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<title>Free Software Foundation Europe - News - APRIL disassociates from FSFE</title>
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<h3>May 10th, 2004</h3>
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<h1>APRIL disassociates from FSFE</h1>
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<p>Today the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) complied with the
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explicit request to please remove the "Association for Promotion and
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Research in Libre Computing" (APRIL) from the list of associate
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organisations. The request was made by APRIL president and FSFE
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member Frederic Couchet along with his resignation from FSFE.</p>
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<p>The reasons provided by APRIL were accumulated cultural differences
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that made it difficult to continue cooperation on such a close
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level. The Free Software Foundation Europe thanks the Association for
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Promotion and Research in Libre Computing for vital support in the
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first years and hopes this step will make it easier to look beyond
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what sets us apart and concentrate on what we have in common
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instead. </p>
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<p>Both organisations wish to reaffirm strongly their firm
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cooperation. "This is parting as friends," says Frederic Couchet,
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president of APRIL. He continues: "When we decided to take this step,
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my feeling was that I should be consistent and not remain French
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representative of the FSFE while being president of APRIL."</p>
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<p>"A European culture may be arising, but cooperating across cultural
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boundaries is still not something you get taught in schools. It is
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very, very difficult," says Georg Greve, president of the FSFE. "We
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understand that APRIL feels the need for more cultural autonomy and
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respect that decision."</p>
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<p>There is no doubt that we will be working together in the future,
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whatever that may bring.</p>
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