Julia Reda, MEP: "Proprietary Software threatens Democracy"
07 September 2016:
Julia Reda ended the QtCon, a conference for
the Free Software community, with a closing keynote on, among other
things, Free Software in the European Public Sector.
Free Software has never been more necessary to journalists and activists throughout the world. FSFE helps shape a world where technology empowers us, instead of oppressing us.
Amaelle's background photo by Gregory Fabre @grrr used with CC BY SA 4.0 license.Free Software, Free Society!
Free Software Foundation Europe
News
The Document Foundation and the FSFE strengthen their relationship
17 August 2016:
The Free Software Foundation (FSFE) is joining the Advisory
Board of The Document Foundation. At the same time, The Document
Foundation is becoming an associated
organisation of the FSFE.
In Memory of our Friend Elias Diem
09 August 2016:
In the afternoon of Saturday 6 August, our friend and
active Fellow Elias Diem passed away. He was on his way back home from a hiking
trip with a friend in the Swiss alps. He slipped and fell about 150 meters. His
friend tried to rescue him, but it was too late. He died of a heavy head injury
at the age of 39.
Free Software Foundation Europe Summit 2016 – Not a tech conference
04 August 2016:
Free Software advocates from all over Europe will be meeting in Berlin
from the 2nd to the 4th of September at the FSFE Summit 2016. Apart from
working on furthering the adoption of Free Software in Europe, we will
also be celebrating the FSFE's 15th anniversary.
Compulsory Routers: what customers have to take care of now
25 July 2016:
Up until now, Internet service providers (ISPs) in
Germany determined the router users had to use to connect to the
Internet. The user had no say in this decision. This changes on August
1. A new law will allow users choose the device that gets installed in
their homes. The FSFE wants to ensure everybody knows about their new
rights and is asking users to report cases in which ISPs try to avoid
the new regulation.
Events
Fellowship Treffen Düsseldorf und Umgebung in Düsseldorf, Deutschland
28 September 2016
Treffen der Fellowshipgruppe Düsseldorf und Umgebung ab 19:30 Uhr im Chaosdorf, Hüttenstr. 25, 40215 Düsseldorf
FSFE Booth at LinuxCon + ContainerCon Europe 2016 in Berlin, Germany
04 to 06 October 2016
FSFE will be present with a booth in LinuxCon+ContainerCon Europe 2016 in Berlin, a big event where developers, sys admins, architects and all levels of technical talent gather together under one roof in order to further develop the GNU/Linux platform. If you want to meet with us, then pass by our booth, where you will have the opportunity to engage in interesting discussions, to grab a bunch of stickers and flyers, and why not, to get a new T-shirt or a bag from FSFE's merchandise?!
Fellowship Meeting Rhine/Main, Germany
05 October 2016
On Wednesday, 5 October, the Fellowship group Rhein/Main
will meet in the Zum Goldstein in Mainz. We will meet there around 19:00 h.
