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<title>About - FSFE Education</title>
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<a id="moreinfo" href="activities/education/eduteam.en.html">Education Task Force</a>
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<h1>Reasons to push for Free Software in your university</h1>
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Free Software gives you choice. No matter which program or
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operating system you pick, your files will work fine, and your
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favourite programs will be available. There's no license fee to
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pay, and you can modify your software as you like.
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<h2>Free Software improves your education</h2>
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<li><b>Acquire displayable skills</b> Nowadays, it is not enough to know how to use a certain office program.
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It's important to understand the concepts underlying a whole category or
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type of software not merely how to use a particular application.
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Instead of learning just one application, understand how to use a whole
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category of programs! You'll be able to quickly adapt to any IT
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environment, a key skill nowadays.</li>
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<li><b>Be independent</b> If you are taught to rely on proprietary software, you will depend
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on something you'll have to pay for. If you learn to rely on Free
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Software, you can continue using this software in your adult life while
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helping others by sharing it.</li>
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<li><b>Learning in native language</b> Free Software applications are being translated into almost any language.
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Thus, you can learn and focus on the actual subject without any language or
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cultural barriers.</li>
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<h2>Using Free Software is the logical economic decision</h2>
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<li><b>Keep your university independent</b>
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Universities should be centers of learning, not marketing channels for
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software. Free Software keeps their IT independent of any particular
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software vendor.</li>
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<li><b>Spend on brains, not licenses</b>
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Money is always tight in education. Available funds should go towards
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teaching and building skills, rather than paying license fees for
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proprietary software.</li>
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<li><b>Be ecologically responsible</b>
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Free Software doesn't require powerful hardware and runs on almost any
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computer. It can give new life to old computers, saving both money and
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the environment. </li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Contribute to a free society</h2>
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<li><b>Solidarity</b> Using Free Software allows you to cooperate with others
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and join a global community that shares knowledge.</li>
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<li><b>Liberty</b> Free Software is about freedom, not price. With Free Software, you have
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the control over the software you use. You can use, study, share and improve it.</li>
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<li><b>Equality</b>
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With Free Software, teachers can give a copy of a
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program to each student. Students with fewer financial
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resources have access to the same tools as their peers.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<address>
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Free Software Foundation Europe<br/>
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Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany<br/>
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E-Mail: edu-team@fsfeurope.org<br/>
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Phone: +49-30-27595290<br />
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http://fsfe.org/activities/education<br/>
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<timestamp>$Date: 2010-07-17 07:20:49 +0200 (Sat, 17 Jul 2010) $ $Author: maelle $</timestamp>
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