April (French association)
Encyclopedia
April is an association for the promotion of Free Software
in the French-speaking field. April maintains close relationship with the Free Software Foundation
and translated the philosophy section of GNU Project
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Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
in the French-speaking field. April maintains close relationship with the Free Software Foundation
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a copyleft-based movement which aims to promote the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software...
and translated the philosophy section of GNU Project
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software, mass collaboration project, announced on September 27, 1983, by Richard Stallman at MIT. It initiated GNU operating system development in January, 1984...
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Important dates
- November 1998: April receives for the first time Richard StallmanRichard StallmanRichard Matthew Stallman , often shortened to rms,"'Richard Stallman' is just my mundane name; you can call me 'rms'"|last= Stallman|first= Richard|date= N.D.|work=Richard Stallman's homepage...
for a conference at Université Paris 8. - April 2001: Frédéric Couchet, Loïc DacharyLoïc DacharyLoïc Dachary has been a free software developer and activist in France since 1987. Dachary currently contributes to Free Software projects and acts as president of the Free Software Foundation in France. He is a speaker for the GNU Project and the April association.- Career :Dachary started as a...
and Raphaël Rousseau established FSF France by modifying Gna.orgGna.orgGna! is a centralized location where software developers can develop, distribute and maintain free software.- History:In the beginning, GNA stood for "Gna's Not Axis"...
. - June 2009: The association reached 5000 members.