We should be free to choose the technical devices we use in our private lives.

🚨 Check out our Router Freedom tech wiki, which provides information on the necessary steps you need to use and connect your own router.

#freesoftware #softwarefreedom #routerfreedom

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231214-01.html

Router Freedom tech wiki is now online! - FSFE

In recent years we have focused on the policy and legal aspects of Router Freedom. Now, with the help of our Netherlands volunteer team, we are publishing ...

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May comes with legal news, we talked to two 2023 #YH4F participants and our Danish local group sent an #OpenLetter to their parliament.

Did you see that Ada & Zangemann won a prize and that the French e-book version is now available?

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202405.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

LLW 2024 +++ YH4F interviews +++ Ada in France - FSFE

May comes with legal news such as the Legal & Licensing Workshop and the Bitcoin lawsuit regarding the liability of Free Software developers. We also talke...

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EU elections to the #EuropeanParliament will take place at the beginning of June. 🇪🇺

As a #FreeSoftware enthusiast you can advocate for it!

💡 For example, you can ask your candidates if they know what Free Software is and tell them why it is important for a democratic society!

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240321-01.html

https://media.fsfe.org/w/p/9gYSyoEYggsqBExLWjRejL

#EUelections #SoftwareFreedom

Let’s advocate together for Free Software in the European Elections - FSFE

European citizens will hit the ballot boxes from 6 to 9 June 2024 to choose their next representatives in the European Parliament. As the campaign heats up...

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#FediGov is an initiative by the he Swiss local group with GNU/Linux.ch to encourage public institutions to use federated free software solutions to communicate with their people.

https://fedigov.eu/

#softwarefreedom #decentralized #fediverse

“[T]he book [is] actually more than a fairy tale about software, skateboards and pyramid-shaped ice cream with coloured sprinkles. It is a motivation for the first demo and a little bit of civil disobedience. It is a utopia of possibilities to make the world better with limited means and little money, and an example without moralistic finger-pointing, that control does not make happy.”

- Anna Biselli , Editor-in-Chief @netzpolitik_org
#righttorepair #softwarefreedom

When you get a new device, you should be able to the right to install any software!

📺 Watch this talk and learn the experience of Luca Bonissi, #FSFE volunteer and supporter, getting the refund of pre-installed software ⤵️

https://media.fsfe.org/w/c6aVef1hY9kzWGvgUGr7Uy

#softwarefreedom #FreeSoftware

SFSCON23 - Luca Bonissi - Windows and Office “tax” refund

The right to install any software on any device and various cases about the refund of pre-installed software Some manufacturers try to force to use the preinstalled software on the PC you acquire, ...

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Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚

Are you one of those celebrating it? We cannot think about a better gift today than “Ada & Zangemann – A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream”, an enjoyable story for readers of any age! 😍

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

https://ada.fsfe.org

“Ada & Zangemann is not only a utopian and charming story about Free Software and computers, but it is one about self-empowerment and also about joy in technology. … it may well be an eye-opener for adults, too.”

~ Dr. Constanze Kurz, Spokesperson, Chaos Computer Club (@CCC)

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

https://ada.fsfe.org

What are the responsibilities and liabilities of #FreeSoftware developers?
🚨 A potential threat to Free Software developers looms in the form of an ongoing lawsuit in the UK involving Bitcoin and its core developers.

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240417-01.html

#SoftwareFreedom #Bitcoin #BitcoinCase

Are Free Software developers at risk? - FSFE

Free Software is everywhere, with studies estimating that it is present in about 96% of the applications that we use. But what are the responsibilities and...

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