Free Software Foundation Europe on voittoa tavoittelematon kansalaisjärjestö, joka työskentelee vapaiden ohjelmistojen ja avoimien standardien ymmärryksen lisäämiseksi politiikassa, liike-elämässä, juridisesti ja laajemmin yhteiskunnallisesti. Alempana kerromme lisää työstämme ja meneillään olevista kampanjoistamme.
Lainopillinen tiimimme kerää ja jakaa tietoa vapaiden ohjelmistojen juridisista piirteistä ja lisenssoinnista, varmistaa vapaiden ohjelmistojen etujen täyttymistä, yhdistää asiantuntijoita eri puolilta maailmaa ja auttaa muita ryhmiä saavuttamaan tavoitteitaan. Tarjoamme opastusta, koulutuista ja ohjeistusta yhteistyössä gpl-violations.org:n European Legal Networkin jäsenten kanssa.
Informing the public about Free Software is part of FSFE's core mission. Many people in the organisation are experts on various Free Software topics, and can be contacted about giving authoritative talks, holding workshops, or participating in discussions.
Open Standards allow people to share all kinds of data freely and with perfect fidelity. They prevent lock-in and other artificial barriers to interoperability, and promote choice between vendors and technology solutions. FSFE's work on Open Standards has the goal of making sure that people find it easy to migrate to Free Software or between Free Software solutions.
Software patents are a menace to society and economy. They restrict innovation, damage businesses and put collaborative creativity in great danger. FSFE fights to keep Europe free of software patents, and works at the UN level to abolish software patents around the world.
FSFE works with the European Commission and European Parliament to create a positive environment for Free Software and Open Standards in Europe. We fight against monopolies and for competition in the software market by participating as an interested third party in antitrust cases. We inform policy makers about the opportunities that Free Software offers, and push for interoperability.
FSFE actively promotes the use of Free Software in schools and universities. Free Software is pedagogically superior, its basic spirit involving freedom and cooperation is the same spirit of education in a democratic environment.
FSFE has been active at the United Nations level since 2002, helping to create a free and equitable global information society. We are currently active in the following areas:
The Free Software Foundation Europe has worked on many other issues and campaigns. See our Finished And Discontinued Projects for details of what we've achieved.