Past events
19:00 – 21:00 UTC
20 December 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
19:00 – 20:30 UTC
19 December 2024
👉 What will we talk about?
What is "I Love Free Software Day"?
Why is it important to show appreciation in the Free Software community?
How can you actively participate in the campaign and celebrate your favorite projects or contributors with creative and positive messages or by organizing a dedicated event?
Two testimonials from people who have already organized events for the campaign:
A company-focused event.
A public event.
We'll hear about their experiences, what inspired them, and the results they achieved.
In our community, we often report bugs, request new features, and provide feedback on Free Software projects, but it's equally important to take a moment to say Thank You to those who selflessly work for all of us.
❤️ Join us to discover how we can make February 14th a special day for the Free Software community!
19:00 – 21:00 UTC
18 December 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and software in education.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
18:00 – 22:00 UTC
17 December 2024
IMPORTANT! Please RSVP or ask questions via the FSFE Potteries mailing list (or e-mail us) before coming.
Mailing list: https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/potteries.lists.fsfe.org
E-mail: potteries@fsfe.org
For it's second year running, we bring back "Flörgåsbord"... our annual tenpin bowling evening for the groups of FSFE Potteries, StaffsLUG, and ORG Stoke.
This year it'll be on Tuesday 17th December from 6:00pm onwards (although most will arrive around 6:30pm)
Stuff to know...
The room - For this evening we have privately booked a room in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme, that can hold up to 40 people and comes complete with 4 full size ten pin bowling lanes. The room also has plenty of comfortable seating booths for people get a drink or eat food (with ordering possible via QR code). This room is located upstairs from the Vue cinema... and you can find exact directions in the 'How to find us' section.
It's FREE - We're pickup up the bill for the bowling all evening!
All the games are free and unlimited! - All 4 bowling lanes will be on unlimited free play for the whole evening, 6 people at most to a lane.
It's a social - Just like any of our past socials, there will be places to sit and just have a quiet chat (no loud music if you don't want it!). Not everyone will be bowling anyway... so don't feel like you have to.
There is food and drinks - The venue has a kitchen serving hot food (so you don't need to eat before coming out) as well as offering drinks. Please follow the hyperlink (related to this event that you're reading) to see the details of the food and drink offered by the venue ...and you can now order everything by using the QR codes shown on the tables of their new seating booths!
Open to all in the FSF, LUG, and ORG - So a great mix of people in one social... but you're also welcome to bring friends and family too. The only thing we ask is that you RSVP if you're coming as we need to be sure it'll be under 40 people. So don't worry if it doesn't look like many are coming, as this has gone out to other groups too.
It's a veritable Flörgåsbord! - Forgive the silly name! It comes from trying to merge the acronyms FSF/LUG/ORG that then got us "Florg" which then turned into Flörgåsbord... kind of like Smörgåsbord (a Swedish buffet)... so basically people from lots of different local technology groups!.
It's a Christmas thing! - We like running these at Christmas time... so you can consider this as a more fun way to get together... rather than a Christmas meal every year!
Travel - Plenty of way to get to Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre (including buses... as it's got it's own bus station). If you're parking then you can either use the Vue cinema park car, or one of the council ran car parks.
⏰ 6:00pm doors open
📍 Lymelight Lanes, 98-104 High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1PT.
17:30 – 19:30 UTC
16 December 2024
As in previous years, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Media and Computer Science, abbreviated to ‘EMI’, is organising the EMI Forum. As part of these events, experts from industry and the university shed light on current developments in electrical engineering, media and computer science. The aim is to present relevant topics for students, university members and the interested public. We look forward to stimulating discussions. The EMI Forum is supported by the City of Amberg.
On 16 December we will discuss Free Software together. Bonnie Mehring will talk about the "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative of the Free Software Foundation Europe and shows why "Public Money? Public Code!" affects more than just public administration. A special focus will be placed on the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises. The event starts at 17:30 and is open to all interested parties free of charge.
14:15 – 16:15 UTC
04 December 2024
Hearing on "Open Source" in the German Bundestag, German only. Alexander Sander, FSFE's Senior Policy consultant, is invited as expert and will present our position. Stream will be provided.
11:00 – 17:00 UTC
01 December 2024
On the first Advent, there is a neighbourhood Christmas market at the Lichtenberg town hall in Berlin. This year, the Berlin group of the FSFE will be there with an information stand. The market will be open from 13 to 18h, entrance is free.
12:00 – 12:35 UTC
30 November 2024
We will present the main pillars of the FSFE, its activity, mission and vision.
08:30 – 12:30 UTC
30 November 2024
Every year, 1.5 billion smartphones are produced worldwide are manufactured and thrown away after an often short period of use. We can help to reduce electronic waste if we continue to use our current phone instead of buying a new one. If just one in three people used their cell phone for 1 year longer, the raw materials for the production of 100s of millions of cell phones could be saved.
With Upcycling Android the Free Software Foundation Europe shows how, with the help of free software operating systems, phones can be given a second life. Phones will also be provided to try these free software operating systems out or can be flashed by the participants themselves. In the meantime, we will answer questions about flashing and try to help participants with flashing their own phones.
18:30 – 20:00 UTC
28 November 2024
Online meetup of the Berlin Group
German Premiere of the "Ada & Zangemann" movie in Essen, Germany
10:00 – 11:30 UTC
27 November 2024
The premiere will take place on Wednesday, 27 November from 10:00h. to 11:30h. in Germany's largest cinema hall at Lichtburg Essen, in cooperation with the Junior Uni Essen.
More than 700 primary school children from Essen will attend the premiere as guests. The film focuses on digital self-determination from the perspective of young people and will be available after the premiere under a Creative Commons licence as free educational material, also for use in schools and other educational institutions.
09:00 – 16:00 UTC
23 November 2024
On Saturday November 23 we will host a FSFE-booth at the Open Source Event in LocHal public library in Tilburg the Netherlands. We will combine this with a presentation about the FSFE and an Ada & Zangemann book reading. We are looking forward to have a chat with you about Free Software!
08:00 – 17:00 UTC
23 November 2024
The FSFE will have a booth for the 7th edition of Campus du Libre, an event around Free Software organized by people from academia. Campus du Libre will take place at the "Manufacture des Tabacs" campus, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 in Lyon from 9am to 4pm.
19:0021 November – 21:00 UTC
24 October 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
10:0021 – 16:00 UTC
22 November 2024
Lucas Lasota and Jitendra Palepu, FSFE's legal project managers will present the outcome of a study related to interoperability obligations of the Digital Market Act (DMA) from the perspective of Free Software.
The paper provides a perspective that combines an analysis of the compliance approaches from gatekeepers in relation to Art. 6(7) DMA with a report over the experiences from free and open source software projects (FOSS) in requesting interoperability. The study concentrates on Apple as gatekeeper and portray diverse challenges involved in granting interoperability. The article concludes with lessons learned from regulatory activity over interconnection of terminal equipment (routers and modems) as examples of liberalization processes involving interoperability and end-user devices for internet connection.
The Symposium "DMA enforcement: Trends and gaps in the first year of application" has been organised by Art. 19 together with several universities.
19:00 – 21:00 UTC
20 November 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
09:00 – 15:00 UTC
16 November 2024
On November 16, 2024, from about 10 to 16 o'clock we will be available with a FSFE-booth at the national NLLGG meeting, Gerrit Rietveld College, Eykmanlaan 1200, 3571 KH Utrecht, the Netherlands. We are looking forward to have a chat with you about Free Software!
18:00 – 20:00 UTC
14 November 2024
In the next meeting the group will discuss the agenda outlined in the wiki. We meet online from 18:00 to 21:00. The meeting is held in German. You are welcome to join!
Treffen der lokalen Gruppe Berlin in Berlin, Deutschland
17:00 – 19:00 UTC
14 November 2024
The Berlin group of the FSFE meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at Kieztreff Undine (Hagenstraße 57, 5 Minuten vom U+S Bahnhof Lichtenberg). Everybody interested in Free Software is welcome to the meetings. This month we want to discuss the Apple Litigation court case.
* When: 12.09.2024, 18:00 Uhr
* Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U Bhf Lichtenberg)
10:40 – 10:55 UTC
09 November 2024
The Fediverse is a decentralised social network. But what does that mean?
In this talk Tobias Diekershoff from the FSFE will give a short introduction to the Fediverse of 2024 and how it started to evolve in 2008. He will explain the basic concepts of ActivityPub as the protocol of the Fediverse and how the use of this open protocol has enabled a diverse group of Free Software projects to build a social network of (micro) blogging, video streaming, podcasting and event organising. A network where users can share and interact with each other regardless of the platform they use. What will be possible in the Fediverse of 2024? And how can you get started today?
09:40 – 10:35 UTC
09 November 2024
“Knitting Our Internet” (KOI) is a workshop that explores the history of the Internet, and offers a perspective for a collective re-imagination of participatory, decentralized networks. The workshop aims at questioning the very essence of today’s social media, exposing the critical limits posed by centralization, monopoly, and surveillance capitalism.
During the activity, Tommaso Marmo will be using a yarn his grandmother gifted him to simulate centralized and decentralized networks, employing concrete metaphors to actively involve the participants. Every individual attending the workshop will be given a quote or an image relevant in the early and contemporary history of the Internet, and they will be asked to share it as the story unfolds.
09:20 – 12:00 UTC
09 November 2024
Are you interested in discussing the most pressing issues surrounding Free Software in Italy? Whether you want to hear about the latest developments from Free Software associations or share your own success stories, this is the perfect opportunity!
💬Join us at the Italian Community Meeting, supported by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), where we’ll learn from one another, find inspiration, and tackle future challenges together.
As a volunteer, you have a platform to share your story, discuss your achievements and challenges surrounding Free Software, and connect with fellow enthusiasts. We encourage you to collaborate with the community on common initiatives and work together to forge new paths forward.
👍Let’s come together to strengthen our community and advance the cause of Free Software in Italy! Will you be there?
🕐 Sat. 9th of November, from 10:20-13:00 - Seminar 3 & you can join also in Hybrid form.
🎫 Join & register for free: https://lnkd.in/eMcm6xNx
Laguage of the event will be Italian.
08:20 – 09:20 UTC
09 November 2024
In this workshop we will dive into the possibilities of encouraging women*, especially girls, to thinker and to code. With tools such as the Free Software Foundation Europe’s (FSFE) illustrated book “Ada & Zangemann” The book tells the story of Ada, a girl who loves to experiment with hardware and software. Ada realises how crucial it is to control technology and decides to stand up to the mighty inventor Zangemann. This workshop will also intend to explore ways to promote diversity and gender equity in the Free Software community and beyond.
Together we will identify the challenges women face in participating in such communities and discuss how we can create more inclusive environments, especially for the future generations. We encourage you to join us to share your experiences, ideas and perspectives, and collaborate in creating a more inclusive and diverse future in the Free Software community for all.
REGISTRATION NEEDED AT: https://pretix.eu/noi-digital/sfscon24/4260077/
*women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
16:40 – 16:55 UTC
08 November 2024
Today it is impossible to imagine daily life without software. The majority of us can’t spend a single day without using it. People use software in the workplace, on laptops, and on mobile phones. Software is also found in less obvious places however: in trains, cars, televisions, washing-machines, fridges, and many other devices. None of these devices could function without software. Without software we couldn’t write e-mails, make phone calls, go shopping, or travel as we are accustomed to. Software is our society’s central tool. How do we ensure that the next generation is motivated and capable of shaping technology for society’s benefits?
Learn more about the experiences how the FSFE sparks children’s and teenagers interest to tinker, experiment and program. Furthermore you will see how fulfilling those activities can be for yourself.
16:20 – 17:00 UTC
08 November 2024
In this BOF (Birds of a Feather) meeting, we will discuss strategies for fostering community growth and enhancing member involvement. We will explore optimal settings and practices that support sustainable community development. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences and insights, providing an opportunity to learn from one another and collaborate on best practices.
15:40 – 15:55 UTC
08 November 2024
We often underestimate the power of a simple Thank You. Free Software contributors do important work for our society and the “I Love Free Software Day” on 14 February is the perfect opportunity for you to express your special gratitude. Since 2010, we have celebrated this wonderful annual event with an ever-growing and diverse community.
15:00 – 15:15 UTC
08 November 2024
Companies that produce and sell Free Software face a problem: some competitors use unethical and destructive means to compete, making their products cheaper and winning bids. Destructive practices include marketing proprietary software under the guise of being Free Software, whether by using free/open wording, by introducing new licenses that falsely appear to be free, or by imposing additional barriers that make it more difficult to use the freedoms offered by Free Software. For some players, there seems to be no limit to their creativity when it comes to undercutting competitors and winning bids.
