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these are the paper and talk I wrote for the Italian National Conference on Free Software in Bologna.

1. Report from Quito: a look at Free Software and Free Knowledge among Catholics and other communities in latin America and what other Free Software advocates may learn from them
2. Report from Quito, summary

Feeback from participants to the Conference:

M. Grillini: "very interesting talk, especially when explaining localization of Free SW in Quechua, to preserve local culture, and the interest of Salesians in Free SW for ethical and cultural reasons"

(if you need the original OpenDocument versions of the paper and slides, just email me at marco, @ digifreedom . net)

On June 13th I spoke in Bologna at the third Italian National Conference on Free Software in Bologna. The paper and talk I wrote for the Conference is: Report from Quito: A look at Free Software and Free Knowledge among Catholics and other communities in Latin America and what other Free Software Advocates may learn from them". You can also download the complete collection of all the papers discussed at the ConfSl09 Conference

The article which (among other things) started the Eleutheros Project: a summary, complete with links to official Vatican documents, of why Catholics have even more reasons than others to use and promote Free as in Freedom digital standards and software. This article is also available in Spanish.

My second talk at the Congress on Free Sw and Democratization of Knowledge in Quito: Perspectives of Free Software as a Social Movement, with mentions of the role that Catholics should play in it and of the Eleutheros Project.

This is the full paper that I wrote for the Congress on Free Sw and Democratization of Knowledge in Quito: "How to turn all parents and teachers into active supporters of Free digital standards, software and culture: the Family Guide to Digital Freedom".