Franco Iacomella
Encyclopedia
Franco Iacomella is an Argentine
activist, writer and scholar involved in universities such as the University of Buenos Aires
, Latin American Social Sciences Institute
and the Open University of Catalonia. He is a well known Free Culture
and Free Knowledge advocate.
, where he is mainly involved in legal issues and in the GNU Savannah
project. He also works in other Open Source
projects such as the Open Video Alliance and the Free Technology Academy.
, the Open Web Foundation
and is member of the P2P Foundation
, where he coordinates and design projects. He also serves as Board Observer at the Free Software Foundation Latin America
. He is the current President of the Gleducar
NGO, an important organization that works in the field of free education
in Latin America
. In that position, he serves in the Advisory Board of Conectar Igualdad, the Argentinian National programme to deliver one laptop per student in the public education sector. He also collaborates with Marxists Internet Archive
as a member of the Steering Committee of the organisation.
He use to write and give conferences about free software
, open education
, copyright
law and access to knowledge
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
activist, writer and scholar involved in universities such as the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
, Latin American Social Sciences Institute
Latin American Social Sciences Institute
The Latin American Social Sciences Institute is an inter-governmental autonomous organization for Latin America and the Caribbean dedicated to research, teaching and spreading of social sciences....
and the Open University of Catalonia. He is a well known Free Culture
Free Culture
Free Culture may refer to:* Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig* Free culture movement, a social movement for free culture...
and Free Knowledge advocate.
Projects
He is member of the GNU ProjectGNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software, mass collaboration project, announced on September 27, 1983, by Richard Stallman at MIT. It initiated GNU operating system development in January, 1984...
, where he is mainly involved in legal issues and in the GNU Savannah
GNU Savannah
GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation initiated by Loïc Dachary, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for Free Software projects. Savannah currently offers CVS, GNU arch, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, mailing list, web hosting, file...
project. He also works in other Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
projects such as the Open Video Alliance and the Free Technology Academy.
Career
He serves as Board Member at the Free Knowledge InstituteFree Knowledge Institute
The Free Knowledge Institute is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2006 in The Netherlands. Inspired by the Free Software movement, the FKI fosters the free exchange of knowledge in all areas of society by promoting freedom of use, modification, copying and distribution of knowledge in four...
, the Open Web Foundation
Open Web Foundation
The Open Web Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and protection of specifications for emerging web technologies. The foundation follows an open source model similar to the Apache Software Foundation...
and is member of the P2P Foundation
P2P Foundation
P2P Foundation: The Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives is an organization with the aim of studying the impact of peer to peer technology and thought on society.It was founded by Michel Bauwens and coordinated by Franco Iacomella....
, where he coordinates and design projects. He also serves as Board Observer at the Free Software Foundation Latin America
Free Software Foundation Latin America
Free Software Foundation Latin America is the Latin American sister organisation of the Free Software Foundation. It is the fourth sister organisation of FSF, after Free Software Foundation Europe and Free Software Foundation India...
. He is the current President of the Gleducar
Gleducar
Gleducar is a free educational project emerged in Argentina in 2002. It is also an important NGO from Argentina in the field of education and technology....
NGO, an important organization that works in the field of free education
Free education
Free education refers to education that is funded through taxation, or charitable organizations rather than tuition fees. Although primary school and other comprehensive or compulsory education is free in many countries, for example, all education is mostly free including...
in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. In that position, he serves in the Advisory Board of Conectar Igualdad, the Argentinian National programme to deliver one laptop per student in the public education sector. He also collaborates with Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists Internet Archive is a volunteer based non-profit organization that maintains a multi-lingual Internet archive of Marxist writers and other similar authors...
as a member of the Steering Committee of the organisation.
He use to write and give conferences about free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
, open education
Open education
Not to be confused with Open educational resourcesOpen education is a collective term that refers to educational organizations that seek to eliminate barriers to entry. Such institutions, for example, would not have academic admission requirements. Such universities include Open University in...
, copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
law and access to knowledge
Access to knowledge
The Access to Knowledge movement is a loose collection of civil society groups, governments, and individuals converging on the idea that access to knowledge should be linked to fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development....
.