Free Knowledge Foundation

Free Knowledge Foundation

Type	Charitable organization
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid , Spain
Key people	Pablo Machón
Website	www.libre.org (via archive.org)

The Free Knowledge Foundation (FKF; Spanish: 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 been FKF's president since 2004. In 2005, the Foundation appointed Richard Stallman as Patron of Honor.^[1]

In 2006 the FKF became^[2] an associate organization of the Free Software Foundation Europe.^[3]

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 politician^[5]
• The Spanish Senate^[6]
• Juan Alberto Belloch,^[7] Spanish ex-minister of Justice and Interior and Mayor of Zaragoza
• The Junta de Andalucía^[8] (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

• Open Knowledge Foundation

References

1. "Richard Stallman: "Las patentes de software son como minas para los programadores"". El País (in Spanish). 2005-05-06. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
2. "FKF and FSFE teaming up: FKF official associate organisation of FSF Europe". Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
3. "FSFE Associate Organisations". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
4. "El conocimiento libre y la cultura, a debate en Madrid". El País (in Spanish). 2007-05-09. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
5. "Pons: "La administraciones que no usan software libre no son democráticas"". El País (in Spanish). 2005-05-05. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
6. "El Senado recibe el premio 'Libre.org' de la Fundación Conocimiento Libre - Noticias.com". www.noticias.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
7. "Juan Alberto Belloch es 'libre.org'". El País (in Spanish). 2007-03-21. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
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9. "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.

External links

• Free Knowledge Foundation
• Free Knowledge Foundation alternate page
• Weblog of Manuel Gualda, from the FKF Team (in Spanish)