber strike against russia, and reported that, the obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against russia in retaliation for alleged russian interference in the american presidential election, u. Jun 02, 2017 noflo and flowbased programming by henri bergius node. Georg greve initiated the free software foundation europe in 2000 and was its. Obooe makes a noise about open source computerworld. Midgard project was started in early 1998 by jukka zitting and henri bergius for a finnish historical.
Friedrich bergius, born october 11, 1884, goldschmieden, near breslau, germany now wroclaw, polanddied march 30, 1949, buenos aires, argentina, german chemist and corecipient, with carl bosch of germany, of the 1931 nobel prize for chemistry. Free society conference and nordic summit fscons is a nordic conference trying to bridge the gap between software and cultural freedom held each autumn in gothenburg, sweden. Belgian democracy, its early history by pirenne, henri, 18621935. Explore historical records and family tree profiles on myheritage, the worlds largest family network. Prize europe prize programme from european commission.
It is an official european sister organization of the usbased free software foundation fsf. This biography of bergius provides detailed information about his childhood, life, research work, achievements and timeline. Mar 27, 2020 free software institutions are only as good or as valuable as their credibility yesterday the osi revealed, in two posts look closely at the texts, that it is still participating in microsofts monopolistic efforts. The name midgard comes from nordic mythology, meaning middle earth, the world of humans. The event was first organised by members of the free software foundation europe, in particular its swedish team and the then current intern in their gothenburg office. Western europe saw that its future lay in promoting closer cooperation and avoiding the errors of the past. First, what has become known as the pirenne thesis, concerning origins of the middle ages in reactive state formation and shifts in trade. The chapters in this book are based on the papers delivered there by historians, political scientists and others who have had first hand. In 2012 the charity decided to send gifted uk artists to each of the twenty eight. Major cities in europe include london, paris, pisa, rome and thermostadt. The free software foundation europe fsfe was founded in 2001 to support all aspects of the free software movement in europe. We present magic lantern, a free open software addon for canon dslr cameras, that offers increased functionality aimed mainly at dslr pro and power users. It shares many similarities with fosdem free and open source software developers european meeting in the way in which the event is structured, but where the latter attracts speakers and visitors primarily interested. Sweden, belgium and switzerland are jointly announcing a trilateral call for outlines of joint innovation projects under all suitable eureka instruments eureka network, eureka cluster and eurostars projects.
The federation goals are to encourage crossborder networking between national initiatives and to become a voice for the sector. Jon nordby and henri bergius, flowhub kickstarted funded visual programming ide like nodered. Friedrich karl rudolf bergius was a german chemist known for the bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal. Free software institutions are only as good or as valuable as their credibility yesterday the osi revealed, in two posts look closely at the texts, that it is still participating in microsofts monopolistic efforts. Free software foundation europe in finland henri bergius. Switzerland the international free and open source software. Germany, greece, italy, liechtenstein, luxembourg bradley j on. It runs alongside canons own firmware and adds a very diverse set of previously impossible functionality. Bergius and bosch were instrumental in developing the hydrogenation method necessary to convert coal dust and hydrogen directly into gasoline and lubricating oils without isolating. The reliability of all of these reports can reasonably be questioned, but here they are. At the end of march, 1962 a group of some seventy scholars and students of international affairs from europe and the united states met in chicago to discuss the berlin problem and the future of eastern europe. The free software foundation europe is a nonprofit nongovernmental organisation. Free software foundation europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. The 2003 europe prize has been awarded to the lithuanian town of klaipeda.
Jan 19, 2018 call proposed by eureka a european programme. Still a free software journalist by day, open font designer by night. Berlin is the capital and the largest city of germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states. Most of the midgard developer community comes from the baltic region, 21 22 and the project has been referred by cms watch as the hanseatic league of content management. This gives europe a very unique chance to capitalize on the benefits of free software and get a headstart into the knowledge economy. Free software gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt and share software. He is a member of the finnish team of free software foundation europe, and an invited expert in w3cs rdf web applications. Previous regional coordinator for creative commons in europe, lecturer in software engineering at the university of gothenburg and cofounder of the free software foundation europe.
