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=== Response ===

The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/bassel-khartabil-memoriam|title=Bassel Khartabil, In Memoriam|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation|date=11 August 2017 |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/03/bassel-khartabil/|title=Wikimedia Foundation mourns the loss of Bassel Khartabil, Syrian Wikimedian and global open culture advocate|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|date=3 August 2017|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> as well as [[Global Voices Online|Global Voices]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/01/global-voices-honors-the-life-of-open-web-activist-bassel-khartabil-executed-by-the-syrian-regime/|title=Global Voices Honors the Life of Open Web Activist Bassel Khartabil, Executed by the Syrian Regime · Global Voices|last=Hamadeh|first=Talal|date=1 August 2017|website=Global Voices|access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> released statements mourning his loss.

Creative Commons announced the creation of the ''Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund'', to support projects in line with his ideas and work throughout his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://creativecommons.org/2017/08/03/announcing-bassel-khartabil-memorial-fund/|title=Announcing the Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund|publisher=Creative Commons|date=3 August 2017|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> On 11 August, the [[Mozilla Foundation]] announced the creation of the ''Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship'', organized for an initial period of three years by Mozilla, Wikimedia Foundation, Creative Commons, the [[Jimmy Wales Foundation]], #NEWPALMYRA and other groups. It is aimed at supporting individuals developing free culture, particularly under adverse circumstances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/08/11/honoring-friend-bassel-announcing-bassel-khartabil-free-culture-fellowship/|title= Honoring Our Friend Bassel: Announcing the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship|publisher=The Mozilla Blog|date=11 August 2017|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>