Free Software Foundation Europe
Free as in Freedom
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit and in some
countries charitable organisation dedicated to
Free Software. FSFE maintains
that the freedoms to use, study, share and improve software are critical
to ensure equal participation in the information age. We work to create
general understanding and support for software freedom in politics, law
and society-at-large. We also promote the development of technologies,
such as the GNU/Linux operating system, that deliver these freedoms to
all participants in digital society.
FSFE's work is made possible by many individual contributions, in
particular to the
Fellowship of FSFE. One way to
contribute is to
join now, and to
encourage others to do likewise.
Latest news
FSFE launches Free PDF Readers campaign
2009-02-02
The Fellowship
of the Free Software Foundation Europe is proud to announce its latest
initiative: pdfreaders.org, a site
providing information about PDF with links to Free Software PDF readers
for all major operating systems.
Read more...
FTF releases legal infrastructure guide for Free Software projects
2009-01-23
FSFE's Freedom Task Force (FTF) is pleased to announce the release of a
guide to assist with establishing legal infrastructure for Free Software
projects.
Read more...
Web browser interoperability: FSFE welcomes EC's decision and offers support
2009-01-20
Free Software Foundation Europe welcomes the European Commission's
decision and offers its support in the coming anti-trust
investigation. As stated previously in a letter to the European
Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, anti-competitive behaviour is
unacceptable, whether it occurs as 'tying' products with dominant
market segments, or in circumventing standards and fair access.
Read more...
Fellowship Interview with Enrico Zini
2009-01-20
Enrico Zini is a long time Fellow of the FSFE and a prominent Debian
developer. He has been involved in many different projects relating
to Free Software and is deeply concerned about social issues. Read on
for the fourth in our Fellowship interview series - "the smallest unit
of freedom".
Read more...
Results of the translation sprint
2009-01-11
FSFE's new year translation sprint ended yesterday with a respectable
result: the numerous volunteers created 49 new translations and updated
137 documents within 28 days.
FSFE's core team expresses its appreciation towards all the volunteers
who contributed. You have helped a great deal by making information
about Free Software and FSFE's activities available in local European
languages.
Upcoming events
Fellowship Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
2009-02-04
Wednesday, 4 February, the next Fellowship meeting in the Rhein/Main
area will take place in Frankfurt: We are going to meet in the "Club
Voltaire", Kleine Hochstraße 5 (2 minutes from "Alte Oper"), 60313
Frankfurt/Main. We will meet there around 19:00h. Further details can be
found in the
wiki.
FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium
2009-02-07
2009-02-08
FSFE attends FOSDEM, a European Free Software developer conference
organized by volunteers wich takes place from 7th - 8th of February
in Brussels (Belgium).
The event promotes the widespread use of Free Software, to provide
Free Software developers and communities a place to meet, to get in
touch with other projects, and to promote the development and the
benefits of Free Software solutions.
The FSFE will attend the event with a booth where visitors will be
informed about recent activities (especially of FTF),
Free Software itself and the Fellowship of the FSFE.
As usual, the FSFE's merchandising articles will be sold as well.
Fellowship Meeting in Berlin, Germany
2009-02-12
The local Fellowship Group will meet on 12 February, 19:30 at
NewThinkingStore, Tucholskystraße 48. Jürgen Neumann from
Freifunk-Berlin and Fabienne Serriere will give a talk about "Open
Hardware" in English. Main questions are what Open Hardware is and why we
need it. Afterwards there will be room for questions and a discussion.
People interested in this topic and other guest are as always welcome to
join us.
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