"An elegant if not joyful solution to helping children and their parents understand the fundamental concepts of the freedom of expression, creation, collaboration and individual contribution free and open source software represents." Deborah Bryant, Board Director Emeritus, Open Source Initiative #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

Help us :fsfe: to connect with representatives! Developed by the FSFE, MP Explore is a #FreeSoftware tool to help us reaching out to representatives in Parliaments across Europe. 🔥 We need your help! Contribute by adding your local, regional, and national parliament!

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Help the FSFE to connect with representatives - FSFE

Developed by the Free Software Foundation Europe, MP Explore is a Free Software tool to help us reaching out to representatives in Parliaments acro...

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🏦 💰 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/en/

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📣 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 @European Commission 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! 📎 📄.pdf #SoftwareFreedom #DMA

🎧 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, @npub1se9s...u735 and @npub14pqt...3wcr discuss the current debate surrounding it and shed light on the arguments. #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

Have you realized that all your Internet traffic, encryption, backups, communications, shopping, writing, business interactions, and so on, go through your router? 😟 Is your router free? If not, your digital freedom could be compromised. ✅ The good news: #RouterFreedom is secured by EU laws. ❌ The not so good ones: Router Freedom is still not a full reality in most of the EU countries.

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Router Freedom - FSFE

It should go without saying that in our society we should be able to freely choose technical devices for use in our homes like we are free to choos...

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Industry Committee vote: Technology sovereignty is only possible with Free Software The Industry committee of the European Parliament shows necessity and benefits of “open-source first” policy but report lacks concrete measures.

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Industry Committee vote: Technology sovereignty is only possible with Free Software - FSFE

Industry committee of the European Parliament shows necessity and benefits of “open-source first” policy but report lacks concrete measures....

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💥 No more imposed licensing - Get back the cost of your Windows License! 💥 When acquiring a new laptop you often end up dealing with an imposed pre-installed Microsoft Windows operating system. Even if you do not want to use it, you still need to pay for the Windows license. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿. The Refund4Freedom initiative guides users in how to get their money back in these cases and demands the end of this practice that limits user freedom.

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No more imposed licensing - Get back the cost of your Windows License! - FSFE

When acquiring a new laptop you often end up dealing with an imposed pre-installed Microsoft Windows operating system. Even if you do not want to u...

Public Money? Public Code! 🏛💻 Software funded by taxpayers should be Free Software! This ensures that everyone can use, study, share, and improve the tools that serve the public 🔗

https://publiccode.eu/en/

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The #DMA is a step forward for #DeviceNeutrality, but Apple (one of the so-called gatekeeper) is taking it to court to protect its App Store monopoly. The Free Software Foundation Europe :fsfe: is stepping in to defend our freedom and digital rights in this crucial EU antitrust case! 🚀 We are the only non-profit involved! Support us to continue our work!

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DMA: Litigation against Apple - FSFE

The FSFE is intervening for Free Software in a key court case involving Apple and the European Commission. Apple is trying to avoid obligations der...

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