The @fsfe 's President 
. Working for #FreeSoftware (also known as #OpenSource), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ #SoftwareFreedom
Author of the book "Ada & #Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream".
Public Money? #PublicCode ! #DeviceNeutrality #RouterFreedom #ilovefs #YH4F #REUSE #DigitalRights #TechnicalDistributionOfPower #Democracy
| FSFE Profile | https://fsfe.org/about/kirschner |
| Personal blog | https://k7r.eu/blog.html |
| My book & movie | https://ada.fsfe.org |
| Support the FSFE | https://my.fsfe.org/support |
“#Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew. Today the jury joined families, educators, and child safety experts in saying enough is enough.”
When I read such articles I feel that you could easily do an :%s/children/humans/g an they are still accurate https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury
RE: https://chaos.social/@grote/116257002625921666
Thanks to @grote (who many years ago started @fsfe 's #FreeYourAndroid ) for this summary relevant for #FreeSoftware #OpenSource users on #Android .
RE: https://metalhead.club/@thisven/116245295718665511
It was great to be at #FOSSBackstage26 today, talking about #Openwashing and what we can do about it!
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⚠️ 450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us ⚠️
Our long-term payment provider, Nexi, has terminated our contract without prior notice.
As a result, our supporters’ recurring credit card and direct debit donations have been halted by them.
This affects more than 450 FSFE supporters, whom we have already informed by email.
Read more here: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.en.html
RE: https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/116211515986568390
I loved that the toilet was still there!! Maybe with "DoubleuIPeeEe Dash areheff root" it would have become a privacy friendly toilet 😉 (see https://man.archlinux.org/man/wipe.1 )
TheGuardian in "#AI (artificial intelligence)
Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’". Would be interesting to know more about the situation in countries as well.
Many in Silicon Valley, and in U.S. business at large, seem to believe innovation springs only from competition, a race to build the next big thing first, cheaper, better, best. But what if collaboration and community breeds innovation just as well as adversarial competition? (You can also find...
Johannes Näder
Free Software Foundation Europe