The Free Software Foundation Europe has been analysing these and other problematic market practices over the last few years. In this talk Johannes Näder will take a closer look at them and show why they harm Free Software manufacturers and the Free Software ecosystem. We will then discuss ways to limit the success of such practices.
13:40 – 13:55 UTC
08 November 2024
During the summer the European Commission made the decision to stop funding Free Software projects within the Next Generation Internet initiative (NGI). This decision results in a loss of €27 million for software freedom. Since 2018, the European Commission has supported the Free Software ecosystem through NGI, that provided funding and technical assistance to Free Software projects. This decision unfortunately exposes a larger issue: that software freedom in the EU needs more stable, long-term financial support. The ease with which this funding was excluded underlines this need.
This talk shows the urgent need for sustainable, long-term financial support for Free Software to ensure Europe’s technological independence.
13:20 – 13:35 UTC
08 November 2024
The role of Deputy Coordinator Italy within the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) was born in 2022 out of the need of re-establishing the presence of the Foundation on the territory. I designed this three years experimental project together with the Free Software Lab of NOI Techpark with the value proposition of (re)designing the FSFE Italian Community.
The project followed a human centric approach, moving along the five core stages of design-thinking. The goal of Marta Andreoli from the FSFE is to describe the FSFE Italy project and the design-thinking approach adopted.
13:00 – 13:15 UTC
08 November 2024
The FSFE is a consortium member of the EU’s Next Generation Internet initiatives (https://fsfe.org/activities/ngi/ngi.en.html). As part of our work there over the past 6 years, we have looked at hundreds of participating Free Software projects, to assist them with their legal and licensing questions, as well as to help them become REUSE compliant.
Lina Ceballos from the FSFE will speak about some simple trends in Free Software legal and licensing that we’ve observed over the years in independent Free Software projects and their developers, and how these affect aspects of the Free Software ecosystem.
11:40 – 11:55 UTC
08 November 2024
Our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other connected devices are general purpose computers. However, device manufacturers, vendors, and internet platforms have been restricting software freedom by exercising their monopolistic control over end-user equipment. Basic freedoms such as installing and uninstalling software are being unfairly limited by these companies, commonly referred to as “gatekeepers”, because of their monopolistic control over devices.
Lucas Lasota from the FSFE will present Device Neutrality as a policy solution to enable end-users to bypass gatekeepers in order to run Free Software independently of the control exercised by hardware manufacturers, vendors, and platforms. Device Neutrality can enable end–users to regain control over their devices.
10:40 – 10:55 UTC
08 November 2024
With CRA and PLD liability rules for software have been introduced with a broad exception for Free Software. After long and intense debates individual developers and non for profit work are safeguarded. In the future, individual developers and non-profit development of Free Software will be exempt from the CRA and the PLD. Nevertheless, the wording in both the regulations are different and a standardisation processes and guidelines are still being drawn up.
In this talk Alexander Sander from the FSFE will discuss what this new regulation means for software freedom in future and what happens at this stage and how to be involved in implementation.
09:00 – 09:15 UTC
08 November 2024
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the Linux User Group Bozen-Bolzano-Bulsan (LUGBZ) jointly honour outstanding Free Software developers who have significantly advanced the spread and advocacy of Free Software across Europe.
The European SFS Award recognizes individuals who have made remarkable contributions to fostering a Free Software culture, and it is presented during the SFSCON conference.
18:00 – 19:00 UTC
29 October 2024
The importance of the topic of technology control explained to children in a very simple way through a fairy tale.
Join us to explore all about the FSFE: mission, vision, values and activities! And to discover more about the book Ada&Zangemann.
Read more here: https://programmailfuturo.it/notizie/webinar?acm=156545_299
10:00 – 10:45 UTC
26 October 2024
Tobias Diekershoff, system administrator at FSFE, will give an introduction to the decentralised social network Fediverse as part of a Bits & Bäume workshop at the LCOY24 climate conference in Berlin.
When: Saturday, 26 October 2024, 12 to 12:45 pm
Where: LCOY24, Berlin Charlottenburg, Schillerstr. 120
09:00 – 17:30 UTC
26 October 2024
The Milan Linux Day 2024 takes place on October 26 in Milan, Bicocca University. The FSFE will participate with a talk and a reading of "Ada and Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream".
At 09:30 (room U6-39) Dario Presutti, FSFE policy project manager, will give a talk on the "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign.
At 16:00, in the same room, a public reading of "Ada and Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" will take place.
The event will take place at the Bicocca University of Milan.
Address: Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1, 20126 Milano - Building U6, first floor
15:0025 – 15:30 UTC
27 October 2024
FSFE will be present with a information booth at Jesień Linuksowa.
Jesień Linuksowa (Linux Autumn) is a social event for enthusiasts of the Free Software and the GNU/Linux that is organized by the Polish Linux Users Group (PLUG). The program includes official talks, semi-official panel discussions as well as social meetings and recreation elements. The aim of the conference is to create the possibility of meeting for the Free Software community members, to enable the contact among the members as well as the exchange of skills and ideas.
The event is intended for both professionals and people who have become interested in the GNU/Linux or Free Software recently. Thanks to the diversified program, the conference gives you the possibility of consolidating or expanding your knowledge in the presented areas. Generally, it's the only larger meeting concerning exactly Linux-related and FLOSS subjects, held by PLUG.
07:00 – 15:00 UTC
25 October 2024
- Information day about Linux and Free Software in general;
- DigiPass in Orvieto, at the library, from 9 to 17 on 25 October 2024;
- Free entry, no registration or ticket purchase required;
- Several members of the Orvieto Linux User Group Association and some guests;
- The event will be entirely in Italian;
The programme of the day:
09:00 Iris Biondi, Leonardo Picchiami, Marco Ciammella - Welcome address
09:30 Jonathan Gaddi Giomini - Introduction to Linux and the Open Source world
10:00 Emilio Ugo Giuffrida - Important and curious news from the world of FLOSS
10:30 Marcello Arcangeli - Introduction to Open Street Map
11:30 Gabriele Ponzo - The FSFe, Ada & Zangemann and geeking out on Arduino
12:00 Arcade game machine using RaspBerry PI 3B+ and RetroPie
12:15 Smart ecosystems: Tiny ML & Physical Computing for Sustainable Innovation
18:00 – 20:00 UTC
23 October 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
16:00 – 18:00 UTC
10 October 2024
In the next meeting the group will discuss the agenda outlined in the wiki. We meet in the Bitwäscherei in Zurich from 18:00 to 21:00. The meeting is held in German. You are welcome to join!
Treffen der lokalen Gruppe Berlin in Berlin, Deutschland
16:00 – 18:00 UTC
10 October 2024
The Berlin group of the FSFE meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at Kieztreff Undine (Hagenstraße 57, 5 minutes from Lichtenberg U+S station). Anyone interested in Free Software is welcome to attend the meetings.
* When: 12.09.2024, 18:00 h
* Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U Lichtenberg station)
09:00 – 18:00 UTC
10 October 2024
The LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 takes place from 10 to 12 October in Luxembourg. The FSFE will participate wtih a talk and a workshop:
- Matthias Kirschner, President of the FSFE, will give a talk entitled "The long way to software freedom".
https://events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-conference-2024/talk/EHUL3Y/
- Alexander Sander, FSFE senior policy consultant, will host the workshop "How to advocate for Public Money? Public Code!"
https://events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-conference-2024/talk/BMAL8K/
Premiere of the "Ada & Zangemann" movie on Ada Lovelace Day in Online, Germany
17:30 – 18:30 UTC
08 October 2024
The FSFE is celebrating Ada Lovelace Day on October 8 with a special event for its supporters: the global English premiere of the animated film 'Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream'. Originally a highly successful illustrated book, now available in 10 languages and counting, the story has been adapted into a film and is licensed as an open educational resource.
What: Ada & Zangemann English Premiere
When: 8 October, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM CEST
Who: FSFE Supporters + Contributors to the movie + their families
Where: Online (FSFE supporters have already received the link)
16:30 – 18:00 UTC
27 September 2024
📖 1st proposal of the educational activity “They are young + they need code” at DALMINE BGLUG, in collaboration with the Bergamo Narrators’ Circle and following the Call to Mobilization, will propose for the first time the educational activity “They are young + they need code” suggested by FSFE. The event will take place at the Dalmine Library on September 27, 2024 at 4:30 PM.
The target audience is children and young people aged 8 to 12 and the book will be read in ITALIAN.
This activity is part of the broader range of initiatives promoted by BGLUG and FSFE to raise awareness and promote free software, liberating people from the chains of proprietary software.
⌛ Schedule (September 27, 2024)
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM - Book reading
From 5:10 PM onwards - Creative workshop for boys and girls
📍 Where
Biblioteca “Rita Levi Montalcini” - Dalmine (Piazza Matteotti 6, 24044 Dalmine(BG))
The library has a small parking lot (30 spaces, including four with charging stations) in front, and some parking spaces on the adjacent road and square. The UNIBG engineering department is also nearby.
Map showing the location of Dalmine Library
Free admittance, no registration required.
⚒️ People Behind the initiative
Andrea Laisa, organizer
Andrea Fiori, BGLUG coordinator
Candelaria Romero, Bergamo Narrators’ Circle coordinator
Carlo Milanesi, reader and BGLUG member
Carmen Cornali, reader from the Loreto Narrators’ Circle, second reader
Omar Lazzari, organizer
📒 Contacts
BGLUG email: info@bglug.it
Telegram Andrea Laisa: @amreoboo
17:30 – 19:00 UTC
26 September 2024
The Berlin local group of the FSFE is meeting for their online meetup at the 4th Thuesday of each month to discuss topics around Free Software in the educational sphere.
12:00 – 15:00 UTC
21 September 2024
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software. In Berlin the local group of the FSFE will celebrate together with the LUG "Linux Works" at the Kieztreff Undine at 21.09.2024 with a informative program of presentations about what is Free Software. Between 14h and 17h on Saturday. You can find the Kieztreff Undine at Hagenstraße 57 next to U+S Station Lichtenberg. Entrance is free.
Planned program: Erika Piric "What is Free Software" (EN), Tobias Diekershoff "How to run an NGO on Free Software" (EN or DE), DxU "Introduction to Logseq, the flexible note taking app" (DE). In addion there will be information about the social network Fediverse as alternative to X, Instagram and TikTok.
10:00 – 16:00 UTC
21 September 2024
On September 21, 2024, from about 10 to 16 o'clock we will be available with a FSFE-booth at the national NLLGG-meeting, Gerrit Rietveld College, Eykmanlaan 1200, 3571 KH Utrecht, the Netherlands. We are looking forward to have a chat with you about Free Software!
10:00 – 23:59 UTC
21 September 2024
The Free Software Foundation Europe will be present at this year's Datenspuren with two talks:
- 21.09., 12:00, Seminarraum: micu, FSFE volunteer, will be presenting the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom (YH4F) coding contest. Registration for the next round of the competition has just opened -- if you're under 18 years old and like to code, this is your chance to find out all about the competition and how to get involved. micu has been on the YH4F jury for the first 3 rounds and will also give the audience a glimpse into some of the exciting projects that have been submitted over the years.
- 21.09., 14:30, Kabinett: Johannes Näder, FSFE Policy Project Manager, will give a talk on openwashing, presenting the results of the FSFE's community survey and some ideas on how to deal with openwashing.
Both talks will be held in German. Datenspuren take place at Zentralwerk, Riesaer Straße 32, 01127 Dresden-Pieschen.
See you in Dresden on #SoftwareFreedomDay!
09:0021 – 18:00 UTC
22 September 2024
Bits&Bäume is a movement and a set of conferences about sustainability and software.
This one will take place in Saarbrücken: https://saar.bits-und-baeume.org/
There will be an FSFE booth.
08:00 – 15:00 UTC
21 September 2024
Software Freedom Day 2024 in Cologne in https://dingfabrik.de/
Language: German by default, switch to english on request.
