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<title>FSFE - Invest in Freedom: Support FSFE</title>
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<h1>Invest in Freedom: Support FSFE</h1>
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FSFE has been working for the Free Software community in Europe
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and beyond since 2001. We have received terrific amounts of
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support from our
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<a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/">Fellows</a>,
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<a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">our donors</a>, FSFE's
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">many volunteers</a>, and the
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Free Software community at large. Without
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<a href="/donate/thankgnus-2009.html">you</a>, we would not have been
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able to break
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<a href="/activities/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.html">proprietary monopolies</a>,
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<a href="/campaigns/swpat/swpat.html">fight off software patents</a>, and
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<a href="/activities/ftf/ftf.html">build the Freedom Task Force</a> into
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Europe's foremost expert group on legal aspects of Free Software.
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At the same time, the threats that FSFE is fighting on your behalf
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have never gone away. Many of us are still being forced to use
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proprietary software. Closed standards build walls that Free
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Software finds hard to break. Proprietary software companies
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continue to push their interests in Europe and around the world.
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The European Commission's past push for better interoperability is
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sliding into reverse.
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<p>For individuals:</p>
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<a href="/donate/donate.html">Donate now</a>
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<a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join">Join the Fellowship</a>
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<p>For companies:</p>
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<a href="/donate/donate.html">Donate now</a>
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<a href="/com-pkg/com-pkg.html">Buy professional services</a>
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<p>
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To help us fight those threats and keep going strong in these
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difficult economic times, FSFE is asking for your continued
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support. Now, more than ever, is the time to push ahead for Free
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Software. As budgets are being cut everywhere, more and more
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organisations are seriously thinking about alternatives to
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non-free programs. There are many policy makers who have
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understood the importance of open standards. Free Software
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businesses benefit from this climate and are growing fast.
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FSFE needs <a href="/donate/donate.html">financial</a> and
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<a href="/donate/hardware.html">infrastructure</a> donations to continue
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to operate and support the Free Software Community. If you've been
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thinking about
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<a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/login/join.php">becoming a Fellow</a>,
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today is the day!
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To make supporting us easier, FSFE has also
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<a href="/com-pkg/com-pkg.html">built a set of services</a> that
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companies can purchase from us. Please check out the many ways
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that you can use to support us. If you cannot find one that suits
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your needs,
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<a href="/contact/local.html">get in touch with us</a>, and we will
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tailor a solution for you.
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Thanks to your support, we've come very far together. Please walk
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with us for another step on the way to software freedom for all.
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<a href="/about/gerloff/gerloff.html">Karsten Gerloff</a><br/>
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President<br/>
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Free Software Foundation Europe
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