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<h2>About</h2>

<p>This initiative originated in the <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org">Fellowship</a> of the <a href="http://www.fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> (FSFE). The coordinators of this initiative are Hannes Hauswedell and Jan-Hendrik Peters.  If you have any feedback, please contact us at <a href="mailto:contact (at) pdfreaders (dot) org">contact (at) pdfreaders (dot) org</a>. If you want to know more about what FSFE is currently doing to improve the public awareness of these alternatives, please have a look at our <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/pdfreaders.html">"end non free software advertising" campaign</a>.</p>

<p>If you wish to learn more about Free Software and Open Standards, you may find the following links helpful:</p>

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 <li><a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org">Fellowship of FSFE</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org">Document Freedom Day</a></li>
 <li>or any of the Free Software Foundations:</li>
 <ul>
   <li><a href="http://www.fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://www.fsf.org.in">Free Software Foundation India</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://www.fsfla.org">Free Software Foundation Latin America</a></li>
  </ul>
</ul>

<p>If you want to help to develop a free, high-quality, complete and portable set of libraries and programs to manage the PDF file format and associated technologies, please <a href="http://www.gnupdf.org/Dev:Newcomers">join the GNU PDF development team</a> or one of the development teams of the {link: {path: /index/index.en.html, attr: {:link_text: listed Free Software readers}}}.</p>

<h2>About FSFE</h2>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> (FSFE) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and involved in many global activities. Access to software determines participation in a digital society.  To secure equal participation in the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the furthering of <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/documents/freesoftware.en.html">Free Software</a>, defined by the freedoms to use, study, modify and copy. Founded in 2001, 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.</p>