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+<head>
+    <title>The FSFE is helping to build an “Internet of Humans”</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  
+<h1>The FSFE is helping to build an “Internet of Humans”</h1>
+
+<p>The Free Software Foundation Europe is a partner of the Next Generation 
+Internet Zero consortium, which aims to build a more resilient, 
+trustworthy and open Internet that empowers end users to control 
+technology. The FSFE team provides support to NGI0 grantee projects on 
+legal and licensing issues, as well as helping them to become REUSE 
+compliant.
+</p>
+
+<figure>
+  <img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/aa/f8/325974227b58fa1b835bb13e406d.jpg"
+  alt="Futuristic image with a blue background and people" />
+  </figure>
+
+<p>
+How are emerging technological innovations shaping our future?
+What will the Internet of the future look like? The Free Software 
+Foundation Europe (FSFE) believes that Free Software is the key to an 
+Internet that is accessible, open, transparent and diverse and respects <a 
+href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/cTKew4p4MMaCMgwftM6v19">human rights in 
+digital spaces</a>. Therefore, since 2018, FSFE has been a partner of 
+diverse projects that are part of the European Commission's Next 
+Generation Internet (NGI) initiative to make this dream become a living 
+reality.
+</p>
+ 
+<h3>Transforming the Internet, one software project at a time</h3> 
+
+<p>
+Since the beginning of 2023, the FSFE has been involved in two NGI Zero grant 
+programmes, namely <a href="https://nlnet.nl/entrust">Entrust</a> and 
+<a href="https://nlnet.nl/core/">Core</a>. Both these programmes aim to 
+create an "Internet of Humans", a virtuous circle of innovation through 
+Free Software, open hardware and open standards. These programmes 
+award grants through calls for proposals for software projects that 
+work to improve privacy, trustworthiness and data sovereignty on the 
+Internet. Submitted projects are judged on their technical merit, 
+strategic relevance to the Next Generation Internet and overall value 
+for money. The main objective is to deliver potential breakthrough 
+contributions to the Open Internet, fostering Free Software 
+alternatives to key elements of the <a 
+href="/activities/deviceneutrality/index">Internet value chain and 
+devices</a>. 
+All scientific results must be published as open access, and all 
+software and hardware must be published in their entirety under a 
+recognised free software or hardware licence. 
+</p>
+
+<p>The FSFE's team provides guidance to successful grantee 
+projects on legal and licensing issues and helping them to become REUSE 
+compliant. Through individual assessments and direct assistance, we aim 
+to promote the display of unambiguous and perfectly human- and 
+machine-readable licence and copyright information. Other consortium 
+partners provide support for other issues that can improve each grantee 
+software project, such as security, accessibility and translations, 
+just to name a few. 
+</p>
+
+
+<blockquote>
+  <p>
+    "We have been partners of different Next 
+    Generation Internet Zero projects for the last five years as we want to 
+    empower users to control technology and for that, we need an open 
+    internet built on strong and transparent technologies. This will foster 
+    innovation and equality and will benefit everyone."
+ </p>
+  <cite>
+    Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, FSFE Legal Senior Project Manager. 
+  </cite>
+</blockquote>
+
+
+<figure>
+  <img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/a3/4e/242d6f42ae3fa2c362800b7897b8.png"
+  alt="Four hands from different racial backgrounds grabbing each other and forming a square" />
+</figure>
+
+<h3>Free Software licensing compliance is paramount</h3> 
+<p>
+During our previous projects under the <a 
+href="/activities/ngi/ngi-past.html">NGI Zero framework</a>, the FSFE  
+provided 
+support to 296 participating software projects to help them with their 
+legal and licensing issues, for example providing guidance to them on 
+how to display copyright and licensing information in their 
+repositories using our REUSE specification. 
+</p>
+
+<p>
+By encouraging the grantee 
+software projects in the NGI Zero programmes to adopt our REUSE 
+specification, the FSFE intends to facilitate management of their 
+licensing and copyright information, by making how this information is 
+added to the source code more consistent, and in ways which allow for 
+automating many of the processes involved. 
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The <a href="https://reuse.software/">REUSE specification</a> is 
+key to making the communication of licensing and copyright information 
+of Free Software projects easier for everyone. With a set of best 
+practices and the <a href="https://reuse.software/">REUSE helper tool</a>, adding this legal information in 
+every single file of the project becomes a simple process. 
+</p>
+
+<h3>Get funded!</h3>
+	
+<p>
+If you are currently working on a software project that you feel fits 
+the aims of the Next Generation Internet, we encourage you to <a 
+href="https://nlnet.nl/">apply to obtain funding and technical 
+support</a> from not just the FSFE, but also from our NGI Zero 
+consortium partners. Calls for proposals take place on a rolling basis, 
+and the deadline for the current call for proposals is on <strong>1st August 
+2023, at 12:00 CEST</strong>.
+</p>
+
+<figure>
+<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/1f7e047e034ba822c84fa5c3c3dcfd69.png"
+ alt="Ilustration of a city of the future with mobile devices" />
+ </figure>	
+
+<h3>The Next Generation Internet initiative</h3> 
+
+<p>
+The <a href="/activities/ngi/ngi.html">Next Generation Internet 
+(NGI)</a> is a European Commission initiative that aims 
+to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet 
+of Humans. An Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, 
+including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values 
+and the norms all citizens enjoy in Europe. It aims to put in place the 
+key technological building blocks of tomorrow’s Internet and to shape 
+the future Internet as an interoperable platform ecosystem that 
+embodies the values that Europe holds dear: openness, inclusivity, 
+transparency, privacy, cooperation, and protection of data. The goal is 
+to empower users with the freedom of choice among a range of Free 
+Software decentralised digital solutions for the Internet and <a 
+href="/activities/deviceneutrality/index">devices</a>. 
+</p>
+
+<p><strong><italic>Please consider <a 
+href="/activities/deviceneutrality/index.html">becoming 
+a FSFE donor</a>. You enable our long-term engagement and professional 
+commitment in defending people's rights to control technology.</italic></strong>
+</p>
+
+</body>
+	
+<tags>
+ <tag key="front-page"/>
+ <tag key="women-group">Women group</tag>
+ <tag key="community">Community</tag>
+</tags> 		
+
+
+<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1008"/> <image 
+url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/aa/f8/325974227b58fa1b835bb13e406d.jpg"
+alt="Futuristic image with a blue background and people"/>
+
+
+</html>
+
+
+
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