Start: 10:00
End: 17:00
Event Schedule:
10:00 Welcome
10:15 Talk 1: howto living with max amount of free software and the climate benefits (inspired by two woldwide climate demo on 20.09.2024)
11:30 Talk 2 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_Foundation_Deutschland cologne group
12:30 Break
14:00 Talk 3 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation_Europe cologne/bonn group
15:15 Talk 4 Free Software projects in dingfabrik
16:15 Lightning Talks : currently one speaker who could use up the whole time slot, additional speakers always welcome
17:00 Close (Inspired by https://sfd.koelnerlinuxtreffen.de/2019/programm/ ;)
Inspired by https://sfd.koelnerlinuxtreffen.de/2019/programm/
20:00 – 21:00 UTC
20 September 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
Software Freedom Day in Tallinn! in Tallinn, Estonia
09:00 – 16:00 UTC
20 September 2024
Software Freedom Day in Tallinn will be celebrated in collaboration between TalTech University and K-Space!
The first part of the event will take place in TalTech IT College (Raja 4C, Tallinn) room ICO-221 on Friday, September 20, 2024 from 12:00 to 15:30 (UTC+03:00). Event is planned IN ESTONIAN language. Topics will be related to cybersecurity: https://vabavara.notion.site/Vaba-tarkvara-p-ev-37bad4550c274cde81e23a7f71f70841
The second part of the event will be an informal gathering at K-Space (https://k-space.ee), starting from 16:00, and it will be welcoming non-Estonian-speakers, too! The meeting will be held in ENGLISH, and we will discuss new developments of Software Freedom, read Ada & Zangemann (https://ada.fsfe.org) and potentially host a workshop about decentralization and the Fediverse (https://ournet.rocks/).
18 September 2024
We'll discuss how to build our daily software infrastructure on Free
Software only, using decentralized and self-hosted or comunally-hosted
alternatives - i.e., things like NextCloud, Mastodon (and Pixelfed etc.
- Fediverse in general), Matrix, free Android distributions, etc.
Everyone is welccome 🙂 It will likely be in Danish unless some
non-Danish speakers turn up, in that case we'll switch to English.
11:00 – 18:00 UTC
14 September 2024
The Berlin Fediverse Day is a conference about the free social network "Fediverse". It is aimed at people interested in alternatives to X, Instagram, Facebook and so on; but also at institutions, universities, media, NGOs, political actors and companies who want to exchange information in an open and free environment. Admission is free.
Tobias Diekershoff, FSFE System-Hacker and co-maintainer of the Friendica project, will give a talk about "The Fediverse in Europe".
The Berlin Fediverse Day takes place at the c-base in Berlin (Rungestraße 20 near U+S station Jannowitzbrücke) between 13 and 19h, Saturday 14.09.2024 with talks and workshops.
18:00 – 21:00 UTC
12 September 2024
In the next meeting the group will discuss the agenda outlined in the wiki. We meet online from 18:00 to 21:00. The meeting is held in German. You are welcome to join!
Berlin local group meeting in Berlin, Deutschland
16:00 – 18:00 UTC
12 September 2024
The Berlin local group of the FSFE is meeting every 2nd Thursday of a month at the Undine (Hagenstraße 57, 5 minutes from U+S station Lichtenberg). Everybody interested in Free Software is welcome to the meeting. We want to dedicate the meeting in September mostly to the plannings of the Software Freedom Day event on Sept. 21st, but other Free Software related topics are welcome as well.
* When: 12.09.2024, 18:00 Uhr
* Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U Bhf Lichtenberg)
10 September 2024
Hello again! (no, you're not experiencing Déjà vu!)
The summer meetup has been rescheduled and will now be...
At the KPA Clubhouse on Tuesday 10th September from 6:30pm (BST, UK time).
Please note the time listed on the FSFE site is UTC which is currently one hour ahead of the UK which is in BST right now.
If anyone wants to get any food from there, then they serve food until 8pm, and they will close up completely at 11pm (we've got assurances in email!). Feel free to get there earlier if you prefer to eat in peace before chatter commences!
I've had a good amount of replies, and (as usual for socials) I've made this a joint event between FSFE Potteries, ORG Stoke, and StaffsLUG all in one place :) The previous attempt at organizing this social had about 20+ people coming, so hopefully you'll all try joining us again!
Will be great to have a catch up, especially if the weather holds!
Below are links to find the venue... a guide to Keele car parks (best to use E2 which is free after 5pm)... and bus information (coming from either Crewe/Nantwich or Newcastle/Hanley direction).
Venue: https://osm.org/go/eu08CaVjf?way=136068963
Parking: https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/howtofindus/parking/paytopark/s-misc-799-staff-parking-designations-pay-to-park.pdf
25 bus (First): https://www.firstbus.co.uk/potteries/plan-journey/timetables?service=25-FP&day=mf
85 bus (D&G): https://www.dgbus.co.uk/bus-services/85/
Berlin local group online meeting (online)
17:30 – 19:00 UTC
22 August 2024
The Berlin local group of the FSFE is meeting for their online meetup at the 4th Thuesday of each month to discuss topics around Free Software in the educational sphere.
Where: BBB of the FSFE at https://conf.fsfe.org/b/egn-g7l-b5s-ywh
18:00 – 20:00 UTC
21 August 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
17 – 18 August 2024
FSFE will be present at the Free and Open Source Software Conference (FrOSCon) with a booth, several talks and a reading:
- 17.08, 16:30h, HS8: Johannes Näder, FSFE policy project manager, will give a talk on "It's not just about money!" ("Geld ist nicht alles!'"), explaining approaches for better Free Software procurement.
- 17.08, 17:45h, HS8: Right afterwards, Bernhard Reiter will encourage voluntary payments for Free Software in his talk "Just pay for it!!? - your Free Software!" ("Bezahlt sie doch einfach!!? - eure Freie Software").
- 17.08, 14:00h, HS6: as part of the children's programme, Bernhard Reiter and Johannes Näder will read Matthias Kirschner's book "Ada and Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream".
- Guido Günther will give a Phosh status update in the "FOSS on mobile" project room (C117).
- 17.08., 15:00h: At the FSFE booth, we will answer all your questions about the NGI Zero applications during our NGI0 Open Consultation Hour.
Most of the conference will be in German. You do not need to buy a ticket or register. Just drop by!
19:00 – 20:00 UTC
16 August 2024
Mid-August is FrOSCon time! The local FSFE group in Bonn is hosting a community get-together the evening before the big event. We will have some visitors from far away (does Berlin count as far away?).
This is also an opportunity if you can't make it to FrOSCon but still want to hang out. You are welcome either way!
See you from 19.00 at Café Bistro Pendel - reservation under Liv Dywan in case you can't find us!
16:00 – 19:00 UTC
08 August 2024
In the next meeting the group will discuss the agenda outlined in the wiki. We meet on the 3rd floor of the Bitwäscherei Zürich from 18:00 to 21:00. The meeting is held in German. You are welcome to join!
Berlin local group meeting in Berlin, Deutschland
16:00 – 19:00 UTC
08 August 2024
The Berlin local group of the FSFE is meeting every 2nd Thursday of a month at the Undine (Hagenstraße 57, 5 minutes from U+S station Lichtenberg). Everybody interested in Free Software is welcome to the meeting.
In August Irakli will present his Bachelor thesis with the title "Die technischen Hürden beim Übergang von Windows zu Linux" (Technical difficulties during the switch from Windows to Linux) and the results of his work. After the presentation we can discuss the results.
* When: 8.08.2024, 18:00 o'clock
* Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U Bhf Lichtenberg)
00:4503 – 09:00 UTC
04 August 2024
Two of our volunteers will run a booth to promote Free Software at COSCUP, the Conference for Open Source Coders, Users & Promoters. They will both also give a talks about "REUSE - Making Licensing Easy for Everyone", "On corporate control of Free Software Projects… systemic community lessons from IBM & Red Hat", and "Free and Open Source Licensing Basics for Developers". If you have the time, feel free to stop by and say hello to Simon and Florian; they will be happy to talk to you and answer any questions you might have.
17:30 – 19:00 UTC
25 July 2024
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its edu meeting on every fourth Thursday of the month.
All those interested in Free Software are welcome. The meeting takes place from 7:30pm online at BBB server of the FSFE. This time we don't have a specific topic for the meeting.
Bring a good mood.
FSFE Zurich local group meeting (online)
11 July 2024
In the next meeting the group will discuss the agenda outlined in the wiki.
We meet online from 18:00 to 21:00.
The meeting is held in German. You are welcome to join!
Agenda: wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Zurich/2024-07-11
FSFE local group Berlin meeting in Berlin, Germany
11 July 2024
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of July. At this meeting we want to review our activities this year so far and plan upcoming events. Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the Kieztreff Undine in Hagenstraße 57 not far from S+U-Lichtenberg station.
The meeting will be held between 18h and 20h. German will be the main language, but English can be spoken as well.
Bring good vibes with you.
Zooom Workshop: Cybersecurity, Digital Autonomy and Individual Empoweremt in Berlin, Germany
26 June 2024
Monopolisation of cyberspaces negatively impacts cybersecurity and our digital rights. In this workshop we will meet, install and try several alternatives to most of our essential software used on the daily basis.
Dr. Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Legal Programme Manager, will conduct a workshop at the Law Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin for master and bachelor students of the course "Law & Tech in the Age of Mass Democracy".
Admission is free. Places are limited. The workshop will be held in English.
When: 26.06.24 at 14:00
Where: Law Faculty of Humboldt University of Berlin - Unter den Linden, 9 - Berlin
22 June 2024
Tübix is a yearly event around GNU/Linux and Free Software. Its seventh
incarnation takes place on 22 June 2024 from 9:30 to 19:20 in the rooms
of Wilhelm Schickard Institute for IT, auf dem Sand, Tübingen, Germany.
Admission is free.
In room V2 at 14:00, Reinhard Müller will read the book
„Ada
& Zangemann - Ein Märchen über Software, Skateboards und
Himbeereis“, and at 15:00 Uhr in the same room, Florian Snow
gives a talk about banks and Freie Software. Both talks are in German.
Besides that, FSFE will also present information about its work, a rich
assortment of
promotion material,
and the current FSFE fashion
at an information booth.
"They are young, + need the code", FSFE's Format to bring Free Software in the schools (online)
19 June 2024
FSFE's project “They are young + they need the code” is inspired from the work Ada&Zangemann by Matthias Kirschner, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe, who wrote this book to explain to his children the value of Free Software. Also involved in the project is Sandra Brandstaetter, a famous artist and illustrator of children's fairy tales who enriched the book with her valuable illustrations.
FSFE designed the educational format “They are young + they need the code” that, through reading the book and manual activities, can make children understand the importance of freedom and control of technology.
This format will be presented online in Italian at the FSFE BBB at 6pm on June 19th 2024
Danish local group meeting in Aarhus, Denmark
19 June 2024
Danish local group monthly meeting, from 19.00 to 20.30 in the rooms of PROSA in Aarhus. Open to all interested in free software.
The meeting will be in Danish.
Detailed agenda to follow.
In the meantime we have a call for speaker(s)! - We would love to hear from any participants with free software-related material to share. Please send your talk-idea to: aarhus@lists.fsfe.org.
Every 3rd meeting is primarily physical. This is one of those!
The other two meetings are online via BBB. Link will be sent out via the mailing list.
FSFE Infobooth at Suppe and Mucke in Berlin, Germany
15 June 2024
The Berlin group of the FSFE will be represented with an informationbooth at the Friedrichshain soup festival ‘Suppe und Mucke’ on the RAW grounds on Saturday 15 June between 2 and 8 pm.
When: 15.06.2024, 14 bis 20 Uhr
Where: RAW Gelände Tor 1, Revalerstr. 99, Berlin
13 June 2024
Together, with the book author Matthias Kirschner, we will read "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" . This illustrated book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
Matthias Kirschner will briefly share experiences from readings, and we will discuss concepts how to engage with younger audiences about Free Software. The goal is to enable each participant to better connect with young audiences about technology and together further develop a reusable tool kit for such readings.
DevConf.CZ is taking place in Brno from 13 to 15 June.
12 June 2024
For the June meeting of the Berlin local group of the FSFE we've invited our friend Kai from Zerocat to present his newest project the "Zerocat Mini Machine". The presentation will be in English except German is explicitly required by the audience.
When: 12.06.2024, 7 p.m.
Where: xHain, Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 Berlin
Zerocat Mini Machine: Put the fun back into hardware development!
In respect to electronic hardware development, fun is gone as soon as the tools and the development process take your freedoms away, and bind you to proprietary concepts and business models. Zerocat Mini Machine will be different! While being an interesting hardware project by itself, targeting 100% integrity of text processing towards encrypted Morse code, it offers a rock-solid free license concept right from the start.
All software tools of the development chain, e.g. 3D-CAD, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), PCB layout editing, and so on are fully qualified free software, provided in reproducible environments by means of the GNU Guix System.
