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<h1>Freedom Food: FSFE to cook for its donors</h1>
<h1>Freedom Food: FSFE to cook for its donors</h1>
<p newsteaser="yes">For this year's round of fundraising, the Free Software
Foundation Europe (FSFE) has cooked up something special. The biggest donor of
2009 will share a cooking session with FSFE's President and other members of
the organisation's executive team. FSFE is looking to raise 100,000 Euro for
the last quarter of 2009.</p>
<p newsteaser="yes">For this year's round of fund-raising, the Free Software
Foundation Europe (FSFE) has cooked up something special. The biggest donor
of 2009 will share a cooking session with FSFE's President and other
members of the organisation's executive team. FSFE is looking to raise
100,000 Euro for the last quarter of 2009.</p>
<p>Free Software and cooking are both about creativity, skill and
enjoyment. "You can use recipes for any purpose, you can share
them with others, and you can make them better. So cooking is very
much like Free Software, which gives you the freedom to use,
study, share and improve it," says FSFE's President Karsten
Gerloff.</p>
<p>Free Software and cooking are both about creativity, skill and enjoying
yourself. "Recipes can be used for any purpose, including sharing them with
others, and making your own improvements. In these respects cooking is just
like Free Software - you have the freedom to use, study, share and improve"
says FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff.</p>
<p>FSFE has been working for the Free Software community in Europe and beyond
since 2001. Thanks to its supporters, the organisation has been able to break
<a href="/projects/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.html">proprietary
monopolies</a> , defend European developers and users against <a
href="/projects/swpat/swpat.html">software patents</a>, and build the <a
href="/projects/ftf">Freedom Task Force</a> into Europe's foremost expert
group on legal aspects of Free Software.</p>
since 2001. Thanks to its supporters, the organisation has been able to
break <a href="/projects/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.html">proprietary monopolies</a>
, defend European developers and users against <a
href="/projects/swpat/swpat.html">software patents</a>, and build the
<a href="/projects/ftf">Freedom Task Force</a> into Europe's foremost
expert group on legal aspects of Free Software.</p>
<p>At the same time, the threats that FSFE is fighting on the behalf
of Free Software users and developers have never gone away.
Computer users are often still forced to use proprietary software.
Closed standards build walls that Free Software finds hard to
break. Interoperability in the European public sector is under
attack, as proprietary software companies continue to push their
interests in Europe and around the world.</p>
<p>Many threats continue to face Free Software however - and FSFE continues to
fight against them. Computer users in Europe are forced to use proprietary
software on a daily basis. Closed standards build walls that restrict Free
Software and it's users. Interoperability in the European public sector is
under attack, as proprietary software companies continue to push their
agendas in Europe and around the world.</p>
<p>These are just a few of the issues that the donor will be able to
discuss with senior FSFE staff. "A lot of us at FSFE are
passionate hobby chefs. We are looking forward to sharing a
creative time with supporters of Free Software," says Gerloff.</p>
<p>These are just a few of the issues that donors are entitled to discuss with
senior FSFE staff. "A lot of us at FSFE are passionate hobby chefs. We are
looking forward to sharing a creative time with supporters of Free
Software," says Gerloff.</p>
<h2>The fine print</h2>
<ul>
<li>Donations will be taken into account from January 1 until
December 31, 2009.</li>
<li>A location in Europe will be determined in coordination with
the donor.</li>
<li>At least two senior FSFE staff will cook for (and happily
dine with) up to four persons chosen by the donor.</li>
<li>Costs for accommodation and travel to the location of the
dinner will be borne by FSFE.</li>
<li>Qualifying donations must be received between January 1 2009 and
December 31 2009.</li>
<li>A European location for the cooking event will be determined by
discussion with the selected donor.</li>
<li>At least two senior FSFE staff will cook for (and happily dine with) up
to four persons chosen by the selected donor.</li>
<li>Costs for accommodation and travel to the location of the dinner will
be borne by FSFE.</li>
<li>The list of the top three donors will be published on this website and
be updated regularly.</li>
updated regularly.</li>
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