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<title>About the Free Software Foundation Europe</title>
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<h1>About</h1>
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<div id="introduction">
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<p>The Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to
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control technology.</p>
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<p>Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives, and it is
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important that this technology empowers rather than restricts us. Free
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Software gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share
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software. These rights help support
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other fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press, and privacy.</p>
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<p>The FSFE helps individuals and organisations to understand how Free
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Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination. It
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enhances users' rights by abolishing barriers to <a href="/freesoftware/freesoftware.html">Free Software</a> adoption,
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encouraging people to use and develop Free Software, and providing resources to
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enable everyone to further promote Free Software in Europe.</p>
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</div>
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<h2>Find out more about</h2>
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<a href="/about/ourwork.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/our-work.png" alt="Read about the three pillars of our work"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/ourwork.html">Our Work</a></h3>
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<p>
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Read how we help individuals and organisations to understand how Free
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Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination and
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why we concentrate our daily work on three main pillars: public awareness,
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policy advocacy, and legal support.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="/about/people/testimonials.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/testimonials.png" alt="Voices from our community"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/people/testimonials.html">Our Community</a></h3>
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<p>
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Hear voices and read testimonials from our diverse community, why they
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support the FSFE and our mission. Some also answered interviews or even
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made a video. Enjoy getting to know our community!
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<p>
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Software Freedom: What our community has to <a href="/about/softwarefreedom/testimonials.html">say about it</a>.
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</p>
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</div>
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<li>
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<a href="/about/people/index.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/team.png" alt="People who dedicate their time for the FSFE"/></a>
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<div>
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<h3><a href="/about/people/index.html">The Team</a></h3>
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<p>
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See who we are and get to know the people behind the FSFE. Here you
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find the ones who are working for and with the FSFE and have been given
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permanent responsibility or authority for certain areas - staffers
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and volunteers.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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<a href="/about/associates/associates.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/associates.png" alt="List of organisations that we share common goals with"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/associates/associates.html">Associates</a></h3>
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Empowering people to control technology is a goal which no single organisation
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can achieve alone. With our associated organisations we exchange ideas, coordinate
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efforts, motivate each other, and find opportunities to work together on specific
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projects.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Our foundation</h2>
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<a href="/about/legal/legal.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/legal-structure.png" alt="Constitution and minutes from the official annual meetings"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/legal/legal.html">Legal Structure</a></h3>
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<p>
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In 2001 the FSFE was set up as a charitable, registered association ("e.V.")
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under German law. Find our constitution and minutes from the official annual
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meetings here.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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<a href="/about/transparency-commitment.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/transparency.png" alt="Our Transparency Commitment"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/transparency-commitment.html">Transparency Commitment</a></h3>
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As part of its initiative “transparent civil society”, Transparency International
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Germany provides a guide on how to make a transparency commitment. We support this
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initiative and you find all relevant information here.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate"><img src="/graphics/icons/donations.png" alt="Support with donations"/></a>
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<h3><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">Donations</a></h3>
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To be an independent voice for Free Software, we depend on donations. With
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financial support you will contribute to a solid foundation on which we are building
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our charitable work for freedom in the information society.
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See <a href="/about/funds/funds.html">how we use our
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funds</a> and <a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">who donates to us</a>.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Get in touch</h2>
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<a href="/about/contact.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/contact.png" alt="Public and general contact information"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/contact.html">Contact</a></h3>
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<p>
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Find contact information for general and legal enquiries, our office location, a link
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to our public dicussion channels, and our social media accounts on our contact page.
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FSFE public and community discussions are covered by our Code of Conduct.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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<a href="/press/press.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/press.png" alt="Press information"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/press/press.html">Press</a></h3>
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<p>
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If you are from the press, you will find our press portal useful. There you can
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find all our press releases, our logos, news, general photos and contact information
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for press inquiries.
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</p>
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</div>
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</li>
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<a href="/about/jobs/index.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/intern.png" alt="Job opportunities"/></a>
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<h3><a href="/about/jobs/index.html">Job Opportunities</a></h3>
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<p>
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Besides the FSFE's volunteers, its permanent staff, interns and
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trainees are a backbone of the organisation. We look for motivated
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people who help us contributing to software freedom on many levels
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in social, political, legal and technical areas.
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</ul>
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