12 June 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
10 June 2024
We're a group of free software enthusiasts who meet once a month in Bonn to chat about free software (aka Open Source) and related topics.
Our meetings take place at 19.00 every second Monday of the month.
Ada & Zangemann reading in Offenburg, Germany
07 June 2024
On 7 June, Matthias Kirschner will read the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream' at the to more than 200 third graders in Offenburg's largest cinema. The reading will be opened by Offenburg's major. Afterwards there will be discussions with the pupils about software, hardware, tinkering, ideas for their inventions and of course their favourite ice cream.
This illustrated book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
07 – 08 June 2024
FSFE participated in the Trento Open Festival conference held at the School of Innovation, University of Trento in Trento, Italy.
Niharika Singhal, Project Manager gave a talk on “AI Licensing Realities: Proliferation of licenses with behavioral restrictions”
* When: June 08, 2024 from 12:00 am to 12:30 pm CET
FSFE, being a consortium member of the Zooom project also participated in a panel discussion on the 3Os and innovation ecosystems, along with other Zooom partners. Lucas Lasota, Legal Programme Manager moderated the panel.
* When: June 08, 2024 from 12:30 am to 13:15 pm CET
Marta Andreoli, Deputy Coordinator Italy participated and chaired a panel discussion on Open Software and Open Communities in Italian.
* When: June 08, 2024 from 11:30 am to 13:00 pm CET
Marta also ended the day with a reading of the book 'Ada & Zangemann: a Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream' by Matthias Kirchsner in Italian to a chirpy crowd of young kids.
The talks were held in English and witnessed the presence of many students, young children, developers, companies and start-ups. More details can be found on the event page.
Follow-up meeting on the Umweltfestival Berlin, Germany
03 June 2024
The Berlin Group, Bits&Bäume Berlin and KDE Eco invite you to a workshop evening at c-base on 3 June (6 to 9 pm) to discuss the topics from our joint stand at the environmental festival in greater depth.
Topics of the evening (depends on the demand during registration):
- Consultation hour on sustainable IT with free software
- Certification of software with the Blauer Engel
- Upcycling Android with CustomROMs
- The Fediverse (decentralised social networks)
- Linux installation workshop
In order to be able to plan better and not to exceed the capacities of the venue, we ask for a non-binding registration.
Location: c-base, Rungestraße 20 (U+S station Jannowitzbrücke)
01 – 02 June 2024
FSFE will participate in this year's community-driven T-DOSE 2024 conference with an information booth and two presentations:
- Saturday June 1st, 13:00 - 13:50 CEST, Carmen Bianca, project manager of the REUSE initiative, will give a talk " REUSE: best practices for copyright and licensing"
- Sunday June 2nd, 12:00 - 12:50 CEST, Nico Rikken, coordinator Netherlands, will hold a Ada & Zangemann book reading
Meet us at the booth for stickers and merchandise, to discuss topics like router freedom, banking apps and software en education, and to view our progress on the Ada & Zangemann book translation.
Admission is free. More details can be found on the conference page. We look forward to seeing you there.
25 May 2024
Vincent Lequertier will read the book "Ada & Zangemann Un conte sur les logiciels, le skateboard et la glace à la framboise".
This illustrated book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
24 – 25 May 2024
The esLibre Congress takes place this year in Valencia on 24 and 25 May! FSFE is present this year with a talk in English entitled 'RA & PLD: liability rules and software freedom' and two talks in Spanish: one about Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, FSFE coding competition for young Europeans, and a talk about why everyone should care about Free Software.
And of course, our team will come with stickers!
22 May 2024
Online meeting of the Danish FSFE local group (20:30 to 21:30).
21 May 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
18 May 2024
Deputy Coordinator BNL André Ockers will present (in English) the Free Software Foundation Europe at WikiconNL 2024, from 11.15 to 11.45 o'clock, in room "BenG Lab 2", Media Parkboulevard 1.
16 – 17 May 2024
FSFE will participate in this year's DORS/CLUC 2024 conference.
Niharika Singhal, Project Manager will give a talk on "Making AI Really Open: The Current Landscape of Free Software and AI Licensing"
* When: May 16, 2024 from 11:35 am to 12:05 pm CET
Lucas Lasota, Legal Programme Manager will give a talk on "When our routers are not free: the challenges for an Open and Neutral Internet"
* When: May 17, 2024 from 11:00 am to 11:30 am CET
The talks will be held in English and will be recorded and live streamed on Youtube. More details can be found on the event page. We look forward to seeing you there.
15 May 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
13 May 2024
We are a group of friends of Free Software who meet once a month in Bonn to talk about Free Software (aka Open Source).
13.5. 19.00 Uhr
The Quiet Man, Heerstraße 121, 53111 Bonn
FSFE Berlin meets gnuHU Berlin, Germany
07 May 2024
The Berlin group of the FSFE will meet with the gnuHU group of Humboldt University for a joint evening about Free Software, to get to know the groups and their work on 7 May, 6 to 8 pm, in the Signallabor at Georgenstraße 47 (2nd floor, room 2.26).
28 April 2024
How can we make digitalisation sustainable?
The Berlin group of the FSFE wants to show an answer to this question at the Environmental Festival 2024 together with Bits&Bäume Berlin and KDE Eco. Come to our booth to learn more about the sustainable use of computers with Free Software. We will also have information about Upcycling Android, Public Money, Public Code and the Fediverse available at our booth.
On April 28th we will be on Straße des 17. Juni between the Siegessäule and the Brandenburg Gate. Come by and talk with us about Free Software!
25 April 2024
Like every 4th Thursday of the month the local Berlin group of the FSFE will meet on April 25th to their EDU meeting to discuss "Free Software in Education". This time we will meet at the restaurant "Kartoffelkeller" near Friedrichstraße station, starting at 5 p.m..
22 April 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
This month Sophie Küster is joining us to talk about "One of the Lads – Things I’m Tired of Hearing about Women in Tech".
20 April 2024
FSFE is present with an information and merchandise booth at the 20th
Linux-Infotag Augsburg. The event takes place on 20 April 2024 from
9:30 to 17:00 at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences.
Admission is free.
17 April 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
15 – 16 April 2024
The conference will be held on April 15 - 16 at Chalmers Conference Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden.
It will be a local, face-to-face event.
Meeting of FSFE supporters Berlin/Brandenburg in Berlin, Germany
11 April 2024
On 11.4.2024 the Berlin supporters group of the FSFE will meet again at Kieztreff Undine from 6 pm. Theman could be the environmental festival on 28.4. and the XZ gap.
All Free Software and FSFE interested parties are cordially invited to watch on Thursday at Kieztreff Undine, right by the Lichtenberg underground station (U5) and plan and palavern.
- When: 11.04.2024, 6 pm
- Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U Bhf Lichtenberg)
04 April 2024
The heroine of this tale is a role model for encouraging young girls to take up technical subjects. Bilingual reading (German and French) of the story with projection of the illustrations.
20 March 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
This month we are having an open conversation with any topics that participants are interested in!
20 March 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation and banking apps.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
16 March 2024
On March 16th, 2024, from about 10 to 16 o'clock we will be available with a FSFE-infobooth at the national NLLGG-meeting, Gerrit Rietveld College, Eykmanlaan 1200, 3571 KH Utrecht, the Netherlands. We are looking forward to have a chat with you about Free Software!
16 – 17 March 2024
The Chemnitzer Linux Days is one of the largest Free Software conferences in Germany. It is a long-standing event for education about Linux and Free Software. The event includes workshops, lectures and beginners' talks in the central building of the Chemnitz University of Technology.
The FSFE will be present with an information booth. On Saturday at 09:30, the FSFE's Policy Project Manager Johannes Näder will present Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, the Free Software competition for young people aged 14-18, currently in its 3rd year.
14 March 2024
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of March.
Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the Kieztreff Undine in Hagenstraße 57 not far from S+U-Lichtenberg station.
The meeting is starting at 18h and mostly in German but English can be spoken as well.
Bring good vibes with you.
08 – 10 March 2024
FSFE will participate in this year's Circonomia Fano 2024 festival!
Dario Presutti will hold three readings (in Italian) of “Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream”. Tommaso Marmo will host a workshop on the Fediverse. Join us with friends and family if you are around!
March 8 - Corte Malatestiana/Spazio Wooden Houses
15:30 Reading of “Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream”
17:00 “Rete (In)Sostenibile”, Fediverse workshop
March 9 - Corte Malatestiana/Spazio Wooden Houses
15:30 Reading of “Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream”
17:00 “Rete (In)Sostenibile”, Fediverse workshop
March 10 - Corte Malatestiana/Spazio Wooden Houses
15:30 Reading of “Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream”
17:00 “Rete (In)Sostenibile”, Fediverse workshop
21 February 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are Ada & Zangemann book translation, elections and IT in educational sector.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
14 February 2024
Together we celebrate our love and appreciation for Free Software at the I Love Free Software Day on the 14th of February 2024, at the Chaos Computer Club Wiesbaden (CCCWI), Sedanplatz 7, Wiesbaden. This event is open for the public and we would be more than happy to welcome you from 19:00 (CET) till open end at the CCCWI.
We will have to lightning talk sessions, with short inputs around 5 minutes. If you would like to participate with a lightning talk from your side about your favourite Free Software please send an email to weeman(at)frankfurt.ccc.de
* When: Wednesday, 14.02.2024, 19:00 Uhr
* Where: Chaos Computer Club Wiesbaden e.V., Sedanplatz 7, 65183 Wiesbaden
14 February 2024
The Berlin local group of the FSFE is celebrating the I Love Free Software day 2024 at xHain.
When: 14.02.2024, 18:00h till 21:00h
Where: xHain, Grünberger Str. 16 10243 Berlin
14 February 2024
We love Free Software, do you? Join us to express our love and appreciation to the people behind Free Software at the I Love Free Software Day on the 14th of February 2024.
Hack42 Arnhem kindly hosts this gathering, at a 15 minute bus ride from the central railway station. We will start with a show-and-tell about the software you love. Later we will take the time to express our thanks by writing postcards and sending email. It will be a fun and informal meeting.
Food will be provided. Please respond so we account for you and your preferences.
We'll start at 19:00 CET with food and doors open at 18:30. Earlier by agreement.
Please register ahead of time so we can accommodate for you with food.
14 February 2024
FSFE and BgLUG celebrate together the "I Love Free Software"! The meeting is at 6 pm at the POLARESCO SPACE, in via del Polaresco, 15 in Bergamo. It will be an evening to meet and celebrate Free Software with old and new friends, music and good food. The event is open to everyone, young and old, friends and relatives! Please, register to the event link. We can't wait to see you there ♥
14 February 2024
We invite you to celebrate the "I ♥️ Free Software Day" of 2024 and to show your gratitude to free software contributors, who do an essential work for our society.
Together, we recognize the importance of their efforts and their dedication to creating a free and open digital world for everyone.
We look forward to seeing you:
Agenda:
19:00 h: Welcome
19:15 h: playful and informative introduction to Free Software, by Xavi de Blas
19:45 h: Celebration and networking
Come and share this special day with us! There will be food and drink for all attendees.
Xavier de Blas in the mid-2000s gave 111 lectures-show on free software. Upon reaching this number, he decided to reorient his efforts to programming. For the “I ♥️ Free Software Day” 2024 he will discuss some fun anecdotes of that time and offer us a new small format show called “ManipulaSo” where he will play with sensors and free software and hardware tools that he develops daily.
Please note, that the presentation about Free Software will be held in Catalan.
14 February 2024
For the first time live, TWC study groups return.
Free software has a fundamental value for the economy of the technological supply chain. Without FOSS the startup model would be fundamentally different, or would not really exist. In spite of this, FOSS methodologies promote a collaborative model, rather than competitive, of design and production of digital technologies, thus helping to establish alternative technology design practices to Big Tech.
Most of the challenges we encounter in building distributed collaboration networks are organizational, non-technical: the software is compared to a stream, a stream, with an original source that can branch into different flows where necessary. For example, some centralized software communities tend to recreate the power structures of the physical world through member distribution and audience choice. Does it make sense to continue developing free software as we have done in recent decades? Where can we learn from our mistakes? How to build free software communities we so much hope?
As a better opportunity for Free Software Foundation Europe’s I Love Free Software Day to thank all people working on the ecosystem with a study group on the future and present of FOSS. Synware: free syndicates software is a collection of essays on the use, creation and collective maintenance of digital technologies in techno-syndicalist optics.
We are waiting for you on February 14 in Bologna to discuss together the future of FOSS.
