April is an association for the promotion of free software in the French-speaking world.
Since its inception in 1996, April has maintained a close relationship with the Free Software Foundation, establishing a working group[1] to undertake a French-language exposition of the GNU project's philosophy.
[2] The group's name is an acronym standing for Association pour la Promotion et la Recherche en Informatique Libre (meaning Association for the Promotion and Study of Free Computing).
[3] Regarding the name, the French term libre always means "free-as-in-freedom" and never "free-as-in-beer".
[4] Dues for institutional memberships are assessed on a sliding scale according to size, total sales, or budget as appropriate.