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
Fellowship vote for GA seats – Call for nominations
2009-03-01
The election for the first Fellowship seat in FSFE's
General Assembly will finish on 1 June in time for the next general
assembly, which is scheduled for 19-21 June in Miraflores de la Sierra,
Spain.
Read more...
FSFE engages in the EU browser case
2009-02-27
Free Software Foundation Europe today announces that it
will support the European Commission's antitrust investigation against
Microsoft and to this effect it has formally requested to be admitted as an
interested third party.
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Fellowship Interview with Colin Turner
2009-02-13
Colin Turner is a dedicated Free Software activist and Fellowship member, working as a scientist and teacher at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. He has been advocating Free Software in schools and universities for many years and generously shared some of his experiences with us in this fourth instalment of our Fellowship interview series - "the smallest unit of freedom".
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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...
Upcoming events
CeBIT, Hanover, Germany
2009-03-03
2009-03-08
The FSFE will be present with an information booth at the CeBIT in
Hanover. The event takes place from 3 March 2009 to 8 March 2009.
The booth will be located in hall 6/F50.
Keynote by FSFE president Georg Greve at CeBIT, Hanover, Germany
2009-03-03
Georg Greve, president of the FSFE will deliver a keynote speech entitled
"To dare more freedom" at the CeBIT in Hanover (Hall 6, Open Source
Forum). The keynote is scheduled on 3 March 2009 at 11:00hrs and will be
delivered in English.
Fellowship Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
2009-03-04
Wednesday, 4 March, 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.
Speech by Shane Coughlan at CeBIT, Hanover, Germany
2009-03-05
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a speech entitled
"The strategic implementation of Free Software in business"
at the CeBIT in Hanover (Hall 6, Open Source Forum). The speech
is scheduled on 5 March 2009 at 16:15hrs and will be delivered
in English.
Speech by Bernhard Reiter at CeBIT, Hanover, Germany
2009-03-07
Bernhard Reiter, Coordinator Germany, will deliver a speech
"Free Software, the sustainable alternative" at the CeBIT
in Hanover. The speech is scheduled on 7 March 2009 at 14:20hrs
in Hall 8 and will be delivered in German.
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