13 February 2024
Are you up for a pre-"I Love Free Software Day" party? Then come and join us at the FSFE Pottieries "I Love Free Software Day" gathering. On the 13th of February, from 6:30 pm (GMT) onwards we will meet upstairs at the KPA Clubhouse, 97 Horwood Road, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire. Everyone is welcome, so bring along your friends, significant other, or family of all ages! Even if they've never heard of Free Software before, it'll be a good way to introduce them to the topic. However, please let us know when you want to join us for "I Love Free Software Day". Either by subscribing to our mailing list and sending us a message there or by sending us an email to potteries@fsfe.org.
We look forward to seeing many of you on the 13th of February for our pre-celebrations ♥ ♥ ♥ !
Ada & Zangemann reading at Altenmünster primary school in Crailsheim, Germany
07 February 2024
On 7 February, Matthias Kirschner will read the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream' at the Altenmünster primary school. Afterwards there will be discussions with the pupils about software, hardware, tinkering, ideas for their inventions and of course their favourite ice cream.
Ada & Zangemann reading at Rollhofschule primary school in Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany
06 February 2024
On 6 February, Matthias Kirschner will read the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream' to two third classes at the Rollhofschule. Afterwards there will be discussions with the pupils about software, hardware, tinkering, and of course their favourite ice cream.
Ada & Zangemann reading at Grundschule am Langen Graben in Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany
06 February 2024
On 6 February, Matthias Kirschner will read the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream' to two second and two third classes at the "Grundschule am Langen Graben". Afterwards there will be discussions with the pupils about software, hardware, tinkering, and of course their favourite ice cream.
03 – 04 February 2024
It is that time of the year again. FOSDEM will take place in Brussels on 3 and 4 February 2024. The Free Software Foundation Europe will be there with most of its staff and some of our volunteers!
You can find a detailed overview of FSFE organized dev rooms and workshops in this news item.
We hope to see you at FOSDEM!
31 January 2024
Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the library: an exta-ordinary reading for children (over age 6) and adults: a book that is a tale of the importance of having free software.
This illustrated book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
Come listen to the story and color its characters together!
25 January 2024
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its edu meeting on every
fourth Thursday of the month. All those interested in Free Software
are welcome. The meeting takes place from 7:30pm online at BBB server
of the FSFE. Bring a good mood.
24 January 2024
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are elections, banking apps and IT in educational sector.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
FSFE Local Group Meeting in Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark
24 January 2024
The next meeting in our network will be next Wednesday at 19:00 at PROSA, Søren Frichs Vej 38K th., 8230 Åbyhøj.
It is not far from Magenta's office on Silkeborgvej, where we have had meetings before.
If you can't attend physically, you can also participate virtually at this link:
https://conf.fsfe.org/b/agg-7dv-5uq-l8l
The agenda is a general resumption of our work - and I would especially like to talk about what we can do to get Ada&Zangemann published in Danish.
20 January 2024
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
Topics for this call are:
- Increase Inclusivity FSFE Italy
- Gimp for Noobs
- I love Free Software Day
27 December 2023
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
27 December 2023
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are elections, banking apps and IT in educational sector.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
27 – 30 December 2023
For the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3) the FSFE is part of this year's Bits & Bäume cluster. Together with many other organisations is the FSFE creating a space that welcomes all creatures! At our assembly we create a common space for FSFE members, friends, and supporters to discuss, meet, hack, and organise. Whether you're a Free Software enthusiast or simply enjoy the company of friendly geeks, our assembly welcomes all creatures. Join us to engage in lively discussions, collaborate on projects, and connect with a diverse community passionate about technology and the values of Free Software. Service announcement: Everyday at 7 pm we sing the Free Software Song at the FSFE booth.
Meeting of the local FSFE group in Berlin, Deutschland
21 December 2023
In co-ordination with the LUG Linux Works, the Berlin local group of the FSFE will be meeting on the third Thursday in December for our year-end get-together. You are of course all welcome.
When: 21.12.2023, 18:00h
Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U station Lichtenberg)
Since the upcoming meeting will be our last one this year, we want to prepare our infamous Glühmate again this time. Experience has shown that you will bring a lot of good humor with you.
21 December 2023
The FSFE Greece country team will meet again to discuss what's new in the land of Free Software.
In this meetup, we will also discuss what concrete actions and activities we can plan and organize as a group in the near future.
We are meeting at 19:00 (local time). Everybody interested in Free Software is welcome!
19 December 2023
IMPORTANT! You must RSVP to attend this event via the FSFE Potteries mailing list or e-mail the organiser directly... questions are also welcome via either method also.
Mailing list: https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/potteries.lists.fsfe.org
E-mail the organiser: lantizia@fsfe.org
We've booked a private room in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 6:30pm GMT onwards until closing... it's upstairs from the Vue cinema and you can find directions if you follow the link.
There's 4 full sized bowling lanes, all of which are ours for the whole evening for unlimited free play, 6 people at most to a lane.
It's FREE as we're pickup up the bill, and like our past socials there will be places to just sit and just chat (no loud music!). Not everyone will be bowling anyway, so don't feel like you have to. Should be plenty of free software users about for a catch up!
The venue serves hot food (so no need to eat before coming out) as well as offering drinks (including alcohol)... you'll find details of this on the wiki if you follow the link.
We're holding this event jointly with the local LUG and Open Rights Group branch, so it's sure to be a great mix of people in one social. You're welcome to bring friends and family too, but you must let us know exact numbers if possible when you RSVP (as we need to keep the room to under 40 people, which it surely will be anyway... so don't give it a second thought!)
It's a veritable Flörgåsbord! - We were trying to merge the acronyms FSF/LUG/ORG and got "Florg" which got compared to the word Smörgåsbord (a Swedish buffet) and so we made it Flörgåsbord instead (as a buffet of local technology groups!).
⏰ 6:30pm doors open
📍 Lymelight Lanes, 98-104 High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1PT.
12 December 2023
Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Legal Programme Manager, will participate in the panel discussion on opportunities, pitfalls and hurdles of AI and Free Software. The event is online and the registration is free.
07 December 2023
2024 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom kicks off on 7 December, at 19:30 CET, with an online event explaining the competition in detail.
This kick-off event is a great opportunity for anyone who might have doubts about taking part to get their questions answered and to understand how this competition works and why anyone, regardless of their coding skills, is more than welcome to take part.
Register here to attend the event and participate in this edition: https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/658534
29 November 2023
The FSFE Greece country team will meet again to discuss what's new in the land of Free Software. We'll talk about the "Youth Hacking 4 Freedom" competition, the "Router Freedom" status in Greece, an ongoing translation of "Ada & Zangemann" book and many more. We are meeting at 19:00. Everybody interested in Free Software is welcome!
26 November 2023
Join us on at the KNF 2023 ( Nürnberg, Germany) for a reading of the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream'. The reading, in German, will take place at 15:30h.
Matthias Kirschner, the author of the book, will read this illustrated children’s book, that tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realizes how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
22 November 2023
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are elections, banking apps and IT in educational sector.
We meet from 20:00 CET until about 22:00 CET. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
21 November 2023
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
Upcycling Android support at Repaircafé Oosterbeek, Netherlands in Oosterbeek, Netherlands
18 November 2023
Dutch FSFE supporters will be present at the Repaircafé in Oosterbeek to help replace the operating system of your phone with a Free Software operating system. This activity supports the "Upcyling Android" initiative.
The Repaircafé Oosterbeek will be held on the 18th of November in Vegetarisch Zorgcentrum Felixoord at Ommershoflaan 35, Oosterbeek from 13:00 to 16:00.
15 – 16 November 2023
The NGI Forum is the flagship event of the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. Tobias Diekershoff and Lucas Lasota will represent the FSFE with a workshop on REUSE. The event will happen in Brussels.
Free Software is at the heart of the Next Generation Internet initiative. However, the multiple competing licensing requirements for communicating the chosen license of a software project and its copyright holders increase the compliance burden on project maintainers. REUSE aims to remediate this situation, providing NGI projects with a set of easy-to-implement best practices for declaring copyright and licensing in an unambiguous, human- and machine-readable way. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Free Software licensing and how to implement REUSE in your software project.
The event is free but places are limited. Online streaming and participation will be also provided. English will the working language.
11 November 2023
Free Software associations and enthusiasts will share what is happening in the fs scene from their point of view, their activities and what they have in store for 2030.
The presentations will be held in Italian, you are welcome to hold your talk online if you can’t attend the physical event.
REGISTRATION NEEDED AT: https://pretix.eu/noi-digital/sfscon23/3973989/
11 November 2023
The Open Science movement aims to increase the transparency, reproducibility and inclusiveness of academic research. One of its central goals is therefore to make research outputs broadly available, e.g., manuscripts (Open Access) or research data (Open Data). While software/code created in the course of scientific research is a key artifact of scientific research that is clear distinct from the latter two, it has until recently not received the same attention as manuscripts or data, although it follows its own set of paradigms.
In this talk, FSFE volunteer Christian Busse, will present an overview on how the core concepts of Free Software and the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reuseable) Principles intersect, what this means for managing code as research output and recent initiatives on the European level that will provide support for these issues.
10 November 2023
The “I Love Free Software Day” (https://ilovefs.org) provides a platform for individuals and organisations to express gratitude towards Free Software contributors.
In this talk Bonnie Mehring highlights the significance of the “I Love Free Software Day” as a platform for expressing support, love, and gratitude towards the developers and contributors who make Free Software possible. And we will discuss ideas and strategies for making the upcoming “I Love Free Software Day” even more remarkable.
10 November 2023
The European Union’s AI Act is the first comprehensive set of regulations for the artificial intelligence. Also Free Software plays a role in this regulation. I will shed light on the upcoming rules and evaluate what this means for Free Software, AI but also other upcoming regulations.
In this talk, Alexander Sander will present the latest developments in EU legislation and activities on AI and what role Free Software plays in this.
10 November 2023
What can be done to improve the Internet as a platform for future generations? What initiatives are currently in place to build key technological blocks of an Internet that supports human-centric values, such as privacy, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and norms all citizens should enjoy in Europe?
In this talk, Gabriel Ku Wei Bin will explore why the current state of the internet must be re-imagined and re-engineered in order to support healthy societies, the existing European Commission initiative to work towards doing so, and the role of Free Software in accomplishing these goals.
10 November 2023
Interoperability is a core element of the ongoing digitalisation of Europe. With the Interoperable Europe Act, the EU is aiming to create a dedicated legal framework for interoperability and to enhance cross-border digital public services across the European Union.
In this talk, Lina Ceballos will give an overview of the state of play of this proposed regulation in the ongoing EU legislative process, some of its flaws, and the important role that Free Software and its community can play in it.
10 November 2023
For six years, the Free Software Foundation Europe has been calling with a broad alliance for publicly funded software to be published as Free Software.
In the talk, Linus Sehn and Johannes Näder, will look at some examples of lack of implementation of Free Software policies. They will discuss how we, as civil society, can identify such shortcomings and how to deal with them. They will present our initiative TEDective – a free-software solution that makes European public procurement data explorable for non-experts, aiming to provide you with a powerful tool to keep an eye on real progress towards “Public Money? Public Code!” across Europe.
10 November 2023
License compliance efforts for software projects involve not only legal-oriented actions, but also governance elements such as organizational processes and community management. The larger the community or the organization working collectively, the more complex a compliance program for software projects may become. Free Software licenses being direct licensing models are easier to comply with in comparison to proprietary licenses.
This talk, by Lucas Lasota and Niharika Singhal, will give an overview of the Free Software licensing compliance practices, including initiatives such as REUSE for streamlining copyright and license information for software projects.
10 November 2023
The first day of SFSCON will close with the reading of the book 'Ada & Zangemann: a Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream' by Matthias Kirchsner.
The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city, constantly building and programming cool gadgets that everyone can’t wait to buy. But one day on a walk through town, something happens that changes the way he sees his own inventions—young people are using them in fun ways, and that make him furious.
10 November 2023
School children are invited to participate in this reading, in Italian, of the book 'Ada & Zangemann: A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream', taking place during the first day of SFSCON 2023.
This illustrated children’s book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realizes how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
Ada & Zangemann will inspire children’s interest in tinkering and encourage shaping technology.
10 November 2023
Some manufacturers try to force to use the preinstalled software on the PC you acquire, sometimes also claiming that alternative software will not work properly.
On 2018 FSFE volunteer Luca Bonissi purchased a Lenovo Tablet/PC that came with Microsoft Windows pre-installed. He requested the refund to Lenovo, but Lenovo denied to refund him. A court case was initiated, and Lenovo was condemned to pay a punitive damages of 20,000 euros for its abusive behaviour.