The fsfe planet is a aggregation of blog posts and thoughts of the free software community. He has also been involved for a long time in making linux desktops locationaware, and in the maemo and meego communities. For six days and nights the great fire races out of control through the most populous districts of the imperial city. After wwii, europe became less important within the international arena, which became dominated by the usa and the ussr. Our work is made possible by a community of volunteers, fellows and donors. Josiane xavier parreira, insight centre for data analytics. In addition, i am engaged in a project that aims at establishing a label system for hardware that is connected to the internet of things, including advanced. The public domain software must be distinguished from the free and open source software foss 14. He is a member of the finnish team of free software foundation europe, and an invited expert in w3cs rdf web applications working group.
Henri bergius is the founder of midgard, a free software content repository. I am a representative of the free software foundation europe, a nonprofit organisation that is dedicated to the furthering of free. The material is spread out over 16 chapters after a foreword by free software foundation europe founder georg greve. Apr 30, 20 the free software foundation s gnu project turned 25 last week, and the english humorist stephen fry made a video to commemorate it. Friedrich bergius biography childhood, life achievements. This book tells the success story of the modern research university in europe and its expansion to other continents.
It was organised the 78 december 2007 and attracted about 80 visitors. Fsf europe is asking that at least 50% of the information society budget go to free software and documentation, and that free software be preferred in all the programs funding decisions. It is important that this technology empowers rather than restricts us. Itis wellplaced geographically to welcome visitors from mainland europe and one of its aims is to foster friendly relationships with citizens of other eu countries. He sets the tone for the book by introducing the ideas of free software and communities, specifically connecting the rise of the internet and free software as codependent developments. The 1950s can reasonably be called the foundation period of europe. Translations and reprints from the original sources of. When i became president of the commission in 1995, the association was about the only body which supported us in our firm belief that the single currency would become a reality. More recently henri has focused his development efforts on node. Europa, one of the moons of jupiter, was named after it. Erik albers, free software foundation europe labeling system, privacy harry halpin, w3c web crypto kia teymourian, institut fuer informatik, freie universitaet berlin.
He speaks at several conferences each year on free software and web technologies. The massive mobilization of swiss armed forces under the leadership of general henri guisan is often cited as a decisive factor that the german invasion was never initiated. Your donations are critical to our strength and autonomy. Henri pirennes reputation today rests on three contributions to european history. By focusing on the freedom of scientific research, teaching and study, the medieval university structure was modernised and enabled discoveries to become a professional, bureaucraticallyregulated activity of the university. Fsfe newsletter june 2014 free software foundation europe. Switzerland the international free and open source. At the start of the decade pioneering institutions such as the oeec, the council of europe and nato were already in place. The association for the monetary union of europe tonight, i really feel at home among friends. In fact, the internet and the free software community1 were codependent developments. The imos foundation is a small arts charity based in the south east of the united kingdom. Jon nordby and henri bergius, flowhub henri and i are two of the main developers of flowhub1, a flowbased programming ide that enables programmers to make programs in a visual way using nodes and graphs.
Henri bergius is an occasional adventurer living in berlin and working on decoupled software systems, visual programming tools, and free software. Flowbased programming for javascript henri bergius youtube. I am a representative of the free software foundation europe, a nonprofit organisation that is dedicated to the furthering of free software and open standards online and offline. The free software foundations gnu project turned 25 last week, and the english humorist stephen fry made a video to commemorate it. Fsf europe is asking that at least 50% of the information society budget go to free software and documentation, and that free software be. The two victorious superpowers came to dominate the international scene and spread their influence throughout the world. He runs a small consultancy called nemein, hacks in coffeescript and php, and spends much of his free time motorcycling through remote parts of. The noflo development environment is open source and was successfully crowdfunded on kickstarter in fall 20. Georg greve initiated the free software foundation europe in 2000 and was its founding president until 2009. Fsfe newsletter october 2009 free software foundation europe.
Buy hitler over europe by ernst henri online at alibris. I met the free software foundation europe president georg greve in the fisl 7. I am a representative of the free software foundation europe, a nonprofit organisation that is dedicated to the. During this time he was responsible for building up and designing many of fsfes activities such as the fellowship, the policy or legal work, and has worked intensively with many communities. Henri bergius, representative of the finnish centre for open source solutions coss. Fsfe is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring software freedom, which is an important building block in an open information society. By the end of the 1950s all the major european communities, the ecsc, the eec and euratom had been established. Seems like the organization is doing lots of good fighting software patents and other threats here in europe ive been considering it for a while, and now decided to join the organization as a fellow to support its valuable work and thus help to maintain the business environment i work in. The current situation is that most of european oss companies have more business cooperation with software. Free software foundation europe, has recently expanded by the addition of a finnish country team.