12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100

During the debate on digital sovereignty, the term “software stack” started to float around. This term quickly started to fill up with different ideas, and a discussion about it took root. Follow Alex and Bonnie in this episode to learn more about Free Software Software stacks and their connection with public administration. Join the FSFE community and support the podcast: https://my.fsfe.org/support?referrer=podcast

SFP#38: Policy and EU: Free Software Software Stack(s)

During the debate on digital sovereignty, the term “software stack” started to float around. This term quickly started to fill up with different ideas, and a discussion about it took root. Follow Alex and Bonnie in this episode to learn more about Free Software Software stacks and their connection with public administration.

Software stacks do not advance digital sovereignty merely by avoiding US components, but they must be 100 % Free Software. Find out, together with Alexander Sander and Bonnie Mehring, why it is so important that these stacks must be completely Free Software and discover the current debates on this topic in the EU.

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SFP#26: Policy and EU: the need of long-term funding and the NGI case

EUROSTACK: Building a European alternative for technological sovereignty

Zentrum Digitale Souveränität (ZenDiS)

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