DECLARACION DE MAYO Adoptada por las organizaciones y personas participantes del Encuentro Internacional Software Libre y Apropiación Social de Nuevas Tecnologías, reunidas en Santiago de Chile en Mayo del 2005. http://www.encuentromayo.cl/site/ Hemos acogido la diversidad de opiniones que puede existir en la discusión de las políticas públicas orientadas a la apropiación social del software libre, y más allá de los principios mínimos expuestos más abajo y que deben tenerse en cuenta por los gobiernos y la propia comunidad, queremos subrayar la necesidad de promover la adopción de decisiones públicas y privadas que alienten el desarrollo y empleo de software y tecnologías libres. 1.- Software y Tecnologías Libres. El actual desarrollo tecnológico, logrado a partir del mayor emprendimiento colectivo de construcción de conocimiento de la historia de la humanidad (el Movimiento del Software Libre) permite a nuestras comunidades disponer de software y tecnologías que garantizan el acceso a las mismas, su libre uso, su libre distribución y la libertad para introducir mejoras en ellas. Los beneficios económicos, sociales y culturales que el software y tecnologías libres garantizan a nuestros pueblos hacen imprescindible brindar un respaldo al desarrollo de soluciones que se inspiren en su filosofía. El marco ético y las dinámicas de trabajo surgidas a partir del Movimiento del Software Libre permean y nutren el desarrollo de nuevas y generosas páginas de la producción intelectual, donde una cada vez más numerosa comunidad de individuos y entidades abrazan modelos de licenciamiento de la cultura que incentivan la socialización de la cultura, reconociendo la autoría y balanceando su utilidad social y el provecho económico de las obras por parte de sus creadores. 2.- Opción Preferente por Software y Tecnologías Libres. En la disyuntiva de hacer uso de software y tecnologías libres o no, debe elegirse hacer empleo de las primeras, por cuanto contribuyen a resguardar el interéspúblico, al garantizar el acceso de la población a las creaciones, permitiendo que participe de los beneficios del progreso de las ciencias, las artes y la tecnología. Esto es particularmente importante hoy, cuando a través de las denominadas leyes sobre propiedad intelectual se reduce la posibilidad de hacer uso de las creaciones sin mediar un pago previo. La denominada política de neutralidad tecnológica no debe ser interpretada como un obstáculo para la elección de softwares y tecnologías libres. 3.- Promoción de Software y Tecnologías Libres.El grado de concientización alcanzado en cuanto a las oportunidades que ofrecen el software y las tecnologías libres es satisfactorio; no obstante, es menester desarrollar acciones de promoción y difusión de su empleo de manera de garantizar el incremento de su uso. 4.- Software y Tecnologías Libres para el Desarrollo. La opción por el software y tecnologías libres, particularmente en el caso de países no desarrollados, es central a la hora de avanzar en la superación de la brecha de acceso a la sociedad de la información, en cuanto contribuye a la apropiación de las nuevas tecnologías, fomenta las actividades de las empresas desarrolladoras de software a nivel nacional, y genera oportunidades para el gobierno electrónico. En razón de las consideraciones precedentes: Solicitamos a quienes actualmente toman decisiones: Gobiernos, Legisladores y autoridades públicas en general, acoger la preocupación y contribución que desde las Organizaciones Sociales se formulan en torno al esbozo de políticas públicas, sean normativas o no, asociadas al empleo de software y tecnologías libres, y, a su vez, a documentarse frente a la presión de quienes reniegan del uso de las mismas; y, adoptar decisiones concretas que impliquen una opción preferente del software y tecnologías libres en las áreas de la salud, educación, cultura y, en general, en toda aquella de ingerencia estatal. Solicitamos a las entidades del sector privado abrir espacios de diálogo en relación con el empleo de software y tecnologías que garanticen el interés público en su empleo; adoptar y promover el desarrollo y uso de software y tecnologías libres; difundir entre sus pares los resultados obtenidos del empleo de tales tecnologías. Solicitamos a la comunidad del software libre redoblar los esfuerzos en el desarrollo de software y tecnologías libres-accesibles que contribuyan a incrementar el número de sus usuarios; en la elaboración de estudios e investigaciones que incentiven y documenten la adopción de políticas públicas proclives al software y tecnologías libres; y, por último, en la promoción y difusión continua y sistemática del software y tecnologías libres. Convocamos a entidades e individuos avocados a la tarea de investigar y desarrollar conocimiento, reflexión crítica, infocomunicación y otras formas de expresión del individuo a sumar esfuerzos. Sus visiones e inquietudes son fundamentales para el desarrollo y perfeccionamiento de los desarrollos actuales y por venir. Asistimos a la formación de un cognitariado (trabajador@s de la sociedad del conocimiento), y desde esa condición proponemos avanzar en los desafíos futuros. Invitamos a las organizaciones y entidades de la sociedad civil que aún no se han vinculado al movimiento de creación y difusión del conocimiento libre, en todas sus formas, a abrazar esta iniciativa de alcance planetario que no hace distingos o exclusiones de ningún tipo, y que se moviliza por la defensa del derecho humano a expresarse y comunicarse. Para este último particular, las organizaciones firmantes crearán un espacio en Internet que permita una mejor coordinación entre las distintas comunidades, en particular las presentes en América Latina y el Caribe, que se dará a conocer en el portal del Encuentro: www.encuentromayo.cl Finalmente, queremos saludar a las comunidades de Software Libre del mundo, en particular a las de India, que en estos precisos momentos realizan un encuentro de similares características al nuestro, una muestra más de que en todas las latitudes la humanidad pone sus esfuerzos por un mundo posible, solidario, incluyente y sustentable. 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Experts advocate free software at Kerala meet:- Thiruvananthapuram | May 28, 2005 6:40:06 PM IST Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 : Software experts from India, Italy and Latin America called for global cooperation and collaborations in propagating free software at a meet here Saturday. At the two-day meet that started Saturday, economist and former Venezuela minister for planning and development Filipe Perez-Marti stressed that "participation, solidarity and wisdom" would be the three key words that characterise a new global situation. The conference is being organised by SPACE, the Thiruvananthapuram-based Society for the Promotion of Alternative Computing and Environment, the global NGO Hipatia and the Free Software Foundation-India. Special advisor in Brazil's communications ministry Antonio Bezerra de Albquerque Neto said his country was keen to build links with countries like India and China, and stressed that free software is the key tool to build a fairer society. "Publicly-funded content must be openly available and sharing knowledge only enhances its richness," said Italian senator Fiorello Cortiana. Amidst praise for Kerala for organising the "first ever" south-to-south contact in the world of free software and free knowledge, speakers from Venezuela, Brazil, Italy and India explored ways of understanding their respective situations and possibilities for collaboration. Free Software Foundation of India director G. Nagarjuna stressed how India was able to fight attempts to make software a patented item. He said help for this endeavour had come from politicians and the media. Latin American delegates spoke of why their firms had opted for free software - for more control over their work and to avoid possibilities of sabotage in a crucial sector of the economy. (IANS) ----------------------------------------------- http://www.linuxjournal.com/comment/reply/8319 India's Upcoming Free Software, Free Society Conference By Frederick Noronha on Wed, 2005-05-25 23:00. Free software advocates and IT delegates from around the world will be in Kerala, India, this week in the hopes of building free software collaborations for the future. Free software offers its users various freedoms. In India, free software enthusiasts are working on a new one--the freedom to build bridges to potential partners half-way across the globe who are facing similar developmental concerns or challenges. To help facilitate this bridge-building process, the Free Software Foundation of India is organising a four-country conference to be held May 28-29, 2005. The Free Software, Free Society conference brings together hackers from an unlikely set of nations, people who don't speak the same language but who do see much in the idea that knowledge is most powerful when it is shared freely. Arun M, [email protected], one of the key organisers of this event, said, "The Free Software movement has shown a new way of knowledge creation based on collaboration and social ownership. This conference explores the possibilities of applying the Free Software model in addressing broader questions such as governance, digital inclusion, development and culture." Free Software, Free Society is being organised by the Free Software Foundation of India, along with Italy's Hipatia project, the Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE) in Kerala and the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IITM-K). The conference will be held at Technopark, a technology and software promotion centre in the state-capital of India's southernmost state of Kerala. Foreign delegations slated to attend the event include a four-member Brazilian delegation led by Antonio Albuquerque of the Ministry of Communication; the 20-member Venezuelan delegation led by Felipe Perez Marti, and eminent economist and ex-minister; and a three-member delegation from Italy led by Senator Fiorello Cortiana, a member of Italy's parliamentary representation in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). In addition, IT companies from Brazil and Venezuela--PDVSA and CONATEL, respectively--will be sending delegates to the conference. Conference organisers say these IT attendees are coming to Free Software, Free Society keen on the idea of exploring collaboration possibilities with Indian companies. Organisers say the Free Software, Free Society conference will showcase various free software and free content initiatives being undertaken by conference participants. This includes the Creative Commons, a non-profit initiative devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to build upon and share legally. "This will help representatives from different organisations and countries to find synergy and collaborate. Topics covered will include e-governance, bridging the digital divide, education, development, social justice, legal issues and micro-finance", said Arun M. The Free Software, Free Society agenda was designed to enable attendees to discuss their experiences with using free software and also to explore ways to collaborate on creation of new software applications as well as content. Theme-based discussions are being arranged on the role of free software and free knowledge on socio-economic development, the digital culture and technological advancement. A business meeting also is incorporated in the Free Software, Free Society conference, which will allow delegations to meet with local IT businesses that work with free software based technologies and platforms. The hope is these meeting will provide an opportunity to plan for collaboration for the future. "This conference is first of its kind to be organised in Asia. Free software and free culture activists from South nations are coming together to discuss issues relating to control over knowledge and creativity", said Arun M. Arun continues, "This conference came [about] as a result of the World Social Forum (WSW) [held in Mumbai, India in] 2004. During that meet, free software advocates from various countries came together to organise future events. FSF India and Hipatia took the initiative to run Media Center of WSF entirely with free software. For the first time in the history of the World Social Forum, its media center was running only on free software. It was a big success for movement and WSF." After the WSW 2004 event, the issue that arose was, simply, what next? Hipatia and FSF India started working together, particularly to bring together activists from the nations of the South, including Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and India. From this was born the idea for the upcoming Kerala conference. Arun said, "We also wanted to have a South-South exchange of ideas before the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis. The idea was to create a policy framework that will protect the interest of developing nations." Organisers were hoping to have the Brazilian singer-guitarist-song-writer turned minister of culture Gilberto Gil present for the event. He could have come; so might have the Creative Commons champion Prof. Lawrence Lessig. But uncertainty over governmental support made this difficult. Arun said one of the "expected results" of the conference is an "intellectual solidarity" between the participating countries "that may lead to more concrete collaborative initiatives in Free Software in particular and Free Knowledge in general". Such initiatives, he argued, should address various developmental needs of the society, particularly the so-called digital divide or chasm between those included and excluded from the benefits of the computer-generated information era. "We are sure that this conference will be a starting point of several initiatives in free software and free culture", Arun said. He expects participants to come from a broad mix of fields: Unlike many other free software conference, focus here is not on technology. We have delegates and speakers coming from various fields--film, music, politics, bureaucracy, education, scientific research, media, programming and so on. This broad spectrum offers challenges and possibilities for this conference.... Everyone is excited about this conference. The Venezuela delegation particularly is interested in establishing relations with India IT companies and other organisations.... We hope this conference will create a long-term collaboration between members of free software communities from all the participating countries. We also [want to] explore the possibilities of specific initiatives in free software for governments and education, as well as for small enterprises and digital content production and sharing. Speakers scheduled to take part include the Venezuelan economist and free software activist Dr. Felipe Perez-Marti, whose country was the first to mandate free software use in public sector institutions; musician turned free-software campaigner Juan Carlos Gentile, who is involved in initiatives such as Red Escolar GNU/Linux in Latin America; Italian lawyer Marco Ciurcina; and the famous Indian software hacker Anand Babu, who lead the engineering team of California Digital that in June 2004 designed and built what then was the world's second-fastest super computer, code named Thunder, using free software. -- Diego Saravia [email protected] _______________________________________________ lista coordinadores-hipatia [email protected] http://listas.hipatia.info/mailman/listinfo/coordinadores-hipatia www.listas.hipatia.info - [email protected] ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- -- Diego Saravia [email protected] ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- -- Diego Saravia [email protected]