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Free Software Foundation Europe

Free Software Foundation Europe — благодійна організація, яка надає користувачам можливість контролювати технології.

Програмне забезпечення глибоко залучене в усі аспекти нашого життя. Вільне програмне забезпечення надає кожному право використовувати, розуміти, адаптувати та ділитися програмним забезпеченням. Ці права допомагають підтримувати інші основні права, наприклад свободу слова, свобода преси та приватність. Читати більше...

Alexander Sander from the FSFE presenting his speech in the German Bundestag hearing on Open Source, Copyright by Deutscher Bundestag

SFP#27: Policy and EU: Free Software hearing in the German Bundestag

Alexander Sander, the FSFE's Senior Policy Consultant, and Bonnie Mehring meet for their monthly update on the current policy topics. In this episode they talk about the Free Software hearing in the German Bundestag. 

Hearing at the Bundestag +++ Ada Premiere in German +++ REUSE and NGI updates

Newsletter

As the last month of the year rolls in, thoughts of 2025 are already taking shape. But before we dive into the new year, December is packed with news! We are participating in a hearing at the German Parliament, we keep pushing for long-term funding for Free Software, new versions of REUSE Specification and REUSE tools were released, and more! 

Software Freedom Podcast illustration: a blue gradient background with the three starts from the FSFE logo also in blue and the words Software Freedom Podcast. It also has in white the fsfe website url

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

Join this new episode of our Software Freedom podcast in which Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander discussing current topics affecting Free Software in the European Union. In this episode we focus on the 27 million euros cut of funding of the Next Generation Internet initiative (known as NGI). Alex and Bonnie shed some light on the history of this European project and share the newest developments in this case. 

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Software is becoming more and more a fabric which permeates our society. We are more and more unaware of the ways in which it influences, sometimes forces our decisions. That's why software freedom concerns fundamentally and very concretely our society. That's why I am convinced that groups like the FSFE are vital for the evolution of a free society.

Tomás Zerolo (Self-employed IT specialist)

In a world where software influences virtually every single aspect of our lives, Free Software is a precondition for a free society.

Reinhard Müller (Software Developer)

I became a supporter of the FSFE because I'm seeing more and more that writing free code is ultimately not enough to foster a culture where Free Software is seen as an integral part of society. Free software should not be a fringe topic supported solely by geeks.

Johannes Zarl-Zierl (IT Professional)