Free Software Foundation Europe

Template:Short description Template:Infobox organization The Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE) is an organization that supports free software and all aspects of the free software movement in Europe, with registered chapters in several European countries.<ref name="UIA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is a registered voluntary association (German: eingetragener Verein) incorporated under German law.

History

FSFE was founded in 2001. It is the European sister organization of the USTemplate:Nbhyphbased Free Software Foundation (FSF), although each foundation exists as a separate organization.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2010, FSFE received the Theodor Heuss Medal in recognition of its work for freedom in the information society.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Following the return of Richard Stallman to the FSF in 2021, the FSFE declared themselves "unable to collaborate" with the FSF.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Official "Public Money? Public Code" campaign video

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FSFE representatives at the OpenRheinRuhr, Bottrop, Germany in 2009