Pablo Machón is a libre/
free knowledge
Open knowledge (or free knowledge) is knowledge that is free to use, reuse, and redistribute without legal, social, or technological restriction. Open knowledge organizations and activists have proposed principles and methodologies related to the ...
advocate, libre/
free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, ...
developer and founding member and President of the
Free Knowledge Foundation
The Free Knowledge Foundation (FKF; es, Fundación Conocimiento Libre) 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 be ...
, an organization that promotes people's rights and freedoms relating knowledge, software and data/information standards. He was the Spanish Team Coordinator and vice-president of the
Free Software Foundation Europe
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is an ''eingetragener Verein'' (registered voluntary association) under German law. It was founded in 2001 to support all aspects of the free software movement in Europe, with registered chapters in sev ...
, and he is a visible free software political advocate and promoter, speaking for freedom in the digital age in various international events, organizations and the press
Spanish journal "5 Días": 2005 article about European Software Patents
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He specializes in fostering free knowledge and free software in politics, and in the business and public administration sectors.
He speaks fluent Spanish and English.
References
External links
Free Knowledge Foundation
Free Knowledge Foundation alternate page
FKF Team (in Spanish)
Free Software Foundation Europe
Pablo Machón's personal website
Pablo Machón's alternate personal web site
Living people
Free software programmers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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