02 November 2023
Lina Ceballos and Gabriel Ku Wei Bin from the FSFE will talk about legal topics relating to Free Software. They will explain basic legal concepts such as licenses, copyright law, and other legal topics important for developers and the Free Software community in general.
The 40-minute talk will be followed by a 20-minute demonstration of how to make licensing your free software projects easier with FSFE's REUSE initiative. Copyright and licensing are difficult, especially when reusing software from different projects that are released under various different licenses. REUSE provides a set of recommendations to make declaring licenses easier. After the talk and the demonstration, there will be time for questions and answers.
28 October 2023
Linux Day 2023 - "Artificial Intelligence today between risks and benefits"
For the national Linux Day 2023, the Free Circle association organised a conference entitled "Artificial Intelligence today between risks and benefits"
In an increasingly connected and digitised world, artificial intelligence and open source philosophy are driving technological and social transformation.
At this year's Linux Day, we will explore the practical applications of AI based on open source projects that are helping to define the future of this technology and examine the crucial issues of security, privacy and social implications of AI.
This year's event is again sponsored by:
Municipality of Palermo
University of Palermo
Order of Engineers of Palermo
The conference will be held on 28 October in Palermo at the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa - Sala De Seta.
26 – 27 October 2023
Alexander Sander, FSFE Senior Policy Consultant will participate in the 25th anniversary of Dédalo giving a talk about Free Software's influence on culture and heritage.
Dédalo is an free and open source knowledge management system used for the register, cataloging and diffusion of intangible, tangible Cultural Heritage and Memory.
25 October 2023
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problemen and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation. Current topics are elections, banking apps and IT in educational sector.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
19 October 2023
CRA and liability - what rules apply to Free Software - Alexander Sander (FSFE)
In the context of the Cyber Ressliance Act, the EU is currently discussing the introduction of liability rules for software, including Free Software. But what are the effects of these rules and what are the consequences for Free Software? The EU Commission has proposed an exemption to exclude Free Software "outside a commercial activity". However, the wording leads to some problems and is therefore currently being improved by the Parliament and the Council. The talk will summarise the current state of the debate and show what consequences can be expected.
18 October 2023
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
This week we're having an open conversation. Bring your topics!
12 October 2023
For the coming meeting, we have invited Joseph from KDE, who will give a talk about the KDE Eco project.
Software has a direct influence on energy and resource consumption. Since 2022, KDE has the goal of providing software which does this in a way that reduces software's environmental impact for us and future generations. In this talk he will present the work KDE Eco is doing to achieve that goal.
Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss is the community manager of the KDE Eco project. The goal of KDE Eco is to strengthen sustainability as part of the development and adoption of Free Software.
The event will start at 7 p.m. at "offline", Lichtenrader Str. 49, 12049 Berlin.
Ada & Zangemann reading in Berlin to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day in Berlin, Germany
10 October 2023
On Ada Lovelace Day, Matthias Kirschner will read the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream' to the third and fourth graders of the Kant-Grundschule in Berlin.
07 – 08 October 2023
This year the Veganmania summer festival has it's 25th anniversary. Therefore, there is an additional event on the prestigious Rathausplatz in the city centre of Vienna. And the local FSFE group is present too again to inform about independence and other perks of using free software.
28 September – 01 October 2023
Although digital devices are ubiquitous today, the number of devices on which users cannot run Free Software is exponentially increasing. The consequence is an increased loss of control over users' technology. Device Neutrality aims to enable end-users to bypass gatekeepers to have a non-discriminatory use of Free Software on their devices.
Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Programme Manager Legal, will speak at "Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Informatica" in Aveiro, Portugal, about Device Neutrality. The talk takes place on 30.09. The language is Portuguese. The event is free but requires registration.
27 September 2023
On 27 September, the Free Software community celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the announcement of the GNU Project. In Europe, the GNU Project is celebrating this day with a hacker meeting in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
Free Software Licensing Requirements and AI in Basel, Switzerland
26 September 2023
Lucas Lasota, FSFE Programme Manager, will give a talk on Free Software Licensing Requirements and AI at the Law Faculty of the Basel University. The event will be held in English and restricted to participants of the faculty.
22 September 2023
Join our symposium in Cologne on September 22 to discuss the role of decentralised social media platforms in our society!
Event dates and registration
Date: 22.09.2023
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Location: FORUM Volkshochschule im Museum am Neumarkt, Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Cologne, Germany
Registration: The event is fully booked.
The Free Software Foundation Europe, the Centre for Civic Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Adult Education Centre Cologne are organising this free event. It is aimed at multipliers in political education, teachers, representatives of public institutions and educational establishments, as well as all interested parties.
22 September 2023
There will be a public Meetup of the Free Software Foundnation Europe in Köln on 22/09/2023 starting at 19:30. We will meet at the Italian restaurant ECCO (Severins-Viertel, Kartäuserwall 7-11).
Are you from Cologne and the surrounding area? Are you interested in Free Software and the work of FSFE? Or have you been involved as a volunteer or supporter for a long time and want to talk about FSFE's current initiatives like "Public Money? Public Code!" and Device Neutrality? This evening is a good opportunity to do so in a relaxed atmosphere. If you register under the following link, you will make our planning easier. Participation is free of charge.
https://share.fsfe.org/apps/forms/s/xn5pNw2WLncxYgRtzg8YB2mC
20 September 2023
This is a group for women who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
We'll have a talk by Bernhard E. Reiter about email, GPG, S/MIME and related topics.
16 – 17 September 2023
What will the Internet of the future look like? The Next Generation Internet Initiative (NGI) envisions an Internet that is accessible and diverse, and respects the fundamental value of privacy. Here at the FSFE, we believe that Free Software is key to accomplish this vision, so that all people, regardless of their background, are able to use the Internet as an effective tool to achieve their full potential. This talk will go over the NGI initiative and will present the funding opportunities for Free Software projects engaged in changing the landscape of the Internet of the future.
Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Programme Manager Legal, will speak at Festa do Software Livre in Aveiro, Portugal, about NGI. The talk takes place on 16.09. The language is Portuguese. The event is free and requires no registration.
16 – 17 September 2023
Net neutrality refers to non-discrimination of internet communication. ISPs should treat all internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication. But what happens when they discriminate the type of routers and modems consumers use for internet connection? This talk explains why Router Freedom is key for achieving Net Neutrality, presenting the main finding of a recent survey the FSFE has conducted in the EU.
Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Programme Manager Legal, will speak at "Festa do Software Livre" in Aveiro, Portugal, about Router Freedom. The talk takes place on 16.09. The language is Portuguese. The event is free and requires no registration.
Ada comes to Italy! in Nembro (BG), Italy
16 September 2023
Join the first reading of Ada & Zangemann in Italian! Celebrate with us on September 16th Software Freedom Day listening to the story of Ada while eating homemade ice cream.
The FSFE is celebrating Software Freedom Day with the Italian Free Software community, together with the Bergamo Linux User Group. On September 16th, we will be celebrating this occasion with the first Italian reading of the book ‘Ada & Zangemann – A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and raspberry ice cream’. A reading for everyone, young and old! Moreover, there will be a workshop afterward for the little ones and free homemade ice cream, courtesy of an FSFE volunteer.
When: 16.09.2023
Time: 14:45 - 18:00
Location: Biblioteca Centro Cultura Tullio Carrara
Piazza Italia, 24027 Nembro, Italy
Programme
14:45 – 16:15 Reading of the book
From 16:15 onwards: Workshop for kids & creative ice cream contest
16 September 2023
The local group of the FSFE, Haecksen Berlin and the Linux user group Linux Works are organizing a celebration for the Software Freedom Day in Berlin (Germany) at the Kieztreff Undine on Saturday, September 16th. The program will begin at 15h and includes talks about Free Software and workshops about the Fediverse and digital self-defense on Android phones.
You can find the Kieztreff Undine in the Hagenstraße 57 directly at the underground station Lichtenberg. The entry is barrier free.
The event will be in German, but organizers and speaker can communicate in English as well.
08 – 10 September 2023
What will the Internet of the future look like? At the FSFE, we believe that Free Software is key for a human-centric Internet that respects people's fundamental rights. The NGI initiative provides financial support for software projects developing key technologies for the future of the Internet. In this talk you will learn about this project and how to get funding!
Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Programme Manager Legal, will speak at Balkan Computer Congress - BalCCon2k23 in Novi Sad, Serbia, about NGI. The language is English. The event requires registration and ticket. More at: https://2k23.balccon.org/index.php?title=Tickets
08 – 10 September 2023
While our devices are increasingly becoming proprietary, we need to find ways to safeguard ways to Free Software, otherwise our digital autonomy can be highly compromised. This talk introduces "Device Neutrality" as a principle to ensure that users equal access and non-discriminatory use of Free Software in of their devices. The audience will learn about real-life examples, as the struggle for Router Freedom and the latest regulatory initiatives for internet devices in the EU.
Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Programme Manager Legal, will speak at alkan Computer Congress - BalCCon2k23 in Novi Sad, Serbia, about Device Neutrality. The language is English. The event requires registration and ticket. More at: https://2k23.balccon.org/index.php?title=Tickets
Talk about the Fediverse at the Verkehrswende Camp in Berlin, Germany
01 September 2023
Bits und Bäume Berlin have organized the Digital Village at the Verkehrswende Camp in Berlin.
Tobias Diekershoff from the FSFE will have an introduction talk about the Fediverse there at 16:30h.
The presentation is aimed at interested people with no prior knowledge of the Fediverse.
- Where: Verkehrswende Camp, Invalidenpark, Berlin Mitte
- When: 1.9..2023, 16:30h
The presentation will be in German, but afterwards questions can be asked in English as well.
25 – 27 August 2023
An other of the usual information desks at the Veganmania street festivals in Vienna. This time again on Donauinsel. Inform yourself about the advantages of using free software while eating fine vegan food in a festival atmosphere.
24 August 2023
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its edu meeting on every
fourth Thursday of the month. All those interested in Free Software
are welcome. The meeting takes place from 7:30pm online at BBB server
of the FSFE. Bring a good mood.
22 August 2023
This is a group for women* who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
15 – 19 August 2023
After four years of waiting and many online conferences
– probably too many –, the Chaos Communication Camp is
finally back! Come and camp with us in the 'Bits & Bäume'
village from 15th to 19th August 2023. The Free Software
Foundation Europe is part of this year's 'Bits & Bäume' village.
Together with many different groups, the FSFE is organising the
'Bits & Bäume' village. This is a space for all CCCamp participants
to come together, talk about Free Software and sustainability, connect
with others, or simply visit the FSFE booth. The 'Bits & Bäume'
village is not just a meeting place but also a space for input sessions
and listening to new ideas, as it is involved in organising one of
the five central stages.
10 August 2023
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of August.
Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the Kieztreff Undine in Hagenstraße 57 not far from S+U-Lichtenberg station.
The meeting is starting at 18:30h and mostly in German but English can be spoken as well.
Bring good vibes with you.
06 August 2023
Join us on at the FrOSCon 2023 ( Sankt Augustin, Germany) for a reading of the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream'. The reading, in German, will take place at 10:00h. in HS7
Isabel Drost-Fromm, member of the Apache Software Foundation, co-founder and board member of the InnerSource Commons Foundation, will do the reading.
05 – 06 August 2023
The FSFE will be present in the Free and Open Source Software Conference with a booth and a talk. Johannes Näder, FSFE Project Manager, will give a talk on "Free Software for German administrations? The 'Sovereign Workplace' conundrum" ("Freie Software für Deutschlands Verwaltungen? Rätsel um den 'Souveränen Arbeitsplatz'"). This talk and most of the conference will be held in German. You do not need to buy a ticket, nor to register. Just drop by!
An evening about Free Software with the Berlin supporter group of the FSFE in Berlin, Germany
27 July 2023
Software influences all areas of our lives. It is important that this technology helps us rather than limits us. Free software gives everyone the right to use, understand, distribute and improve programmes for any purpose. These freedoms strengthen other fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the right to privacy.
At the Free Software Evening at Kieztreff Undine (Hagenstr. 57, 10365 Berlin (barrier-free access) directly at S/U station Lichtenberg), the Berlin group of the Free Software Foundation Europe wants to introduce itself and the work of FSFE, meet new people and network over a nice evening.
Topics for the evening on Free Software
- What is Free Software and why is it important for a self-determined use of technology?
- What is the FSFE?
