Expected in the Village :

APRIL, Association for Promotion and Research in Free Software computing, favours actions of development and of promotion of free softwares.

AFUL, French-speaking Association of Users of Linux and Free Software, is composed of individuals, companies, associations in ten countries : France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Quebec, French-speaking Africa, etc.

FSF-France, Free Software Foundation, is an association promoting Free Software in France, helping users about legal and political troubles linked with Free Software.

FFII-France, Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, has for goal to defend rights and freedom, mainly : rights of authors and users of free software accoringly to national and international texts (DADVSI) ; the legal security of editors and users of such softwares, especially by fighting against patents.

ALDIL, Association Lyonnaise for the development of Free Computing, presents her activities of promoting Free Software.

Lorraine LUGs (Mirabellug, Schlossgul, Graoulug, 3T) are groups of free software users, associated to inform and to help one another.

North LUG : Campux, CLX et EPPLUG, are groups of free software users of Nord/Pas-de-Calais and Picardie and will be organiser of Free Software Meeting in 2007.

Linux-Arverne is a LUG in Auvergne region.

Berryx, free softwares in Berry, has for goal to promote free software and Linux in Cher region.

Linux-Azur, LUG of French Riviera, presents the Kaella, GNU/Linux live-cd that can be or not installed on PC.

OpenOffice.org presents the famous free office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, drawing, presentations, database, maths...)

Mozilla project, with Thunderbird (mailer) and Firefox (browser) of which an increasing number of users appreciate the easyness and protection of their private life.

FDN and RHIEN present Providers and Associative Internet Hosting.

OpenBSD presents the Operating System (how it works) Berkeley Software Distribution of the University of Berkeley, known in Unix world for its numerous developments in free software.

AFPy-Python : French-speaking Association Python is promoting Python language.

Traduc.org translates projects and documentation in French.

Gentoo is a Linux "source-distribution", designed to be modular and tuned for user’s hardware.

Archlinux.fr is the French-speaking community of users and developers of Archlinux, distribution GNU-Linux.

Debian presents its distribution GNU/Linux, particularly efficient and sophisticated.

KDE France presents the free office environment KDE, interface used for many systems and free software : GNU-Linux, BSD.

GNOME, acronym of GNU Network Object Model Environment, is a graphical free and friendly environment which goal is to make the use of the GNU-Linux or UNIX operating system accessible to everybody.

Ubuntu, old African word meaning "humanity for others", is a Linux distribution dedicated to particular as well as to companies, beginners or confirmed wishing to use a secured and free operating system. Ubuntu also means "I am who I am thanks to what we all are", a sentence close to the spirit of free software.

Mandriva edits the famous and popular easy-to-use distribution GNU-Linux Mandriva.

Léa-Linux presents its helping Website for beginners and intermediates.

Skolelinux/Debian-Edu, international project linked to Debian, is developing a Linux distribution education-oriented, allowing to equip schools with free software.

SCIDERALLE supports projects for Education in a wide meaning (not only schools and colleges but associations, popular education...).

Nekeme, demos about free games and video.

Wikimédia presents the principal of mediawikis, Internet sites interacting with an Open Source licence, of which the best example is the free contributive encyclopedia Wikipédia.

UPCT, "Full Stop" and Openstreet Map : free map-making, to re-create maps and plans and maps free of rights.

The Computer Association Informatique Free and Health AILES presents MedinTux, the first free medical software functionning on all platforms.

ZaurusFr is an association de promoting help in use of PDA under Linux (Personal Digital Assistant).

Apodio-Musique libre.org presents the free music.

Divergence FM, free radio involved in Free Software, will organise a broadcast forwarded during Free Software Meeting.

The bookshop presents books and documents on free software with editions Diamond, Eyrolles and O’Reilly.

Openstuff proposes the sale of things in relation with free software world : tee-shirts, goodies, etc.