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Newsletter

Legal Corner +++ CRA +++ Public Awareness

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Last month we published a new article in our Legal Corner, we checked how the German government is doing after 100 days, and we provided a deeper look at the CRA on our podcast. We also attended several conferences and continue working on making gatekeepers accountable under the DMA.

Collage of pictures with the FSFE logo in the top left. It features three circular photos bordered by light blue rings. The largest photo shows a hand holding a blue contactless card toward a white SumUp payment reader. A smaller circle at the bottom left displays rows of binary digits with a red shape of a heart overlaying it. The right circle shows three people at an information booth covered with stickers, flyers, and small items, with posters in the background.

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Quote of the Month

"Free Software should be celebrated and appreciated just as much as the concepts of democracy, the rule of law, equal opportunities, and the free exchange of other information than just Software! [I Love Free Software Day] is a great way to remind people that lots of community spirit has gone into creating the tools we use every day, which are often more and more powered by software".

Steven Maddox from FSFE Potteries group-

What happens when those who benefit from the four freedoms fail to comply with the terms of a Free Software license? We take a look at the experience of license enforcement by one of our FSFE volunteers against the fintech company SumUp, and examine the lessons that supporters of Free Software can take away from it. Read it now!

SFP#37: Policy and EU: The most famous of them all – we are talking about the CRA

Most of you have heard of the famous Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), legislation introducing CE labels for digital products. In our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, Bonnie and Alex have an easy to follow conversation about the CRA and what will be happening next.

After 100 days: Germany’s government still lacks a Free Software push

On 14 August 2025, Germany’s government marked 100 days in office. CDU, CSU, and SPD had pledged ambitious Free Software goals. Yet it remains unclear what these goals actually are, how they will be achieved, and what role Free Software will play in securing Germany’s technological sovereignty.

ilovefs: How "I Love Free Software Day" is celebrated in Potteries, UK

Every year on 14 February we celebrate our "I Love Free Software Day". On this day we thank all Free Software contributors for their commitment to use, study, share, and improve Free Software. We have talked with our local group in Potteries (UK) to learn a bit more about them and how they celebrate this day.

At the stages: FrOSCon, Scambi Festival, COSCUP...

In August we travelled to Sankt Augustin to attend FrOSCon once again. The day before, our local group there held a community meetup in Bonn, attended by around 30 people. And during the two day conference, we had a booth (thanks to our volunteers for giving a hand there!) and two talks: one analysing the first 100 days of the current German government and another one discussing the current state of the CRA implementation.

The city of Sanremo also welcomed us for the Scambi Festival in which we had an “Ada & Zangemann” reading and a workshop about Free Software basics. We also had the chance to gift a 'Ada & Zangemann' book to the town public library, which was accepted by the Deputy Mayor of Culture of Sanremo.

Four pictures from the latest conferences. In the top left, a woman in a red blouse stands smiling next to a young man in a striped shirt who is holding a book or award on stage. The top right shows a group of people seated outdoors on concrete steps, listening to a speaker holding a poster. In the bottom left, three volunteers stand behind a table covered with FSFE stickers, posters, postcards, and leaflets. The bottom right gives a close-up of another FSFE booth decorated with red balloons and spread with stickers and other info material.

And we also travelled to Taiwan! At this year's 20th anniversary of COSCUP, the FSFE was present with a booth and several talks!

In September we hope to see you at InselChaos and at Vegamania in Vienna!

Big Tech greed is here. Software freedom needs you!

A few weeks ago we sent you an email about how software freedom needs your support as currently owning a mobile device is not the same as controlling it. Apple and Google, which the EU considers gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, have created tightly controlled ecosystems that limit software freedom and shut out competition. We want them to change this kind of behaviour!

Join us today as an FSFE supporter and be part of the movement fighting for your right to control your own device.

Besides, we are still gathering feedback from Free Software developers with our Digital Markets Act Interoperability Survey. We need your feedback about requesting software interoperability.

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Your editor,
Ana