FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe

The Barcelona City Council supports the FSFE's campaign 'Public Money? Public Code!' because we need alliances to make Free Software the default setting in the public sector.

Francesca Bria, Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer for the City of BarcelonaPhoto by Francesca Bria

Why is software created using taxpayers' money not released as Free Software?

If it is public money, it should be public code as well.

Les journalistes et les militants ont plus que jamais besoin du logiciel libre. La FSFE contribue à faire de la technologie un levier d’autonomie et de démocratie, plutôt qu’un moyen d’oppression.

Amaelle Guiton, journaliste spécialiste de la culture hacker et de la vie privéeAmaelle's background photo by Gregory Fabre @grrr used with CC BY SA 4.0 license.

Logiciel Libre, Société Libre!

Actualité

The FSFE re-elects president, vice president, and financial officer

14 October 2019

At this year's General Assembly, which took place in Essen, Germany, on 12 October, the members of the FSFE re-elected Matthias Kirschner as the president, Heiki Lõhmus as the vice president, and Patrick Ohnewein as the financial officer for another two-year term.

Today is the Day Against DRM

12 October 2019

Join us and the Free Software Foundation in the fight against DRM! Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is any technology that is built into an electronic product or service with the aim of limiting its use. It is designed to prevent customers from using digital technology in ways that do not correspond to the business agenda of a content provider or device manufacturer.

Software Freedom Podcast #1 on Day Against DRM with Cory Doctorow

12 October 2019

We have a Podcast! Starting with this episode, we will talk once a month with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In our first episode of our Software Freedom Podcast, we address the issue of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) together with Cory Doctorow, a British-Canadian writer, political activist, and co-editor of the blog boingboing.net. Cory Doctorow is a prominent supporter of software freedom and a less restrictive copyright law. His books are published under Creative Commons licenses.

Freedomvote fait la lumière sur les candidats aux élections nationales suisses

07 October 2019

Freedomvote.ch est de retour. La campagne suisse Freedomvote a pour but de donner des indications aux électeurs sur les candidats aux élections. Lors de l’édition précédente en 2015, elle a donné aux candidats la chance de présenter leur position sur des thématiques numériques variées, incluant le Logiciel Libre. Plus de 160 candidats participent déjà et prouvent ainsi que le numérique devient de plus en plus important - pour les électeurs comme pour les candidats.

Évènements

FSFE talk about REUSE at Open Source Summit in Lyon, France

28 to 30 October 2019

Max Mehl, the FSFE Programme Manager, gives a presentation about the REUSE project at the Open Source Summit Europe in Lyon. He will guide through the REUSE principles, discuss opportunities for projects and enterprises, and update on the latest exciting developments of the REUSE project. Max' talk is part of a whole track about software license compliance.

With around 2.000 participants, the OSSEU is a large event, mainly focused on an industry audience. There is an admission fee to participate in the conference, but the talk will be recorded.

The FSFE with talk and booth at SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy

15 November 2019

The FSFE will be present at SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy, with a track of sessions as well as an info-booth. On the same occasion the FSFE will run its annual community meeting. More information to come.

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The FSFE with talk and booth at SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy

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