Free software is critical infrastructure, yet its upkeep falls on volunteers while giants like Microsoft or Google profit. As with other public goods, they should fund it via a dedicated tax feeding (like roads) a European fund (EU-STF) to ensure security and digital sovereignty. Europeans shouldn’t pay so Amazon can remain a free rider.
It's true that open source is made up of community members coming together to make software solutions in a collaborative and open way.
It is also true that open source is defined by a bunch of licenses.
The licenses may not be the fun part, but being organized about what parts of your project are under which license is important for all the rest of it to work!
Thanks to the @fsfe we have an easier way to manage that. :)
Den danske udgave af filmen om Ada & Zangemann er nu online:
https://peertube.modspil.dk/w/gHUrhSsTBm4YNWHqrXJWAz
Du er velkommen til at dele og også til selv at downloade den og arrangere visninger for andre!
Today on the agenda:
1. 7:30 setup the @fsfe 's booth at #Devconf with @sofiaritz @Tobias and @llas
2. 10:15 my talk "A vision for #SoftwareFreedom in 2048 - what are we missing?" in room A112: https://pretalx.devconf.info/devconf-cz-2025/talk/KFPMBZ/
3. Have many discussions with visitors at the #FSFE booth to talk about #SoftwareFreedom , about why people are active for #FreeSoftware and how to contribute to #FSFE .
Hvis du er i København den 16. juni, er der filmpremiere og bogreception for fortællingen om Ada & Zangemann i Empire-biografen kl. 15:30!
Se https://codingpirates.dk/event/bog-release-film-og-debat-gratis-arrangement/ for detaljer.
#foss #frisoftware #fsfe #ada&zangemann
Der kom 1.000 af disse fine klistermærker med posten fra @fsfe i dag.
Jeg sender gerne bundter ud, hvis man selv eller nogen man kender har lyst til at pryde deres laptop med denne besked:
"Denne computer er ikke gammel, den er bæredygtig"
Ellers så tager jeg dem også med til alle fsfe events :)
Die ersten opensourceseeds Töpfe stehen bereit
für den 1. Juni zum Umweltfestival in Berlin am Stand 215, von #fsfe und #bitsundbaeume.
Danke allen
für
Saatgut und Infomaterial:
@opensourceseeds
für
Infomaterial und Aufkleber: @wetell @ueckueck @tobias@social.diekershoff.de vom @fsfeberlin @bitsundbaeume_berlin @topio
@ulrichkelber
#opensourceseeds #Umwelt #Umweltfestival in #Berlin
#Garten #Balkon #Gemüse #Tomaten #Sunviva #Chili #BlackHeart #Weizen #Sommerweizen Convento C vom Dottenfelderhof #Saatgut #Pflanzen #FreiesSaatgut #FreieSoftware
#Datenschutz #Pflanzenschutz
#bitsundbäume
#Gebrauchskunst
La France 
devient le premier gouvernement à adopter les principes Open Source de l'ONU, rejointe par 19 organisations
https://unite.un.org/fr/news/france-becomes-first-government-endorse-un-open-source-principles-joined-19-organizations 
#OpenSource #LogicielsLibres #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #DigitalSovereignty #SouverainetéNumérique #FSF #FSFE #GAFAM #UN #ONU #NationsUnies #UnitedNations
Ronja elsker bogen "Ada og Zangemann" næsten lige så meget som mig. 
Hun siger:
"Den er fed, fed fed. Fordi jeg elsker gode opfinder".
Tak til @agger og @fritjof og alle andre der harr været med til at få den udgivet på dansk så vi kan tale om fri software så en 7-årig kan være med.
#FSFE #OpenSource #AdaZangemann
"Do you really control your device?"
Lucas Lasota @llas from FSFE @fsfe raised this powerful question in our latest OSBA Meets.
We covered Apple, Meta, DMA enforcement, and what it all means for open source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtpYmt83F8
#DigitalMarketsAct #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FSFE #DMA #OSBAmeets
Thank you @nicorikken and @sofiaritz for working on simplifying the FSFE's translation process :) It is great to see the outcome of this!
We now have #Ada and Zangemann on weblate: https://fsfe.org/translators/weblate
And just published the change log for our very own webpreview tool: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250429-01.html
It is inspiring to see how our #translation team gets so much support 
If you want to join the #FSFE 's effort to spread the word about #FreeSoftware join us https://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/
Just been to the Danish premiere of "Ada & Zangermann" - the movie. (https://ada.fsfe.org)
It struck me it had quite a bit of similarities to @pluralistic 's "unauthorized bread".
Turns out, not only was that story part of the inspiration. Cory also helped in the initial production of the book.
So if you're looking for a version of Unautorized bread, targeted from about 5 years (and with a much lighter view of the future) check out the book and/or movie!
#fsfe #FLOSS #OSS #AdaZangermann
Friendica is een platform dat al geruime tijd bestaat en regelmatig genoemd wordt als een "longform blogging" alternatief voor Facebook.
De @fsfe heeft een Peertube kanaal op @fsfe_media waarop een presentatie te zien is die onlangs op #FOSDEM25 werd gehouden. De presentatie is in het engels en de moeite waard als je meer wilt weten over Friendica. #Freindica #Peertube #FSFE
#freiesSaatgut kommt von #freieSoftware #freesoftware
Eine Bibliothek, die Saatgut ausleiht | OpenSourceSeeds
https://opensourceseeds.org/blog/eine-bibliothek-die-saatgut-ausleiht
"Bei der 1. bundesweiten Nacht der Bibliotheken am Freitag, 04.04.2025 ab 17:00 Uhr wird die Göttinger Saatgut-Bibliothek über OpenSource-Seeds informieren. Ort: Zentralbibliothek der SUB Göttingen, Digital Creative Space im Erdgeschoss.
johannes, 12.02.2025 "
#SoftwareFreedom in #Venezia, a thread 
(Sticking @fsfe’s stickers all over the city 
)
Happy I Love Free Software Day!
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
Without further ado, THANK YOU to:
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
I am super sorry if I forgot someone!
@ WHY 
9848 
DANKE