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#title: FFII Associated with FSF Europe

#descr: For years the FFII has been working together in a relationship of
mutual trust with the Free Software Foundation (FSF).  With the
founding of FSF Europe last year, an appropriate framework has been
created for further formalising this partnership.  Speakers of both
organisations explain the meaning of this step.

#Tui: The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is now an
official associate organisation of the Free Software Foundation Europe
(FSFE).

#TWi: This follows a decision of the last general assembly of FFII to
cooperate more closely with FSF Europe and was greatly welcomed by FSF
Europe. The FFII is the first associate organisation of the FSF Europe
based in Germany which is a strong Free Software country.

#cWe: %(q:The FFII has been the backbone of the resistance against patent
inflation in Europe), explains Georg Greve, President of Free Software
Foundation Europe. %(q:Joining the FFII is one of the best ways for
German GNU/Linux to help further the cause of Free software.)

#cFa: %(q:We have always promoted open information systems as an essential
underpinning of an open society), says Hartmut Pilch, president of
FFII. %(q:Free software has done more to make our society free and
productive than many standardisation efforts and political initiatives
have ever achieved.  No matter what worthy aim you may be pursuing, be
it fair competition, secure infrastructures, innovation, productivity
or civil liberty, you often end up writing free software.)

#AfI: About the Foundation for Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)

#AWd: About the Free Software Foundation Europe

#Cna: Contact

#Tae: The %(q:Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur)
(FFII) was founded in Munich 1999 and is non-profit association under
german law that promotes a sustainable development of public
information goods based on copyright, free competition and open
standards.  The FFII is a member of the EuroLinux Alliance and is well
known for its activities for the protection of information innovation
against the abuse of the patent system in Europe.

#TeW: The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a charitable
non-governmental organization 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 FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the
European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the
United States.

#FWr: FSF Europe

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