Victory after a decade preventing Radio Lockdown

유럽연합 집행위원회는 무선 장치에 사용자 임의 소프트웨어 설치를 제한하는 EU 무선 장비 규정 내 조항을 폐기하기로 결정했다. 이 조항은 2014년부터 WiFi 라우터, 휴대폰 등 무선 장치에 자유 소프트웨어 설치를 사실상 불가능하게 할 위험이 있었다. FSFE와 여러 단체의 10년 넘는 지속적인 활동과 법적 연구가 이뤄낸 성과로, 사용자 권리와 혁신 보호를 위한 중요한 승리다. 다만, 제조사 책임 전가를 통한 소프트웨어 제한 시도는 다른 규제에서 재등장할 가능성이 있어 지속적인 감시와 참여가 필요하다.

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260430-01.de.html

#freesoftware #euregulation #radiodevices #softwarefreedom #fsfe

Lenovo and Dell become Premier sponsors of LVFS, funding $200K/year for Linux firmware delivery and ecosystem stability. ⚙️
The service adds fair-use download metrics and limits analytics to improve transparency. 🔧

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/lvfs-finally-has-premier-sponsors/

#TechNews #LVFS #Firmware #LinuxFirmware #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FirmwareUpdates #UserControl #Privacy #Transparency #Software #SoftwareFreedom #Freedom #LinuxCommunity #TechFunding #OpenHardware #SecurityUpdates #Security #fwupd

The “It’s Inevitable” Mindset Considered Harmful

I really don’t like the mindset of “if X Corp hadn’t gone evil, someone else would have.”

If you want a freer world - in software, hardware, or society in general - you have to act against whoever tries to go down the restricted path. Who did it first, second, or fiftieth, doesn’t matter. Whether someone else would have, doesn’t matter. Your “it’s inevitable” mindset is a self-defeating tactic and self-fulfilling prophecy.

Would you also justify, I don’t know, murder or sexual assault the same way? “If I hadn’t done it, someone else would have”? 🤦‍♀️

Just because “normies” don’t know or care about monopolistic practices (yet), doesn’t make those practices acceptable. If people don’t understand or care, it’s your failure to communicate and convince.

Instead of adopting defeatist ideologies that benefit the capitalists, improve your messaging and community till software/hardware/data freedom becomes a worldwide ideology, and monopolistic practices (like proprietary software, centralized services, etc) are either outlawed, and/or become grounds for mass shunning and boycotts, if not worse.

#contraLibre #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenHardware #Privacy

What is Copyleft? 🤔🤔

a) A method for making a piece of software free of charge, and all modified versions free of charge.
b) A method for making a piece of software #FreeSoftware, and all modified versions Free Software.
c) A method to enable a piece of software to be copied.
d) Another term for copyright used when talking about software.

#SoftwareFreedom #Licensing

Fuck #Google, fuck #Apple, and fuck private companies and hierarchies. 😒

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585

#Privacy #SoftwareFreedom #Cooperatives #Anarchism

Stop the backup madness. Check it out: https://keepita.com/

#Keepita #TechMeme #LinuxHumor #Privacy #DataRecovery #Samsung #iPhone #SysAdmin #Funny #AntiCloud #DigitalSovereignty #SoftwareFreedom

Please today or over the weekend the nominate one or more candidates for the #European #SFSAward

With the award @fsfe and #LUGBZ recognise European individuals who have made outstanding contributions to #SoftwareFreedom .

We are looking forward to receive your suggestions!

https://www.sfscon.it/award-nomination/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource