FSFE March Newsletter!

In the last few weeks we published our first Legal Corner article and the recordings of our talks at #fosdem.

We were happy to see pictures from the #ilovefs Day celebrations and can't wait to meet you at CLT 2025!

We are organising an online Q&A session about the DMA and #freesoftware

The Ada & Zangemann movie is finally available in Spanish!

Find out more: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202503.en.html

On 14 February we celebrated the 'I Love Free Software Day 2025'

This year we marked this special day with:
19 events in 11 different European countries
hundreds of people and many organisations that joined us in the Fediverse with a special "Thank you!" note for Free Software projects and contributors.

To all who joined us this time: "Thank you" for participating in this 15th edition of the "I Love Free Software Day" !

#SoftwareFreedom in #Venezia, a thread

(Sticking @fsfe’s stickers all over the city )

I'm arriving late to #ilovefs, but thanks a lot to @ultramarine, @Vivaldi, @kde, @thunderbird, @Tutanota, @wikipedia and @libreoffice for making life easier every day.

On this I Free Software Day, let's give a shoutout to @conservancy for their tireless work in copyleft compliance. The GPL and other copyleft licenses are only as strong as their enforcement, and their work keeps free software free. #ILoveFS #Copyleft #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

On this I Free Software Day, Trisquel GNU/Linux deserves a huge shoutout. @rubenquidam and the Trisquel team have built an entirely free GNU/Linux distro that proves you don't need proprietary software to have a powerful, user-friendly system. This work ensures that people can use their computers with freedom. Thank you for keeping the dream alive! #ILoveFS #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

@rms your vision and perseverance in founding the Free Software Movement and the #GNU Project have empowered countless people to take control of their computing. Your relentless advocacy has shaped the world for the better. Thank you for inspiring us to stand up for software freedom, today and every day! #ILoveFS #FSF #GNU #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

The #GNU Project is the foundation of free software. For over 40 years, its impact is immeasurable. Thank you to @rms and all of the GNU developers for your work in making software that respects our rights! #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

Today's top ten tag trends:

10: #valentinstag
9: #FensterFreitag
8: #SamVaLentin
7: #valentine
6: #ilovefs
5: #vance
4: #sweetheartsandheartaches
3: #JukeboxFridayNight
2: #valentinesday
1: #totp

#trendytoots

I like the spontaneous nature of the #ILoveFS meetups. Besides the great people of @HSN we got joined by @Scott_Trakker and @paolo from Luxembourg. We sent chat messages and post cards to the great people making #FreeSoftware possible!

Thank you all for celebrating I Love Free Software Day 2025! Your messages, posts, and events have made today truly special. Together, we’ve shown the world that Free Software is not just technology – it’s people, collaboration, and community. Let’s keep this spirit alive and let's keep saying THANK YOU to #FreeSoftware contributors. #ilovefs #softwarefreedom #ilovefs25

#ILoveFS #FLOSS Thank you, @py5coding !

#py5 https:///py5coding.org is a #CreativeCoding framework in #Python, based on the solid #Processing vocabulary and infrastructure.

#ilovefs Thank you, @zotero

Your personal digital library, references database & "research assistant": https://www.zotero.org/ #TeamZotero

On this I Free Software Day, a massive shoutout to libreCMC for giving us a 100% free embedded OS for routers and devices. Thank you for making sure our devices work for us and not against us! #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

#ilovefs Thank you Calibre

e-book management and reader: https://calibre-ebook.com/

#ilovefs thank you @libreoffice

Office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org/

#ilovefs Thank you, @sysop!

Mastodon: ciberlandia.pt

Às 22h, a ANSOL celebra o #ilovefs num evento online aqui: jitsi.ansol.org/ilovefs

Jitsi Meet