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<title>FSF Europe - Call for donations</title>
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<h3>July 1st, 2004</h3>
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<h1>Call for donations</h1>
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<ul>
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<p>
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Free Software "<em>...should be seen, then, as more than just a
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different kind of product. It is a different kind of process for
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building, maintaining and changing the rules that govern
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information flows.</em>" - according to the United Nations.
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<p>
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An institution working for Free Software in Europe is the Free
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Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Its success is well known: "<em>The
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Free Software Foundation does a great job - for example by protecting
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the rights of Free Software developers. Therefore we support the
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FSFE</em>", says Paul Salazar, director of marketing for the GNU/Linux
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Distributor Red Hat in Europe, the middle East and Africa. He is not
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alone with this positive view.</p>
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<p>Horst Nebgen, Vice President, Novell, Central Europe and
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Managing Director, Novell, Germany explains: "<em>Novell released the
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installation and configuration tool "YAST" (yet another setup tool)
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under the GPL (GNU General Public License), to make it accessible for
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every developer. The GPL - and therefore the FSFE[/US] by which it is
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published, maintained and protected - guarantees transparency and
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platform independence, which assures that through the ability of Free
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Software to innovate, the already proverbial stability, security and
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broad network support of [GNU/]Linux continue to evolve and
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advance. Therefore, for Novell, the Free Software Foundation Europe is
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an important partner on its way into the future.</em>"
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"<em>We are of course very happy about this praise</em>", says Georg
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Greve, President of the FSFE. "<em>What makes this public
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appreciation particularly significant is that the FSFE never
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spared with criticism of these very companies when it seemed
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necessary. Obviously the job done by the FSFE is appreciated
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even if we even if we have to speak out quite clearly at
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times. This independence from politics, industry and other
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associations is a prerequisite for our present successes and the
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basis for our continued work.</em>"
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<p>
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The projects of the FSFE are multifaceted: participation in the
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German government's delegation at the "World Summit on the
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Information Society (WSIS)", consulting with the European Union
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during the establishment of the framework programmes,
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participation in AGNULA, a project to build a fully Free
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Software distribution for professional musicians and multimedia
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authors and also the maintenance and advancement of the GNU
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General Public License (GPL). This diversity costs a lot of
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money, including: travel around the world, information production,
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marketing materials and personnel.
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The FSFE Coordinator for Germany, Bernhard Reiter, illustrates
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the background: "<em>We want to pursue our projects at the highest
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level. Moreover, we observe an increasing demand for support of
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the public: we are asked to give speeches and to consult on
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licensing Free Software. We would like to do all of this. However,
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without <a href="/help/donate.html">funding</a> our hands are
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tied.</em>"
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</p>
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</ul>
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<h3>How to support this call</h3>
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<li><b>donate</b> with your company. Please see our <a
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href="/help/donate.html">information for donors</a> for
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details. Please also check out our <a
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href="/about/graphics/sponsoring/sponsoring.html">sponsor
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graphics</a> and don't forget to tell us whether you want to be
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<a href="/help/thankgnus.html">listed publicly</a> </li><br />
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<li><b>link</b> to the <a href="/">FSFE
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web site</a> or <a
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href="/news/2004/news-20040701-01.html">this
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campaign directly</a>.</li><br />
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<li><b>inform</b> your company about this campaign and ask them
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to participate.</li>
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