Notices by Free Software Foundation Europe (fsfe@mastodon.social), page 3

Still with some cash💰💵 to buy meaningful and awesome merch?

We are at our booth at #38c3 and this is your last chance in 2024 to get our merch:
- Ada & Zangemann books 📖
- I Love Free Software socks 🧦
- Hacking 4 Freedom and There's no Cloud t-shirts 👕
- 4 freedoms zippiest
- Magnets and temporary tattoos 🧲

⚠️Don't leave without your #hoodie ! We are not sure if we will produce more in 2025

#freesoftware

Are you at #38C3 and looking for new cool meaningful clothes? We got you covered!

Check out our new #FSFE :fsfe: zipper hoodies and t-shirts?

#freesoftware #softwarefreedom

The #timeline at the #bitsundbaeume habitat is showing our keystones and highlights in 2024

About to start 2025... Wanna know what we expect for 2025?🤔 If you are at #38c3, come to our booth! We would love to have a chat with you!💥

#freesoftware #softwarefreedom @bitsundbaeume_berlin

#38C3 Congress Day 1!

We :fsfe: are at Assembly, I7, Saal 1 Garderobenfoyer, 1. OG
https://38c3.c3nav.de/l/fsfe/

Come around to say hi, grab some stickers and if you are fast, but our new zipper hoodie 😉

#softwarefreedom #freesoftware

-1 day to #38C3. We are already here preparing our booth and can't wait to see you tomorrow!

Remember - we are at the @bitsundbaeume_berlin habitat

🎅 Santa Claus is Coming To Town 🎅 🎶

Is Santa a bit lost and still looking for a meaningful present? Why don't ask him for a FSFE year support donation?

https://fsfe.org/donate

We will make sure to make Santa proud with our daily work towards #Softwarefreedom 😉

Happy holidays! 🎄 🤶

Our 27th episode of the #SoftwareFreedom Podcast is now online. For our December edition on the EU & politics, @lexelas and Bonnie discuss the #FreeSoftware hearing in the German Bundestag. Listen to the episode and learn more about the background to the hearing and how #FreeSoftware is now mainstream :)
https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-27.html

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗬𝗛𝟰𝗙 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡!

Are you an European teenager? ✅
Do you like to program 💻or would you like to learn how to do it while developing your own idea 💡 ? ✔
Do you like #freesoftware? ✅
Do you want to have fun and meet other teenagers-alike 👾 ? ✔

Youth Hacking 4 Freedom is for you!
https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/

#yh4f #softwarefreedom

Want to know what motivates #YH4F participants and learn about their projects?

Check out our first interview for the 2024 edition! https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241211-01.en.html

💥 📣 Registration for the 2025 edition is open! https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/register

#FreeSoftware #YouthHacking4Freedom

How can #FreeSoftware support Human Rights?

Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, our Legal Project Manager, explains how Free Software safeguards fundamental rights like the right to vote, right to privacy, or the right to be free from discrimination

📺 media.fsfe.org/w/cTKew4p4MMaCMgwftM6v19

#softwarefreedom

"Explaining what we do is challenging at times, but this book does so gracefully. I'm sure this cute little story will help both kids and many parents about technological empowerment."

- Aleix Pol, Hacker, @kde e.V. President

Find out more: https://ada.fsfe.org

#AdaZangemann #freesoftware

📣 Check out REUSE Specification 3.3 and REUSE tool 5.0.0 !

REUSE provides all the tools and documentation that developers need to apply standards-compliant and comprehensive licensing information to their projects, without needing to be legal experts.

https://reuse.software/

#freesoftware #SoftwareFreedom #licensing

In the mood for an interesting podcast to learn more about #FreeSoftware?
Check out our #SoftwareFreedom podcast:

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast.html

FSFE December Newsletter! 🎄

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!

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202412.en.html

We are intervening in the Apple vs.EC litigation. Become a proud supporter of the FSFE and join us in defending software freedom from monopoly control!

We are the only civil society organisation taking action in this case.

https://fsfe.org/activities/apple-litigation/apple-litigation.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

📣 Last days to send your Call for Participation for the Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom at #FOSDEM 2025!

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003586.html

💥 Submit your talk or panel proposal about topics such as
- LL-generative-model-related questions
- Regulations (e.g. CRA, AI Act, PLD, DMA)
- How trademarks have been
used as control mechanisms
- Funding schemes and market incentives for Free Sofware
- License compliance experiences
- Tax exempt status
And more...

#freesoftware #FOSS

𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲

Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as #FreeSoftware under a #FOSS licence? If it is public money, it should be public code as well!

🖥️ https://publiccode.eu/

📺 https://media.fsfe.org/w/7cH6EATpmPwaMsEZN8vfyj

💥 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 💥

📣 We are inviting you to submit your proposals for talks and panel discussions about #FreeSoftware related legal or policy topics

⏳ Deadline: Sunday 1 December at 23:59 AoE .
📝 https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025/cfp

More info: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241121-01.en.html

🎧 Software Freedom Podcast: new episode 🎧

In this episode we focus on the 27 million euros cut of funding of the @EC_NGI initiative.

🤔 Wanna know more? Alex and Bonnie shed some light on the history of this European project and share the newest developments in this case.

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-26.en.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

🎁 Tired of getting presents you don’t need? This festive season, turn generosity into impact! 🌟

Ask your friends and family to skip the shopping and donate to a cause you care about instead.

Support our work so we can continue empowering people to control technology ❤️

Spread the word and ask your loved ones to make a donation: https://fsfe.org/support

#FreeSoftware #MakeADifference