Free Software Foundation Europe @fsfe@mastodon.social

📢 The FSFE is hiring!

We are looking for a person with a strong technical background to support our projects with software engineering and expertise. It's a part-time position, either in #Berlin or remote.

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210119-01.html

Do you always wanted to participate in a community and thereby support your favorite #FreeSoftware organisation?

The #FSFE is currently searching for translators. We would be happy to welcome you to our team!

Read about how you can join:
https://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/translators.html

📢 Last call! 📣
Apply for #FSFE support for your local project. We support local engagement with our expertise, information material, networks or even financially. Deadline is 10 January, don't miss it!

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201120-01.html

#funding #freesoftware #opensource

"Join us now and ..." sing together the #FreeSoftware #song!

Tonight at 19:00 at the campfire in the about:freedom / Open Infrastructure Orbit in the #rc3 world we invite you sing along the #FreeSoftware #song. All creatures welcome!

https://rc3.world/rc3/event/free-software-sing-song-along/

ps: ps: all avatars in the picture have given permission to be published with this toot.

Nella #newsletter di dicembre, leggi dell'App tedesca sul tracciamento
coronavirus estesa per la libertà del software, del #CodicePubblico
nella cooperazione internazionale allo sviluppo, di un'intervista con
Cord-Landwehr di #KDE su #REUSE, e molto altro:
https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202012.it.html

Lees in onze december-nieuwsbrief over de Corona Waarschuwings-App die
softwarevrijheid vergroot, leer over #PubliekeCode in internationale
ontwikkelingssamenwerking, lees een interview met Cord-Landwehr van #KDE
over #REUSE en nog veel meer:
https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202012.nl.html

En el #Boletín de diciembre, lee sobre la App de Aviso de COVID publicada para ampliar la libertad del software, aprende sobre #códigopúblico en el desarrollo internacional, lee la entrevista con Cord-Landwehr de #KDE por la adopción de #REUSE y mucho mas:
https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202012.html

In our December #Newsletter, read about the #Corona #Warn #App being published to extend software freedom, learn about #publiccode in international development, read an interview with Cord-Landwehr from #KDE about #REUSE adoption and much more: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202012.html

In just three years, our #REUSE initiative has successfully changed #licensing practices of at least over five hundred projects. From its adoption by NGI0 projects to a Corona Warn App to @kde , 2020 marks another successful year of this campaign. We used the chance to speak with Andreas Cord-Landwehr about REUSE adoption in the KDE community.: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201215-01.html

Die Lokalgruppe Zürich der FSFE hat die Kampagne "Lernen wie die Profis" ins Leben gerufen um #FreieSoftware in der #Bildung zu präsentieren und wurde mit dem DINAcon Award prämiert. Wir haben die Koordinatoren Ralf Hersel und Gian-Maria Daffré interviewt:
https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201211-01.de.html

The FSFE's local group Zurich launched the "Learn like the pros" campaign to present good #FreeSoftware in #education. Recently, the campaign was awarded the DINACon #Award. We interviewed the coordinators Ralf Hersel and Gian-Maria Daffré: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201211-01.html

Our movement is growing every day. Get our kids and baby friendly merchandise material to help with onboarding:

https://fsfe.org/order/order.html

Internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit wird zunehmend digital. Freie Software somit zu einer Grundlagentechnologie, um die UN-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung zu erreichen. Die FSFE fordert die Veröffentlichung öffentlich finanzierter Technologien als Freie Software: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201210-01.de.html

International development cooperation is increasingly digitised and #FreeSoftware fundamental to reach the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. Together with experts in the field, he FSFE summarises the background in an article and demands #publiccode in international development cooperation:
https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201210-01.html

Get one of our shirts and remind people that "There is NO CLOUD just other people's computers"

https://fsfe.org/order/order.html

2020 is a year in that many public administrations announced they plan to follow our road to software freedom. Read about our successess and about the state of #FreeSoftware in #European #Public #Policies in our yearly report: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201110-01.html#europeanpolicies

and then support our work by becoming a supporter so we can keep up the good work!

Dank einiger #FreieSoftware-Entwickler ist die deutsche #CoronaWarnApp nun auf @fdroidorg erhältlich – ohne jegliche Google-Abhängigkeiten. Das ist gut für Softwarefreiheit, aber ermöglicht auch neue innovative Funktionen.

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201208-01.de.html

#microG #CCTG #de

Thanks to #FreeSoftware developers, the German #CoronaWarnApp for tracing #COVID19 risk contacts is available on @fdroidorg without any Google dependencies. This not only fosters software freedom, but also sets the ground for innovative features.

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201208-01.html

#microg #cctg

Booths and talks have always been one of the major channels over which we informed people about Free Software and the FSFE’s work. Read about our last physical events at the end of 2019, our challenges since then and our participation at online events:
https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201110-01.html#events

Read in our yearly report about BEREC and how FSFE convinced them to side with the demand that any router and modem be under the full control of the user. And why despite this success the struggle for #Router #Freedom is ongoing on national levels: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201110-01.html#routerfreedom