The Free Knowledge Foundation is an organization aiming to promote Free Knowledge, including Free Software and Free Standards. It was founded in 2004 and is based in Madrid, Spain.
Pablo Machón has been FKF's president since 2004. In 2005, the Foundation appointed Richard Stallman as Patron of Honor.
In 2006 the FKF became an associate organization of the Free Software Foundation Europe.
Libremeeting
FKF organizes LibreMeeting,4 the International Free Knowledge Meeting of Madrid. It is usually held at La Cristelera Residence, in the town of Miraflores de la Sierra, 50 km. away from Madrid.
The Foundation presents the libre.org awards at LibreMeeting. These awards are honored to people or organizations that promote free knowledge. Some of the recipients are:
- Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra, Extremadura's former President
- Esteban González Pons, Spanish Popular Party's politician5
- The Spanish Senate6
- Juan Alberto Belloch,7 Spanish ex-minister of Justice and Interior and Mayor of Zaragoza
- The Junta de Andalucía8 (Andalusian Autonomous Government)
- The Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Autonomous Government)
- The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade
Event participation and organization
The FKF organizes other events 9 apart from Libremeeting, and participates with speakers at relevant international events related to Free Software and Free Knowledge.
See also
External links
- Free Knowledge Foundation
- Free Knowledge Foundation alternate page
- Weblog of Manuel Gualda, from the FKF Team (in Spanish)
References
Interview with Richard Stallman published in El País, where he is asked about being appointed as Fundación Conocimiento Libre (FKF)'s Patron of Honor http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internet/Richard/Stallman/patentes/software/minas/programadores/elpeputec/20050506elpepunet_3/Tes ↩
FKF and FSFE teaming up: FKF official associate organisation of FSF Europe Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine http://mailman.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q1/000128.html ↩
"FSFE Associate Organisations". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172530/http://fsfe.org/associates/associates.en.html ↩
Libremeeting article in El Pais (in Spanish) http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internet/conocimiento/libre/cultura/debate/Madrid/elpeputec/20070509elpepunet_4/Tes ↩
News item published in El País about Esteban González Pons talk at the FKF presentation http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internet/Pons/administraciones/usan/software/libre/democraticas/elpeputec/20050505elpepunet_4/Tes ↩
Europa Press news item published in Noticias.com about the Spanish Senate Libre.org Award Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine http://www.noticias.com/el-senado-recibe-el-premio-libre-org-de-la-fundacion-conocimiento-libre.33786 ↩
News item published in El País about Juan Alberto Belloch being awarded by the FKF http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internet/Juan/Alberto/Belloch/libre/org/elpeputec/20070321elpepunet_8/Tes ↩
[1][permanent dead link] http://www.reta.es/index.php/actualidad/noticias/actualidad-reta/4213.html ↩
"Richard Stallman talk about Free Software, organized by the FKF and MediaLab Prado in Madrid". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2010-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20100330083603/http://medialab-prado.es/article/conferencia_de_richard_stallman ↩