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<title>FSFE honoured with Theodor Heuss Medal - "trendsetting organisation"</title> |
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<h1>FSFE honoured with Theodor Heuss Medal - "trendsetting organisation"</h1> |
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<p> The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) |
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receives this year's Theodor Heuss Medal for its extraordinary |
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work for equitable participation in the information society. Since |
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2001 FSFE has been committed to the freedom to use, investigate, |
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modify and redistribute software in all parts of society and |
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politics. Theodor Heuss Foundation states: "FSFE as a forward |
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thinking organisation contributes to the development and |
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establishment of rules for good global governance."</p> |
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<p>"Free Software is an indispensable component of a free society |
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in the digital age. It ensures equal access to the information |
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society for everyone, " says Karsten Gerloff, President of FSFE, |
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commenting on the award.</p> |
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<p>"A small group of people who were ahead of their time founded |
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Free Software Foundation Europe in November 2000. They have worked |
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for that success tirelessly and with great personal commitment," |
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Gerloff emphasises. "Special credit is due to the initiator of |
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FSFE, Georg Greve and co-founder Bernhard Reiter. Georg Greve took |
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on substantial personal risk to get the organisation off the |
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ground, and until 2009 presided over its growth. For many years, |
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Bernhard Reiter built up the German team to become one of the |
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strongest groups for Free Software in Europe."</p> |
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<p>"We founded the Free Software Foundation Europe to serve as an |
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independent organisation, fighting for the freedom of society in |
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the digital age. Our work is both about freedom from surveillance |
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and monitoring as well as about freedom for personal initiative in |
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all its forms," Georg Greve explains. "From the very beginning, the |
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organisation has taken a long-term view, distributing its work for |
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sustainable change across many shoulders."</p> |
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<p>"From the start, we designed the organisation to work |
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independently of any specific person," adds Bernhard Reiter. "We |
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wanted FSFE to accompany the changes in society for the coming |
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decades. Today FSFE is supported and protected by many dedicated |
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people."</p> |
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<p>Matthias Kirschner, Germany Coordinator of FSFE, comments: "The |
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Medal goes to all those who have been contributing to FSFE's |
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success over the years with their considerable initiative and |
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personal commitment. But there is still much more to do in a world |
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where software is everywhere. Our work is reaching more and more |
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people, from the United Nations to our towns and villages. For |
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this, we need broad support. Contributors are always welcome!</p> |
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<h2>About the Theodor Heuss Stiftung</h2> |
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<p>The Theodor Heuss Stiftung is above party lines and carries the name of |
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Germany's first president (term in office 1949 - 59). After his death the |
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foundation was founded by Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, his son Ernst Ludwig Heuss, |
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and some friends, to remind of the political achievements of Theodor Heuss as |
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an example for social commitment, moral courage and the dedication to foster |
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democracy. The foundation seeks "to bring attention to something, which has |
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to be done and shaped in our democracy, without being finished" (Carl |
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Friedrich v. Weizsäcker, 1965). The Theodor Heuss prize is given annually to |
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persons of high standing and organisations, which are groundbreaking in this |
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respect.</p> |
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