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Free Knowledge Foundation
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<p>The Free Knowledge Foundation is an organization aiming to promote <a href="/facts/Open_knowledge/Aw6ucCcR">Free Knowledge</a>, including <a href="/facts/Free_Software/IaoVtJXn">Free Software</a> and <a href="/facts/Free_Standards/IUjugKj6">Free Standards</a>. It was founded in 2004 and is based in Madrid, Spain. </p><p><a href="/facts/Pablo_Mach%25C3%25B3n/goGGFMas">Pablo Machón</a> has been FKF's president since 2004. In 2005, the Foundation appointed <a href="/facts/Richard_Stallman/hhoPN0Mw">Richard Stallman</a> as Patron of Honor. </p><p>In 2006 the FKF became an associate organization of the <a href="/facts/Free_Software_Foundation_Europe/rluztDw1">Free Software Foundation Europe</a>. </p>