Why isn’t software funded by taxpayers released as Free Software? 🤔💻

We need legislation 📜 requiring publicly financed software to be #FreeSoftware. If it’s public money 💰, it should be public code! 👨‍💻👩‍💻

Code paid by the people should be available to the people! 🙌 #PublicCode

👉 https://publiccode.eu/

It's finally time. After years of deliberation, #Minetest is finally ready to adopt a new identity and prove it has moved beyond its original purpose. We can finally move past the "mining" and the "testing" and focus on making this platform the best it can be.

#opensource #freesoftware #gamedev

https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/

Introducing Our New Name

After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!

^Minetest

We are participating in the #LibreOffice and #OpenSource Conference 2024in Luxemburg! 👏
If you see our colleagues @kirschner or @lexelas around say hi to them!

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

FSFE Newsletter is out!!📤
🔸Watch the story of #AdaZangemann
🔹 Our community made it clear that long-term, funding for #FreeSoftware is essential to ensuring Europe’s independence
🔸We’ve submitted our arguments in the ongoing #Applelitigation

📰 https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202410.en.html

Ada movie premiere +++ EC consultation +++ Apple litigation - FSFE

The story of Ada & Zangemann is now available as an animated movie! We’d also like to thank everyone who contributed feedback to the EC consultation, urgin...

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Happy #AdaLovelaceDay! 🎉

We celebrated this day with the #FreeSoftware community with the world premiere of the animated movie 'Ada & Zangemann'!

💻🌟 Watch it here: https://media.fsfe.org/w/j1c6LQVZ8qnCLLwpXMuw3M

#WomenInTech #STEM #AdaMovie

Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream

The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wan...

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𝐀𝐝𝐚 & 𝐙𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞!

We are celebrating with our supporters #AdaLovelace Day on 8 October with the world premiere of the animated movie 'Ada & Zangemann: A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream! 💥

https://ada.fsfe.org/movie

If you are planning to support the , do it today and do not miss this event!

#Ada #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

Nominations for the European SFS Award 2024 - Free Software Contributor of the Year are OPEN! 🏆🎉

Know an outstanding contributor to the #FreeSoftware community? Nominate now! Deadline: 10 Oct

#SFSCON

👉 https://www.sfscon.it/award-nomination/

Award Nominations - SFSCON

1. European SFS Award Nomination Nominate the Free Software Contributor of the Year (2024) Welcome to the European SFS Award, where we celebrate and recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the global Software Freedom culture.

^SFSCON

#FreeSoftware is “the corner of our infrastructure. To have digital sovereignty […] we need to invest in these core tools." - @lexelas
European digital sovereignty needs #softwarefreedom!

https://sciencebusiness.net/node/59191/preview/l8XegzhrFTNAszb9x-ntnEauJ8ct8RZrnL01thY33oI

FSFE General Assembly 2024!

We had a great and fruitful weekend in Madrid, reflecting on our work over the past few months and diving into deep discussions about our plans for the next 12 months. Exciting things ahead! #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

💥 Check our Software Freedom in Europe report for an overview of the last few months: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240920-01.html