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<title>Legal Structure - FSFE</title>
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<p id="category"><a href="/about/about.html">About</a></p>
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<h1>Legal Structure</h1>
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<p id="introduction">The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is an <a
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href="/about/self-conception.html">international, team-based
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organisation</a>. Legally, it is set up around a central organisation
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which can be expanded into other countries in a modular way.</p>
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<h2>The main association</h2>
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<p>The main association (Hub) is the central legal body, the core of
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the Free Software Foundation
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Europe. All <a href="/about/members.html">members</a> of the FSFE are
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members of this association.</p>
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<p>This main association provides the legal skeleton to implement the activities
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of the <a href="/about/team.html">team</a>.</p>
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<p>The association is a charitable, registered association ("e.V.")
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under German law with the following constitution:</p>
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<li>English: <a href="/about/legal/Constitution.en.pdf">PDF (72k)</a> <a href="/about/legal/constitution.en.html">HTML</a></li>
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<li>German: <a href="/about/legal/Constitution.de.pdf">PDF (122k)</a> <a href="/about/legal/constitution.de.html">HTML</a></li>
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<h3>The Chapters</h3>
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<p>Chapters are modular, local legal bodies of the FSFE, formed by the
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members of the FSFE from that country and sometimes guest
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members from other countries. Their main function is to receive
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deductible donations, where possible.</p>
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<p>Chapters are integrated throughout the FSFE with their statutes,
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giving the national teams of FSFE the freedom and autonomy to address
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the local issues in the way appropriate for the cultural and social
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identity in those countries.</p>
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<p>The constitution for these chapters is usually found by modifying
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a "template constitution" in order to fit in with the legal system of
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that country, aiming for charitable status whenever possible.</p>
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<p>That template constitution is also available:</p>
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<li>English: <a href="/about/legal/Constitution-CTmpl.en.pdf">PDF (64k)</a><a href="/about/legal/template-constitution.en.html">HTML</a></li>
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<li>German: <a href="/about/legal/Constitution-CTmpl.de.pdf">PDF (66k)</a><a href="/about/legal/template-constitution.de.html">HTML</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Fully-established Chapters currently exist in</p>
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<li><a href="/about/legal/de/de.html">Germany</a> (<a href="de/constitution.html">Constitution</a>)</li>
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