SELF Platform Beta launched!
The Beta version of the SELF Platform is already available for testers and early adopters. You can check it right now at beta.selfplatform.eu
Get Involved!
Contribute to the SELF project. See this list of examples of how you can get involved and/or subscribe to one of the mailing lists.
Events
Recent blog posts
- SELF at OpenFest
- SELF in the spotlight on iCommons!
- Reflections on the SELF Platform Launch
- Educational Partnership with SELF
- SELF talk at the Free Software and Open Source Workshop in Varna, Bulgaria
- Creative Commons and Copyleft
- SELF Founding Principles
- Dutch OSS Year book 2006 - 2007
- Interoperability in Bratislava
- Free and Open Source Software Society Malaysia
Free Software Foundation Europe
General data
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a charitable non-governmental organisation dedicated to all aspects of Free Software in Europe. Access to software determines who may participate in a digital society. Therefore the Freedoms to use, copy, modify and redistribute software – as described in the Free Software definition – allow equal participation in the information age. Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSFE. The FSFE was founded in 2001 as the European sister organisation of the Free Software Foundation in the United States.Main areas of activity
- legal issues in Free Software
- copyright, patent and trademark law
- information and training on Free Software
Activities in the field of Open Standards & Free Software
The FSF Europe is active in all areas of Free Software in Europe, including the use of and development of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), the two predominant licenses for Free Software.In the AGNULA project (IST-2001-34879), the FSF Europe has participated with Free Software knowledge as well as its Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA) which seeks to strengthen the legal fundament of Free Software by allowing Free Software authors to make the FSF Europe their fiduciary for all legal issues.
International Networks and Collaborations
The FSF Europe maintains a network of internationally and nationally active associate organisations in countries around Europe, as well as Japan and Argentina. Collaborations also exist with several additional individuals and organisations in countries, both inside and outside of Europe.Together with the FSF, FSF India and FSF Latin America, the FSF Europe forms the international Free Software Foundation network, a network of organisations financially, legally and personally independent from each other, collaborating on all areas related to Free Software.
Indicators of Quality and Reputation
The FSF Europe has been granted observer status to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and is an active participant in the UN conference World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
