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<title>FSF Europe - Education</title>
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<h2>Education</h2>
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<h3>General</h3>
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<p> The Free Software Foundation Europe actively promotes the
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use of Free Software in schools and universities. Free Software
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is pedagogically and technologically superior to proprietary
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systems. But more importantly, its basic spirit involving freedom and cooperation
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is the same spirit of education in a democratic environment.
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<p>
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2001-09-13 12:09:11 +00:00
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We have a more <a href="argumentation.html">detailed argumentation</a>
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which sums up why we think that Free Software
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is the kind of software which should be used in education.
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<h3>Associations</h3>
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2002-01-05 11:45:57 +00:00
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<p> Please check out the
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/education/">pages on education</a>
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of the GNU Project.
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<p> There are already some organizations which support and advocate the
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use of Free Software in education:
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<li> The <a href="http://www.ofset.org/">Organization for Free Software
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in Education and Teaching</a> (OFSET) promotes the development of free software
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for the educational system and teaching. OFSET is an associated organization of
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the FSF Europe.
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</li>
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<li> The <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/osie">Open Source in Education</a>
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Project (OSiE) supports and advocates the use of GNU/Linux systems in the UK.
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</li>
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<li> The <a href="http://fsub.schule.de/">Freie Software und Bildung e.V.</a>
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(FSuB e.V., Association for Free Software and Education) promotes the use of GNU/Linux
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systems in German schools.<br/>
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Please note that the FSuB e.V. accepts the use of proprietary software on top of
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free platforms, a position with which we strongly disagree.
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</li>
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<h3>Contact</h3>
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<p> If you are interested in general discussion about Free Software and education issues
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or would like to participate, please join our
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<a href="http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-eu/">mailing list</a>.
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2002-11-21 21:27:15 +00:00
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<h3>Educational Task Force</h3>
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To speed up and increase communication in the educational
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field, the Free Software Foundation Europe have created an
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educational task force, currently consisting of Hilaire
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Fernandes, Mario Fux, Georg Greve, Aigars Mahinovs, Alessandro
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Rubini, Chritian Selig, Richard Smedley. Our goals are:
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networking Free Software in Education efforts and energies
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to connect people, thus avoiding duplication of efforts (i.e.,
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there are three databases with free edu software);
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spreading information about Free Software in Education;
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spreading information about the importance of software
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freedoms;
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communicating through the <a
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href="mailto:edu-team@fsfeurope.org">edu-team@fsfeurope.org</a>
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mailing list.
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<p>
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If you want to be part of this effort (which means that you
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are devoted to it, not just observing), we have some
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requirements:
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experience with GNU/Linux, Free Software and education;
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a clear "No" to non-free software;
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advantageous: previous work in that field;
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you should live in Europe (i.e. NA, India and China have
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their own FSF educational efforts, so please join them if
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you live there).
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</li>
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<p>
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The task force can be reached via
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edu-team@fsfeurope.org. Currently, we have contacts in France,
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Germany, Italy, Latvia, Switzerland and the UK. I hope that
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we can find ways to receive EU funding and get in touch with
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politicians.
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