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<title>PDFreaders - Free Software PDF Readers - FSFE</title>
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<h1>Free Software PDF Readers <a class="FlattrButton" style="display:none;" rev="flattr;button:compact;"
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href="http://pdfreaders.org/"></a></h1>
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<div id="introduction">
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<a href="/donate/donate.en.html"> <img src="/graphics/pdfreaders-fundraiser-stamp.png" alt="PDFreaders-Donation" /></a>
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<p>
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What would you think about a sign on the highway saying “You
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need a Volkswagen to drive on this road. Contact your
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Volkswagen dealer for a gratis test drive – Your Government”?
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When it comes to software that opens PDF files, many public
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sector organisations do this every day. With
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the pdfreaders.org campaign we have turned the spotlight on government
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organisations who behave in this way, exposing how frequent
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such advertisements for non-free software are. With the help
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of activists across Europe, we will contact these
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organisations and explain to them how to improve their
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websites so that they respect our freedom.
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<h2>What was already achieved</h2>
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<p>
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Every day, public institutions advertise non-free software on their
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websites. Some examples are below. With the help of
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our <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/">Fellows</a> and of hundreds other Free Software activists, we have collected over one month 2286 bug reports coming from every countries in Europe, and
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also nine countries outside of Europe.
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<a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/finanzBrandenburg.png"><img src="/campaigns/pdfreaders/finanzBrandenburg_p.png" alt="Finance ministry Brandenburg" /></a>
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<a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/FPmt.png"><img src="/campaigns/pdfreaders/FPmt_p.png" alt="Foreign ministry Malta" /></a>
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<a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/SachsenJustiz.png"><img src="/campaigns/pdfreaders/SachsenJustiz_p.png" alt="Justice ministry Sachsen" /></a>
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<a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/education.png"><img src="/campaigns/pdfreaders/education_p.png" alt="ministère de l'éducation France" /></a>
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</p>
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Our <a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.html">Petition For The Removal
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Of Proprietary Software Advertising On Public Institution Websites</a> was
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signed by 48 organisations, 48 businesses and
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1644 individuals. If you haven't signed it
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yet, <a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.html">do it now</a>!
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</p>
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<h2>Second phase of the campaign: Contacting the public sector</h2>
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<p>Finding public bodies that advertise proprietary PDF readers was
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only the first step of the campaign. Now we need to build awareness for the following issues:</p>
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<ul><li><p><strong>A question of neutrality:</strong> Public institutions should not engage in advertising</p>
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<p>By recommending a single non-free program, public institutions are
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promoting the proprietary software model. There
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are <a href="http://pdfreaders.org">loads of alternatives</a> to the
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reader they promote, so there is no reason for public institutions
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to further strengthen the dominance of a single company over a part
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of the software market. Advertisements on public sector websites may
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be fine if they're marked as such and paid for, and if they don't
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endanger competition and choice in the software market. When public
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bodies act as a marketing channel for a single company's product,
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something has gone wrong.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>A question of freedom:</strong> Public institutions should not ask citizens to use non-free software.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html">Free
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Software</a> is software that anyone can use, study, share and
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improve. These four freedoms give users the full control over the
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software they use. Free Software makes sure you don't have to buy
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a company's product if you just want to read documents
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that other people send you, including public bodies. Any program
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can be checked for security holes, so that problems often get
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fixed quickly. Free Software helps protect your privacy, because you can be sure that the
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program you're using only does the things you want, and nothing
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more. A government that exists to protect and preserve our freedom
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should not be asking us to use non-free software.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>A question of <a href="/projects/os/def.html">Open Standards</a></strong>: </p>
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<p>The versions of the PDF format which are <a href="/projects/os/def.html">Open Standards</a> can be
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implemented by all PDF readers. If public bodies don't stick to Open
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Standards when generating their documents, they make it harder for
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Free Software offerings and different vendors to compete in the market.</p>
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<p>For all of these reasons, FSFE is asking public administrations to
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either remove their advertising for proprietary software or at least
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run equal advertising for Free Software, so that users of their
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websites realise that they have a choice.</p></li></ul>
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<h2 id="subpages">Navigation</h2>
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<h3><a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/buglist.html">List of reported institutions</a></h3>
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See which institutions have been reported in your country.
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<h3><a href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.html">The Petition</a></h3>
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"Petition For The Removal Of Proprietary Software Advertising On Public Websites".
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<h3><a
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href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/letter.html">Model letter</a></h3>
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The letter that we will send to public institutions.
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</li>
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<h3><a
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href="/campaigns/pdfreaders/guideline.html">Guideline for contributors</a></h3>
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<p>
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Do you want to contribute by contacting public institutions?
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<h3><a href="http://www.pdfreaders.org">List of Free Software PDF readers</a></h3>
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<p>The pdfreaders.org website list all Free Software PDF readers with recommandations of download based on technical compatibility</p>
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