Free Software Foundation Europe @fsfe@mastodon.social

In his interview, Georg Greve @ggreve, founder president, reminded us the difficulties during the first steps of the FSFE and the rewarding experience of overcoming them.

Also, he encouraged us to increase our focus on cutting-edge technology issues.

#fsfe20

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210204-01.html

In 2009, we sought to remove advertisements of Adobe Reader from websites of public administrations in Europe.

We contacted them with emails & letters.

1125 out of 2104 advertisements were removed. ⭐

#fsfe20 #pdfreaders #freesoftware #pdf

https://fsfe.org/activities/pdfreaders/pdfreaders.en.html

Ever wondered about the people behind the FSFE? Read our #FSFE20 interviews:

https://fsfe.org/activities/20years/#20-years-fsfe-articles-and-interviews

You still have these old #pictures from your #FSFE activities years ago on your hard-drive?

Send them to us and make them part of our birthday celebrations:

https://fsfe.org/activities/20years/#join-the-celebrations

📸 #FSFE20

The advantages of #CellBroadcasts in short:

✅ reduced bottlenecks due to high efficiency sending
✅ established standard since 1990
✅ relatively cheap
✅ everyone is warned, even short-term tourists
✅ independent from mobile internet
✅ works even if telephony/SMS/internet is overloaded
✅ no apps required

➡️ Warning apps are a useful *extension*, but not the *basis*. [2/2]

The recent flood events in #Germany and beyond triggered a discussion about how to warn citizens reliably and effectively. The current proprietary app environment failed at this – again!

Already last year we called for #CellBroadcasts [1/2]

👇
https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201112-01.html

Did you know the FSFE maintains the world's largest professional network on legal issues related to #FreeSoftware?

Learn more about our accomplishments in the last 20 years on our birthday page:

https://fsfe.org/activities/20years/#Highlights-from-the-last-20-years

#FSFE20 #LLW #Reuse

20 years is a time to celebrate our international community.

If you are reading this, you are probably a part of it. Thank you!

Let's look back on what we have achieved, and share our dreams for the future. #fsfe20

https://fsfe.org/activities/20years/20years.html

20 years of FSFE means 20 years of empowering people to control technology:
https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210721-01.html

We highlight the importance of #softwarefreedom in Europe and look back at important accomplishments since 2001. ⭐

Above all, we shed light on our community with a birthday page! 🙂 Celebrate with us and share your own story under #FSFE20

🚨 DEADLINE TODAY 🚨

Get help with clarifying the #licensing and #copyright status of your #FreeSoftware project, and become #REUSE compliant! Register today to receive support by our legal experts:

https://reuse.software/booster/

#opensource #compliance #foss #floss

[IT]

A giugno, abbiamo lanciato REUSE Bootster per suggerimenti legali sul copyright a progetti di Software Libero. Abbiamo intervistato Torsten Grote, che ha insistito per liberare Android fin dagli inizi. Il team olandese richiede più diritti digitali.

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202106.html

*Our June Newsletter has been translated to German, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish with the kind help of our translators.*

SFP#11: For our new Software Freedom Podcast episode @mxmehl and Bonnie Mehring talk about the newly launched #REUSE #Booster. For everyone out there who wants to make licensing easier

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-11.html

In juni lanceerden we #REUSE Booster om #Vrije Software-projecten te
helpen met licenties. We interviewden Torsten Grote, die de noodzaak om onze
#Androids te Bevrijden onderstreepte. FSFE-team Nederland eist meer
digitale rechten.

Onze juni-nieuwsbrief:
https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202106.html

*Our June Newsletter has been translated to German, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish with the kind help of our translators.*

Im Juni haben wir #REUSE Booster gestartet, um #FreieSoftware-Projekten
bei Lizenzen zu helfen. Wir sprechen mit @grote@status.grobox.de, Vorreiter bei der
Befreiung von #Android-Telefonen. Das FSFE-Niederlande-Team fordert mehr
digitale Rechte.

Unser Juni-Newsletter:

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202106.de.html

* Our June Newsletter has been translated to German, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish with the kind help of our translators.*

In June, we launched REUSE Booster to share legal advice with #FreeSoftware projects on copyright.

We interviewed Torsten Grote @grote@status.grobox.de, who stressed the need to Free our #Androids early on.

In The Netherlands, digital autonomy is undermined; meanwhile, demands for Free Software are rising

In our June Newsletter.

Photo: FSFE spot in a non-profit hacker-camp. The Netherlands, 2017.

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202106.html

Torsten Grote explored Free Software alternatives for smartphones as early as 2012. ⭐

In our interview we look back at the start of Free Your Android campaign.

Of course, we asked @grote@status.grobox.de which options are available for liberating our phones today.

The interview was conducted in the context of celebrating 20 Years of the FSFE 🙂 #FSFE20

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210625-01.en.html

Do you maintain a #FreeSoftware project?

Taking care of proper licensing is important for you and your users. Following the #REUSE standards will take most of the load off your shoulders.

Register with REUSE Booster until 8 July to receive tailored support from us!

https://reuse.software/booster

#OpenSource #FOSS #licensing #compliance #FLOSS

Today we launch REUSE Booster! 🚀

#REUSE is a set of best practices to make Free Software licensing and copyright much easier for developers. With REUSE #Booster, we give direct support for interested #FreeSoftware projects.

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210609-01.html