Last month we published a new article in our Legal Corner, we checked how the German government is doing after 100 days, and we provided a deeper look at t...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Today, 29 November, O'Reilly Germany publishes the book "Ada & Zangemann - A fairy tale about software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream" written by FSF...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Every year "I Love Free Software Day" is celebrated, where we thank all Free Software contributors for their commitment to use, study, share and improve Fr...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
And we are back for our 35th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast with our monthly update on policy decisions, votes and discussions in the European Uni...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
In just a few days, the 2025 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom programming period will come to an end, marking the start of the evaluation phase. Among the jury memb...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
May kept us quite busy attending conferences and with the kick-off of the Refund4Freedom initiative. We also went through the issue of the threshold of ori...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Industry committee of the European Parliament shows necessity and benefits of “open-source first” policy but report lacks concrete measures....| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
What happens when those who benefit from the four freedoms fail to comply with the terms of a Free Software license? Today we take a look at the experience of license enforcement by one of our FSFE volunteers against the fintech company SumUp, and examine the lessons that supporters of Free Software can take away from it.Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
Most of you have heard of the famous Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a legislation introducing CE labels for digital products. In our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Bonnie and Alex have a easy to follow conversation about the CRA and what will be happening next.Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
On 14 August 2025, Germany’s government marks 100 days in office. CDU, CSU, and SPD had pledged ambitious Free Software goals. Yet it remains unclear what these goals actually are, how they will be achieved, and what role Free Software will play in securing Germany’s technological sovereignty.Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
100 days after the German federal government took office, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) sees its demand for Free Software in public administration unfulfilled. While the governing coalition of CDU, CSU, and SPD announced ambitious goals for Free Software in the coalition agreement, no concrete, effective measures have been taken.Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
In July we continued working to make the EC aware of the gatekeepers “excuses” to avoid compliance with the DMA and we are gathering your feedback about the Cyber Resilience Act. We have also developed a Free Software tool to help us reaching out to representatives in Parliaments across Europe. And more: SFP, FOSDEM...Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
Developed by the Free Software Foundation Europe, MP Explore is a Free Software tool to help us reaching out to representatives in Parliaments across Europe. We need your help! Contribute by adding your local, regional, and national parliament!Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
In August 2025 the first part of the European Artificial Intelligence Act enters into force. For our 36th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Bonnie and Alex break down the current discussion about it and shed light on the arguments.Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
Dive with us into the inner workings of the European Parliament and learn about their approach on technological sovereignty. In this 34th episode of the So...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The next German government must finally push for the controllability, security, and sovereignty of the public digital infrastructure. As Free Software is a...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
In April, our work on Device Neutrality continued with news and meetings on DMA; we had a PMPC meeting in Germany and talked about the German coalition agr...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Summer has arrived, and with it came our annual Summer Meeting, where we spent time with our community. Learn more about the latest developments surroundin...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
To assess how the EU Cyber Resilience Act may impact the Free Software ecosystem, the “Dialogue on Cybersecurity” project, of which the FSFE is part, have developed a questionnaire. Its aim is to develop proposals for guidance.Support FSFE: https://my.fsfe.org/support| FSFE News
The Free Software Legal & Licensing Workshop convened once again, this time in Essen, bringing together over 100 legal and compliance professionals, techno...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software developers: your voice is needed! The Free Software Foundation Europe has launched the Digital Markets Act Interoperability Survey to gather ...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The FSFE empowers users to control technology with its diverse activities and concrete engagement for software freedom. Follow us and make sure to receive ...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Software is a major component of modern life, affecting large parts of our lives. When software is embedded in vehicles, the ability to control our digital...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
When acquiring a new laptop you often end up dealing with an imposed pre-installed Microsoft Windows operating system. Even if you do not want to use it, y...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
A new release of the Webpreview tool is here! This is our in-house Free Software preview tool for FSFE webpages. It supports our amazing volunteers in tran...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The FSFE symposium on “Public Money? Public Code!“ makes it clear: Procurement of and investment in Free Software (also known as Open Source) are fundament...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software is indispensable for public authorities to overcome dependencies and achieve technological sovereignty. Therefore, the need of the hour is "P...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The FSFE calls upon the European Commission to use Free Software to ensure a secure and resilient digital infrastructure. Software freedom will also benefi...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The EC is planning to cut its funding to NGI projects, while in Belgium a court has supported end-users’ Router Freedom rights. We also submitted feedback ...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Together with nine stakeholders organisations, the FSFE has submitted a joint position paper to the European Commission, with whom we are working on the im...| FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe