Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. #FreeSoftware (aka #OpenSource) gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software. These rights help support other fundamental rights like freedom of speech, freedom of press, and privacy. #SoftwareFreedom
Public Money? #PublicCode ! #DeviceNeutrality #UpcyclingAndroid #RouterFreedom #ilovefs #YH4F #REUSE #DigitalRights
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👀 Are you a developer? Have you ever have problems when reusing software from different projects that are released under different licenses? Do you want to focus on programming and not on licensing? Then REUSE is for you! 💥
Started by the , REUSE provides a set of recommendations to make licensing your #FreeSoftware projects easy, comprehensive, unambiguous, and machine-readable.
Are you a familiar with #CRA ?
🔥 If you are a #FreeSoftware stewards, maintainers and manufactures, we want your input!
We have a questionnaire to collect information that will help shape an informed response to the CRA's implementation and contribute in particular to guidance:
https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250717-01.en.html
Answer it and share it!
🏦 💰 Taxpayer money should fund public goods.
When governments invest in software, it should be #FreeSoftware: software that gives the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share.
Sign the open letter to support this principle:
🔗 https://publiccode.eu
🔠 In Google’s Alphabet, C stands for control, not compliance.
That’s why with @article19, @fsfe, @HomoDigitalisGR @vrijschrift, we have filed a formal #DMA complaint vs. Alphabet.
Despite clear rules, Android users can’t uninstall pre-installed Google apps, only disable them.
This is deceptive design that limits real choice.
📣 We urge @EU_Commission to act & enforce the #digitalmarketsact.
Read the full complaint ➡️ https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Joint-DMA-complaint-Alphabet-for-publication.pdf
📣 Is "disable" the same as "uninstall"? We do not believe it. Google does.
Under the DMA, the FSFE with a coalition of civil-society organisations prompts the @EUCommission to open proceedings to investigate Alphabet's (#Google) regarding the uninstallation of pre-installed apps in Android.
Uninstalling is completely removing the app, not just disabling it! This is key for #DeviceNeutrality!
📎 https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Joint-DMA-complaint-Alphabet-for-publication.pdf
It's never too early to start thinking about #FOSDEM! @bkuhn @karen @lexelas @richardfontana @tmarble and I would like to submit a proposal for the "#Legal and #Policy Devroom" to @fosdem as soon as they open the CfP. Like last year we would like get feedback by you, our community:
* What did you especially like in 2025 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/legal-and-policy/ ?
* What would you like to see improved?
* What topics would you like to see in our devroom (permitted that we would be accepted again)?
🎧 New episode 🎧
Listen to our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast about the AI act!
📻 https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-36.en.html
With the EU AI Act about to come into force, @annabonnie and @lexelas discuss the current debate surrounding it and shed light on the arguments.
📢 CRA: #FreeSoftware stewards, maintainers, and manufactures, share your input!
To assess how the #CRA may impact the Free Software ecosystem,we have developed a questionnaire:
💻 https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250717-01.en.html
It will help shape an informed response to the CRA's implementation and contribute in particular to guidance.
🔔 Stewards, maintainers, and manufactures: we are waiting for your answer !
🤖⚖️ Locked bootloaders, forced app stores, and vendor lock-in? No thanks!
#DeviceNeutrality helps to break up digital monopolies and restore competition by giving back to end-users control of their devices! #FreeSoftware
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Matthias Kirschner