- Who is the Berlin group
Key data for the presentation
- When: 27.7.2023, 18 Uhr
- Where: Kieztreff Undine, Hagenstraße 57 Berlin (S/U Bhf Lichtenberg)
20 July 2023
This is a group for women* who are interested in Free Software. We get together online once a month to chat, give talks about topics we care about and discuss recent developments.
The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
13 July 2023
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its edu meeting on this Thursday.
All those interested in Free Software are welcome. The meeting takes place
from 7:30pm online at BBB server of the FSFE. Bring a good mood.
22 June 2023
FSFE Netherlands meets every month online to discuss relevant news, practical problems and opportunities for software freedom and actions to improve the situation.
We meet from 20:00 CEST until about 22:00 CEST. The meeting will be in English if not all participants speak Dutch. More details of can be found on the wiki page of this event. Minutes of previous meetings are also available on the wiki.
22 June 2023
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its edu meeting on every
fourth Thursday of the month. All those interested in Free Software
are welcome. The meeting takes place from 7:30pm online at BBB server
of the FSFE. Bring a good mood.
In addition to catching up on high school graduation, senior studies
and adult education courses, there are numerous offers for adults to
further their education. But what role does Free Software play in
this? After we touched on adult education at the last meeting, this
time we want to take a closer look at how Free Software can be
accommodated there.
20 June 2023
FSFE Women is a group for women* who are interested in Free Software. We get together about once in a month online to meet, give talks about topics we find interesting in the area of Free Software and discuss recent developments. The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
The meeting is in English. We start at 8:00 pm CEST and usually stay together for ~ 2 hours.
10 June 2023
Lina Ceballos is be speaking at Opensouthcode 2023. She will give a brief overview of past and ongoing EU policy issues, with a special focus on the Interoperable Europe Act, the need for a "Free Software first" approach, and the crucial role that other stakeholders, especially civil society, must play in this.
>Opensouthcode is a free event dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of open technologies: free software/hardware and open source, held in Malaga since 2016. Opensouthcode 2023 will take place on 9 and 10 June in La Térmica.
09 June 2023
The EU is currently debating the introduction of liability rules for software, including Free Software. The main debate happens around the Cyber Resilience Act. Alexander Sander will present the current state of this debate and show activities that everyone can do to safeguard Free Software in this debate.
Opensouthcode is a free event dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of open technologies: free software/hardware and open source, held in Malaga since 2016. Opensouthcode 2023 will take place on 9 and 10 June in La Térmica.
08 June 2023
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of February.
Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the E-LOK in Laskerstraße 4-6 not far from Ostkreuz station.
The meeting is starting at 19h and mostly in German but English can be spoken as well.
Entrance to the E-LOK is over the yard and is barrier free.
Bring good vibes with you.
08 – 10 June 2023
Gabriel Ku Wei Bin and Lucas Lasota, both FSFE's project managers in legal area will present two talks at the Management International Conference in Trieste, Italy regarding the Next Generation Internet initiative and Device Neutrality. The talks will highlight the work FSFE has done in shaping the internet of the future and how its device-oriented activities are crucial for regulation of large internet corporations. Both talks are sponsored by the European Union's "Next Generation Internet" and "ZOOOM" initiatives.
The talks will be in English. The event requires registration.
26 May 2023
Join us on 26 May at the openSUSE Conference 2023 (Nürnberg, Germany) for a reading of the book 'Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream' by its author Matthias Kirchsner. The reading, in English, will take place at 15:30h. in the Galerie room.
25 May 2023
FSFE Aarhus is a local group working to further the use and awareness of Free Software in Denmark.
This month's meeting will be hosted by Magenta ApS, Silkeborgvej 260, Aarhus (Denmark). Everybody is welcome.
We will discuss:
* Possible participation in events, like Kulturmødet Mors in August
* Upcoming opportunities for giving talks
* Translations
* Input from participants
See the minutes from last time for details (in Danish): https://apps.modspil.dk/hedgedoc/011ZQEH8TAaBlhw921sPEg#
25 May 2023
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its edu meeting on every fourth Thursday
of the month. All those interested in Free Software are welcome. The meeting takes place
from 7pm online at BBB server of the FSFE. Bring a good mood.
24 May 2023
On the 24th of May, the period online meeting of FSFE Netherlands will be held, in wich recent developments and activities will be discussed. The meeting will be from 20:00 until about 22:00 CEST on the conference server. It is usually quite 'gezellig' and so most stay until 23:00, but you can leave whenever you see fit. The meeting is open for everybody, and we'll switch to English if not everybody understands Dutch. More information can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Netherlands/2023-05-24 At the meetings we abide by the FSFE Code of Conduct. The URL of the meeting is https://conf.fsfe.org/b/netherlands
18 May 2023
Alexander Sander will give a talk about Free Software and Liability at OpenExpo Europe.
OpenExpo Europe is an annual event dedicated to business technology innovation in Europe, taking place in Madrid on 18 May 2023.
12 May 2023
Lina Ceballos, FSFE Policy Project Manager will participate as a keynoter at DORS/CLUC in Zagreb. She will do a brief overview of previous and ongoing EU policy topics, giving a special focus on the Interoperable Europe Act, the need for a "Free Software first" approach, and the crucial role that other stakeholders especially civil society must play in it. The keynote will take place on May 12 at 15:15. Tickets are already available.
11 May 2023
The local group of FSFE in Berlin meets for its regular meeting on every second Thursday
of the month. All those interested in Free Software are welcome. The meeting takes place
from 7pm at the E-LOK youth club at Laskerstraße 4-6, not far from Ostkrez station. Access
to E-LOK is barrier-free and via the right entrance to the courtyard. Bring a good mood.
This time we are happy to welcome a guest. Hangzhi from AlekSIS®
will present the Free School Information and Organisation System. The presentation will be in German language.
11 – 12 May 2023
Marta Andreoli, FSFE Deputy Coordinator Italy will participate in MERGE-it 2023, in Verona, Italy. She will do a brief overview of FSFE activities with a focus on the Italian community. The talk will take place on May 12 at 11:30.
03 May 2023
On Wednesday, 3 May, the local group Rhein/Main
will meet in the Chaos Computer Club in Frankfurt am Main. We will meet there around 19:00 h.
29 April 2023
FSFE is present with an information and merchandise booth at the 19th
Linux-Infotag Augsburg. The event takes place on 29 April 2023 from
9:30 to 17:00 at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences. Admission
is free.
Bonnie Mehring gives a speech called "Youth Hacking 4 Freedom - Hacking
competition for teenagers from Europe".
23 – 25 April 2023
The FSFE is organising a track covering political and legal aspects of Free Software at foss-north; the conference in Gothenburg that brings together Nordic Free Software communities. It will take place on April 24 and 25 followed by the community day that will take place on April 23. Lina Ceballos, Policy Project Manager at the FSFE, will present our position on the Interoperable Europe Act in a keynote on April 24, 1pm in the Palmstedt Room.
The Community Day is taking place on Sunday, April 23. Do you want to know how to get creative with Free Software or want to join us for a chat during a social dinner? Join us and please register your attendance!
19 April 2023
The FSFE Netherlands will have another online localgroup meeting. The meeting will be from 20:00 until 22:00 CET on the conference server. It is usually quite 'gezellig' and so most stay until 23:00, but you can leave whenever you see fit. The meeting is open for everybody, and we'll switch to English if not everybody understands Dutch. More information can be found on the wiki. At the meetings we abide by the FSFE Code of Conduct. The URL of the meeting is https://conf.fsfe.org/b/netherlands
17 April 2023
Pablo González, FSFE Madrid coordinator, will talk in a panel discussion about technolgy and Human Rights, organised by the International Amnesty Spain local group Moratalaz, Madrid. The discussion takes place at 19:00 in the Cultural Center El Torito in Moratalaz, and will be in Spanish.
13 April 2023
The FSFE Hamburg local group is open for any Free Software enthusiasts and has regular monthly meetings. The meetings take place at 19:00 in German. The place of the next meeting is TBC, but you can find the places we usually meet in the group's wiki page. Join our mailing list, where you will be informed about the place we meet and about the topics that will be discussed.
13 April 2023
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of April.
Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the E-LOK in Laskerstraße 4-6 not far from Ostkreuz station.
The meeting is starting at 19h and mostly in German but English can be spoken as well.
Entrance to the E-LOK is over the yard and is barrier free.
Bring good vibes with you.
For this meetings discussion, we want to concentrate on the proposed liability rules by the EU the effects on Free Software.
23 March 2023
The local group of the FSFE in Berlin is meeting for the Educational evening.
This time we will meet at the youth club E-LOK (Laskerstraße 6-8 near Ostkreuz station).
The topic we want to discuss is artificial intelligence in education.
The meeting will start at 19h. Access to the E-LOK is via the right-hand entrance to the courtyard and is barrier-free.
18 March 2023
A modern software fairy tale for young and old tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. It's “Ada & Zangemann – A fairy tale about software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream” by Matthias Kirschner. An author reading takes place in LibrePlanet 2023 conference, in-person. The session is at 10:55 - 11:40 EDT (14:55 UTC). The in-person event will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center located at 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA, 02210. Please register to support the event.
FSFE Aarhus Local Group Meeting in Denmark
16 March 2023
Our monthly Local Group meeting - continuing our work, campaigns, etc. Everybody is welcome.
17:00 hours, at Silkeborgvej 260, Aarhus. Magenta ApS (www.magenta.dk) will be hosting the event.
15 March 2023
The FSFE Netherlands will have another online localgroup meeting. The meeting will be from 20:00 until 22:00 CET on the conference server. It is usually quite 'gezellig' and so most stay until 23:00, but you can leave whenever you see fit. The meeting is open for everybody, and we'll switch to English if not everybody understands Dutch. More information can be found on the wiki. At the meetings we abide by the FSFE Code of Conduct. The URL of the meeting is https://conf.fsfe.org/b/netherlands
15 March 2023
This month we meet on WEDNESDAY with other Bonn interested parties on the topic "bonn digital" at 8 p.m. in Makerspace Bonn.
14 March 2023
A modern software fairy tale for young and old tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. It's “Ada & Zangemann – A fairy tale about software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream” by Matthias Kirschner. An author reading of the story in German takes place in Kulturforum Klosterkirche Traunstein, Ludwigstr. 10, 83278 Traunstein. Participation is free, you do not have to register. Time TBA.
11 – 12 March 2023
This year's Chemnitzer Linux-Tage will take place on 11 and 12 March 2023 in the city of Chemnitz (Reichenhainer Straße 90, 09126 Chemnitz).
The Free Software Foundation Europe will be present with a booth. On Saturday, there will be a reading in German from the book "Ada and Zangemann" at 3 pm.
10 March 2023
The Digital Conference of the BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN parliamentary group on "Sustainable by design - for a climate-neutral digital future" will take place on 10 March 2023 from 9:00 to 17:30 in the German Bundestag (Paul-Löbe-Haus, Foyer, Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin). The central programme will be broadcast via livestream. Attendance is free, but registration at the above URL is required. The conference language will be German.
On behalf of FSFE, Johannes Näder (Policy Project Manager) will participate in Workshop 3 at 11:45: "Free and Open Software as a central component of diverse, sustainable digital ecosystems". Also on the panel: Misbah Khan MdB, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bundestagsfraktion / Dr. Konstantin von Notz MdB, Deputy Chairman, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bundestagsfraktion // Peter Ganten, Chairman, Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA) // Dr. Eva Kern, Researcher, Department of Sustainability Communication, Leuphana University Lüneburg.
09 March 2023
Are you interested in Free Software and do you want to support its ideals? Then join our group, we meet on the second Thursday of each month. Note: If you are attending this meeting for the first time, please introduce yourself on the mailing list or via Matrix shortly before your first visit.
18.00-21.00. Bitwäscherei, Neue Hard 12, Zürich.
09 March 2023
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of February.
Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the E-LOK in Laskerstraße 4-6 not far from Ostkreuz station.
The meeting is starting at 19h and mostly in German but English can be spoken as well.
Entrance to the E-LOK is over the yard and is barrier free.
Bring good vibes with you.
08 March 2023
The FSFE Hamburg local group is open for any Free Software enthusiasts and has regular monthly meetings. The meetings take place at 19:00 in German. The place of the next meeting is TBC, but you can find the places we usually meet in the group's wiki page. Join our mailing list, where you will be informed about the place we meet and about the topics that will be discussed.
04 March 2023
The FSFE Berlin local group has organized a presentation about The Fediverse as an alternative to existing social media platforms.
It will take place in the Cafe Wostok (Weitlingstraße 97, next to Lichtenberg station in Berlin).
Tobias from the local group is part of the Friendica development community and will give an introductory lecure, no prior knowledge about the Fediverse is expected.
Afterwards there will be time to ask questions and make some first steps into the Fediverse.
- Where: Cafe Wostok, Weitlingstraße 97, Berlin Lichtenberg
- When: 4. March 2023, 18:00h - 19:00h
The presentation will be in German, but questions can be asked in English as well.
23 February 2023
On February 23d at midday, four volunteers from the FSFE Local Group in Aarhus will give a talk about Free Software and permaculture.
The talk will be at Højskolen Mors, a non-vocational school for young people in the island of Mors, Northern Jutland, and we have been invited by the school's permaculture course. We will talk about sustainability, freedom, independence from tech giants, fairness and upcycling, with reference to the Upcycling Android Campaign.
23 February 2023
Our monthly Local Group Meeting will take place on February 23 at 17:00 at Magenta ApS, Silkeborgvej 260, 8230 Åbyhøj.
Everybody is welcome.
23 February 2023
The local group of the FSFE in Berlin is meeting for the Educational evening. This time not online but in the youth club E-LOK (Laskerstraße 6-8 near Ostkreuz station). This time we are happy that Susanne will present her talk from the Chemnitzer Linux Days about IPv6. The talk is in German and has the title Eine kleine Einführung in IPv6 mit Linux (A short introduction to IPv6 on Linux).
The meeting will start at 19h. Access to the E-LOK is via the right-hand entrance to the courtyard and is barrier-free.
20 February 2023
FSFE Women is a group for women* who are interested in Free Software. We get together about once in a month online to meet, give talks about topics we find interesting in the area of Free Software and discuss recent developments. The group is women-centric and open to all women, inter, trans and non-binary people.
The meeting is in English. We start at 8:00 pm CET and usually stay together for ~ 2 hours. Here you can find the time in other timezones. You are welcome to join in our BBB-Room where we always meet.
14 February 2023
The FSFE Hamburg local group is open for any Free Software enthusiasts and has regular monthly meetings. The meetings take place at 19:00 in German. The place of the next meeting is TBC, but you can find the places we usually meet in the group's wiki page. Join our mailing list, where you will be informed about the place we meet and about the topics that will be discussed.
14 February 2023
We love Free Software and we love privacy. In this meetup we present I Love Free Software Day, give short talks on privacy and say thank you to our favourite Free Software program. We meet and connect with friends from GFOSS and GreekLUG. 18:30 Ypsilon first floor, Edessis 5, 546 25. Places are limited, please register.
14 February 2023
On the public evening, February 14th at the Chaos Computer Club in
Frankfurt a.M., we want to celebrate the "I Love Free Software Day" 🥳.
Everyone who is interested in Free Software is invited to drop by.
The doors will be open from 19:00.
In addition to a small programme with some 📢 Lightning Talks (5 mins. each)
and a 🍕 Pizza Party, the evening can be used to chat about Free Software.
If you would like to contribute a Lightning Talk, email mweimann@fsfe.org.
14 February 2023
The local group Zurich invites other hacker groups for drinks and food after work to celebrate I Love Free Software Day. At 18:00 they take a group picture! The meeting is at 🇨🇭📍Bitwäscherei, restaurant on the ground floor, Zurich at ⏰ 17:00
14 February 2023
14 February is "I Love Free Software Day"! A good opportunity to celebrate together again after three long pandemic years! The Berlin #ILoveFS party will take place on 2023/02/14 from 19:30 at the C-Base (Rungestr. 20, 10179 Berlin). You can expect snacks and drinks, live music by DJ Tasmo, and lightning talks about your favourite Free Software projects. Before that, you'll have the opportunity to make your Android smartphone future-proof with a Free Software image in our Upcycling Android Workshop (start: 16:30). Please let us know if you're planning to come. Come along, show your love for Free Software and let's celebrate!
14 February 2023
Madrid loves Free Software! Join us on February 14 to to
celebrate together and see each other after these pandemic
years! Ask friends and other Free Software enthusiasts to join
us and get some fun! There will be snacks and merchandising
material. The event takes place at MakeSpace Madrid (calle de
la Arquitectura 18) from 18:30h.
14 February 2023
A group call that welcomes all Italian-speaking members interested in Free Software is coming up. We will celebrate our love for Free software and discuss the future of Free Software in Italy. See you at 17:30 in our 👉 virtual room. Agenda:
17:30 - 18:00 I love Free Software Day – let's all thank our Favorite Free software project
18.00 - 18:15 outcome of the FSFE - Italian community meeting at SFScon this november
18:15 - 19:00 Workshop: setting the milestones for the future
14 February 2023
MiniDebConfs are local meetings organized by Debian project
members to achieve similar objectives to those of the DebConf,
but on a regional context. In this first MiniDebConf in
Portugal, we'll not only be focused on Debian, but in the Free
Software communities in general. As this year's "I Love
Free Software Day" coincides within the dates of the
MiniDebConf, we'll have a moment dedicated to show our love to
Free Software on the 14th.
Marcos Marado is a member of ANSOL, the Portuguese sister
organization to FSFE, and in this 30 minutes presentation he plans to
tell you a little bit of what is ANSOL, how has it been celebrating
this date each year, and how can you, too, show your appreciation for
Free Software on this day. The event takes place at Tecnico Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal, Alameda Campus, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa.
The room is VA2 - on the 1st floor. The event takes place from 14:00
to 15:00 in English.
14 February 2023
FSFE Potteries started in 2020 when the world was a bit upside down. This is our first chance to do something big! We'll have pizza, soft drinks, and a room full of PC's running Trisquel GNU/Linux if you fancy giving some Free Software a try. We can also play Free Software games! Bring along your friends, family, or significant other; particularly since the date of the event might prove interesting! Even if they've never heard of Free Software before, it'll be a good way to introduce them to the topic.
Everyone is welcome, even if you just come for fun. Tell us about any Free Software that you are thankful for, especially if it ever got you out of a jam.
⏰ 6:30pm arrival, 7pm main activities
📍 Innovation Centre 1 building, Keele University, ST5 5NB, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
14 February 2023
Ahoy you freedom-loving people! 🙂 On "I ♥ Free Software Day" we meet in the E.R.D.E.* at Willroiderstraße 9 (9500 Villach) for a free morning - a small installation party by F-Droid and Co. There will be coffee, cake and sandwiches, that's it have a great chat about free themes and install free software! So we look forward to welcoming you on this great day! 🙂
13 February 2023
We are a group of friends of Free Software who meet once a month in Bonn to discuss about Free Software. The meetings take place every second monday of the month. Join our FSFE community meeting in Bonn!
09 February 2023
The FSFE local group Berlin is having its regular monthly meeting on the second Thursday of February.
Anyone interested in software freedom is welcome at the E-LOK in Laskerstraße 4-6 not far from Ostkreuz station.
The meeting is starting at 19h and mostly in German but English can be spoken as well.
Entrance to the E-LOK is over the yard and is barrier free.
Bring good vibes with you.
04 – 05 February 2023
On Saturday 4 February come to our Legal and Policy Devroom, and our talk on TEDective. On Sunday 5 February checkout our talks on REUSE and ‘Public Money? Public Code!' policy and community stories. If you are in Brussels, come over to our booth, anytime in the weekend. Get promo materials for free, meet our staffers and volunteers. Let's catch up or get to know each other.
26 January 2023
The FSFE Berlin local group meets online on the fourth Thursday of every month to discuss Free Software in education. Stay tuned by subscribing to the mailing list or follow the group's social media account. If you have any questions, you can ask the coordinators. The meeting is in German and takes place in a BBB room, at 19.30 CET.
20 January 2023
FSFE Women is a group for women* who are interested in Free Software. We get together about once a month online to meet, give talks about topics we find interesting in the area of Free Software and discuss recent developments.
20 January 2023
With Upcycling Android, the Free Software Foundation Europe shows how phones can benefit from an extended lifespan by flashing them with a Free Software operating systems. We will bring sample phones where Free Software operating systems can be tried out and also be flashed by the participants themselves. In the meantime there is room for questions and answers about flashing phones and also an introduction into a world full of Free Software by the means of F-Droid and microG.
The workshop takes place on 20.01.2023 from 16:00 - 20:00 hours in the Clubraum of the Alte Feuerwache Köln, Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne. If you want to flash a phone yourself, please bring your own laptop. Furthermore, if you want to flash your own phone, make a backup of the data that is valuable to you beforehand. Places are limited, please register by participating at the following event https://mobilize.berlin/events/e82582c1-149b-4fab-9995-655f5b81c16d
19 January 2023
The FSFE Netherlands will have another online localgroup meeting. The meeting will be from 20:00 until 22:00 CET on the conference server. It is usually quite 'gezellig' and so most stay until 23:00, but you can leave whenever you see fit. The meeting is open for everybody, and we'll switch to English if not everybody understands Dutch. More information can be found on the wiki. At the meetings we abide by the FSFE Code of Conduct. The URL of the meeting is https://conf.fsfe.org/b/netherlands
19 January 2023
With Upcycling Android, the Free Software Foundation Europe shows how Android devices can benefit from an extended lifespan by flashing them with a Free Software operating systems. This workshop is about sharing our knowledge and experience with people who are interested in organizing workshops on flashing Free Software operating systems themselves. Among other things, we will talk about the background of the campaign, what to consider when organizing a workshop and how we can help in promoting and implementing a workshop. Afterwards, there will be a talk on F-Droid by its lead maintainer Hans-Christoph Steiner and a talk on microG by its main developer Marvin Wißfeld.
The workshop will take place on 19.01.2023 from 6-8pm (CET) online in a BBB room: https://conf.fsfe.org/b/upa. The presentations will be in English. After a talk there will be time for questions and answers.
19 January 2023
The FSFE Zurich group has created the 'Lernen wie die Profis' campaign, which encourages schools to use Free Software. The group meets on the second Thursday of each month.
Join the next meeting to help! It is in German and takes place at Bitwäscherei, Neue Hard 12, 3rd floor between 18.00 - 21:00.
17 January 2023
A modern software fairy tale for young and old tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. It's “Ada & Zangemann – A fairy tale about software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream” by Matthias Kirschner. Will you participate in Univation summit at the Metropol Theater in Bremen? Then, following dinner, you can attend the reading of the book. An onsite ticket costs EUR 59.00 plus 19% VAT.
12 January 2023
The next Local Group meeting in FSFE Aarhus is coming up. If you are interested in Free Software, come over and join us! We will discuss the foundational document for the FSFE activities in Denmark, Campaigns and Activities, Happenings and events (ideas are welcome), and the Report from the FSFE GA in Arnhem. Also we have received a lot of printed material regarding the Public Money Public Code campaign - we'll discuss how best to use it. The meeting takes place at Silkeborgvej 260, 8230 Åbyhøj at 17:00 hours. The location is kindly sponsored by [Magenta ApS](https://magenta.dk).
12 January 2023
The first meeting of the year for the FSFE Greece country team. The main topic, as chosen in our last meeting, will be "Documentation in Greek and Free Software Greek translations", discussing challenges we face but also potential collaborations and solutions to common problems. After a break, we will discuss any recent updates from Free Software Foundation Europe activities. Also we will prepare an "I Love Free Software" meeting in Thessaloniki on February 14. The meeting will be in Greek, but we can interpret if someone wants to speak in English. We are meeting at 19:00 local time. Everybody interested in Free Software is welcome!
09 January 2023
The FSFE Hamburg local group is open for any Free Software enthusiasts and has regular monthly meetings. The meetings take place at 19:00 in German. The place of the next meeting is TBC, but you can find the places we usually meet in the group's wiki page. Join our mailing list, where you will be informed about the place we meet and about the topics that will be discussed.
09 January 2023
Our group meets monthly on the first Monday. We are interested in the ideals of software freedom and you are welcome to join our discussions. Please let us know you are coming, in the chat or mailing list. We are meeting at Gerbergasse 30, 18:00 hr.
09 January 2023
We are a group of friends of Free Software who meet once a month in Bonn to discuss about Free Software. The meetings take place every second monday of the month. This time the FSFE local group Bonn meets online on 9 January.
We are discussing how to make large amounts of data (JSONs) searchable in a browser and how to integrate Free Software Text-To-Speech into a blog. The question of coding without a 'real' computer reveals a short look at Android IDEs for mobile app development. Are Kilux and Chemnitzer Linux Tage might be good opportunities to meet besides FrOScon? Free music instruments are also of interest to us, this time featuring an opentheremin. Next event is on February 13, either online or in-person.