Editing Free Software Foundation Europe (section)

== Example projects ==

[[File:Free Software Foundation Europe - Public Money, Public Code.webm|thumb|Official "Public Money? Public Code" campaign video]]
[[File:2009-11 ORR ESFE.JPG|thumb|FSFE representatives at the OpenRheinRuhr, [[Bottrop]], Germany in 2009]]

Projects undertaken by FSFE include:

*'''"Public Money? Public Code!" campaign.''' In September 2017, FSFE launched the "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign by publishing an open letter signed by other organizations and calling for European and national Members of Parliament to “Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software license”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fsfe.org/campaigns/publiccode/index.en.html|title=Public Money? Public Code! - FSFE|work=FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01.en.html|title=Public Money? Public Code! 31 organisations ask to improve public procurement of software|work=FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://publiccode.eu/|title=Public Money, Public Code|last=(FSFE)|first=Free Software Foundation Europe|website=publiccode.eu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>  Among the 150 signing organizations (as of July 2018), the campaign is supported by digital rights NGOs like [[Creative Commons]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://creativecommons.org/2017/09/18/sign-petition-public-money-produce-public-code/|title=Sign the Petition: Public Money Should Produce Public Code - Creative Commons|date=2017-09-18|work=Creative Commons|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Open Source Initiative]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opensource.org/node/896|title=Public Money? Public Code! 22 Organizations Seek to Improve Public Software Procurement {{!}} Open Source Initiative|website=opensource.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-date=2020-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216183858/https://opensource.org/node/896|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/public-money-public-code-show-your-support-free-software-europe|title=Public Money, Public Code: Show Your Support For Free Software in Europe|last=Malcolm|first=Jeremy|date=2017-10-24|work=Electronic Frontier Foundation|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref> [[European Digital Rights|EDRi]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edri.org/public-money-public-code/|title=Public Money? Public Code! - EDRi|date=2017-09-13|work=EDRi|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref> [[April (French association)|April]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.april.org/l-april-rejoint-30-autres-organisations-pour-la-campagne-argent-public-code-public|title=L'April rejoint 30 autres organisations pour la campagne " Argent public ? Code Public ! " {{!}} April|website=www.april.org|language=fr|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> [[Chaos Computer Club]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2017/public-money-public-code|title=CCC {{!}} Open Letter: Public Money? Public Code!|website=www.ccc.de|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> and national chapters of Wikimedia ([[Wikimedia Germany|Germany]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimedia.de/wiki/Pressemitteilungen/PM_09_13_Public_Money_Public_Code|title=Pressemitteilungen/PM 09 13 Public Money Public Code – Wikimedia Deutschland|website=wikimedia.de|language=de|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> [[Wikimedia Czech republic|Czech Republic]], [[Wikimedia France|France]] and [[Wikimedia Italy|Italy]]<ref name=":0" />) as well as organizations responsible for the development and maintenance of Free and Open Source Software like [[OpenSUSE]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.opensuse.org/2017/09/13/are-governments-held-hostage-why-opensuse-supports-public-money-public-code/|title=Are Governments Held Hostage? Why openSUSE Supports Public Money Public Code|work=openSUSE News|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref> [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]], [[The Tor Project, Inc|Tor]], [[Debian]] and [[VideoLAN|Videolan]].<ref name=":0" /> The campaign was publicly endorsed by more than 18 000 individuals (as of July 2018) including public figures such as [[Edward Snowden]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/908012039045386240|title=Edward Snowden on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01.html|title=Public Money? Public Code! 31 organisations ask to improve public procurement of software|work=FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref> Francesca Bria ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of the city of Barcelona)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180705-01|title=Using Free Software to build a more democratic, inclusive and sustainable digital society - interview with Francesca Bria, CTO of Barcelona.|last=Albers|first=Erik|work=FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en}}</ref> as well as public administrations like the City of Barcelona.<ref name=":0" />
* '''[[software patent debate|Software patents]] in Europe''': According to the FSFE, software patents for Europe are currently being pushed forward actively by a lobby gathering around the European patent office and the [[Business Software Alliance]] (BSA), which represents the interests of the largest US companies. Software patents are considered by the FSFE to be a menace to society and economy and FSF Europe is actively involved in the resistance to such plans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/swpat/swpat.en.html |title=FSFE - Software Patents in Europe |publisher=Fsfeurope.org |access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
*'''[[European Union v. Microsoft]]''': In 2001 the European Union, through the DG Competition of the European Commission (led by [[Professor|Prof.]] [[Mario Monti]]), started investigating Microsoft's dominant position in the desktop operating systems. The Free Software Foundation Europe was invited by the EC to represent the stance of the Free Software movement. In 2004 FSFE was admitted as an intervening third party in the appeal against the decision of the Commission and, also representing the [[Samba (software)|Samba Team]], was one of the only two interveners to remain active in the proceedings from start to end. It provided strong evidence in court thanks to the effort of volunteers like [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Jeremy Allison]], Volker Lendeke and their lawyer, [[Carlo Piana]]. The case is now considered one of the leading cases in European antitrust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.en.html |title=FSFE and the antitrust case against Microsoft |publisher=Fsfeurope.org |access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
* '''[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]''': The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of 16 specialized agencies of the [[United Nations]] system of organisations. Its role is to administer 24 international treaties dealing with different aspects of limited monopolies on knowledge. As an observer to WIPO and together with a global coalition of other players with similar goals, FSFE is working towards reshaping it as a "World Intellectual Wealth Organization."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/wipo.en.html |title=FSFE - Observing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |publisher=Fsfeurope.org |access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
*'''FSFE Legal Team (previously known as the Freedom Task Force)''': The legal branch of FSFE that helps individuals, projects, businesses and government agencies find Free Software legal information, experts and support. FSFE Legal provides '''compliance''', '''best practice''', '''procurement''' and '''governance''' resources in-house, in partnership with FSFE's associate organizations and through its extensive network of contacts (including the [https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/ln.html Legal Network]). Its mission is to spread knowledge, solve problems and encourage the long-term growth of Free Software.<ref>{{Cite web|title = FSFE Legal - The Freedom Task Force|url = https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/|website = fsfe.org|access-date = 7 September 2015}}</ref> The FSFE Legal Team is also responsible for maintaining the Fiduciary License Agreement, a balanced [[Contributor License Agreement]] that makes sure the project remains Free Software.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html|title=Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA) - FSFE Legal|work=FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe|access-date=2018-04-17|language=en}}</ref>
*'''The REUSE Software''': This project provides a consistent way to add licensing and copyright information to the source code of a project. It is based on the SPDX license identifier and allows automating many processes involved in licensing compliance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://reuse.software/|title=REUSE website}}</ref> REUSE is currently being adopted by many big open source projects, for example [[KDE]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cordlandwehr.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/spdx-for-kf5-kf6-status-update/|title=SPDX for KF5/KF6 Status Update}}</ref>

Each month, FSFE publishes a newsletter, in multiple languages (including English, [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Italian language|Italian]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), of their activities that can be mentioned in public.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html
|title=FSFE Newsletter
}}</ref>