Esta tradução pode estar desactualizada, por alteração do texto original. Pedimos ajuda para a tradução desta e de outras páginas de fsfe.org, para que as pessoas possam ler a nossa mensagem nas suas próprias línguas.
Free Software Foundation Europe é uma associação sem fins lucrativos que fornece os meios aos utilizadores para controlar a tecnologia.
O software está está profundamente envolvido em todos os aspetos da nossa vida. O software livre possibilita a todos o direito de usar, entender, adaptar e partilhar software. Esses direitos ajudam a promover outros direitos fundamentais como a liberdade de expressão, liberdade de imprensa e privacidade. Saiba mais...
Press Release
The FSFE and LUGBZ have recognized this Free Software advocate with the European award for his involvement in the Free Software community opening up mobile communications and his work defending users’ freedoms.
Newsletter
About to board a train to the Dolomites to meet our community at SFSCON 2026, we are also keeping an eye on Brussels. The update of European procurement rules has begun, and we already shared our position with our representatives: digital sovereignty requires Free Software. Besides, YH4F 2026 has just shown what becomes possible when young developers are empowered with software freedom.
News
Android became the world’s most-used mobile system because it was Free Software. Step by step, Google is closing it. But we can change this.
The FSFE at ARTICLE 19's DMA Symposium "Digital Markets Act: from Solo Act to Orchestra" in Brussels,
Belgium
08:00 UTC 12. – 17:00 UTC
13 November 2026
SFSCON'26 - 'European SFS Award 2026' in Bolzano, Italy
10:00 UTC – 10:15 UTC
13 November 2026
SFSCON'26 - 'Open and free software meets C2C design' in Bolzano, Italy
11:40 UTC – 11:55 UTC
13 November 2026
I believe Free Software needs a voice at the national as well as the EU level in politics: Software does not exist in an isolated bubble, it's heavily dependent on the ecosystem that it lives in. In my opinion Free Software as well as open standards are key to creating a society that provides equal access.
Isabel Drost-Fromm (Software Engineer and Member of the Apache Software Foundation)
I'm a supporter of the FSFE as I want to sustain their work to promote Free Software. As a person that uses computers quite heavily every day, I'm very concerned with the current trend of locking down computing which is taking control away from the users. This is increasingly problematic since people's lives are more and more dependent on computers for personal communications, managing finances, employment, etc. Free Software is a necessary requirement for retaining control over your computing.
What is the biggest benefit of Free Software? Freedom!
