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Free Software Foundation Europe<p>:fsfe: June Newsletter 📣</p><p>Last weeks were quite busy with the kick-off of the Refund4Freedom initiative and attending conferences around Europe 🌍</p><p>⚖ We also went through the issue of the threshold of originality for copyrightable source code and talked in our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast about the tech sovereignty debate in the EU 🇪🇺</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202506.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202506.en.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>Industry Committee vote: Technology sovereignty is only possible with Free Software</p><p>The Industry committee of the European Parliament shows necessity and benefits of “open-source first” policy but report lacks concrete measures. </p><p><a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250603-01.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfe.org/news/2025/news-202506</span><span class="invisible">03-01.en.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>Local <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSF40</span></a> celebrations in <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Warsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warsaw</span></a>, <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a>: <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> quiz, panel about <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a>, and improv show. Happy birthday!</p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Adam Oberbeck, Andy Kopra, and Ayan Jaysan for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>📣 Spread the word about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a>! Order :fsfe: promotional material!<br> For example, you can:</p><p>🔸 Take it to your next <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> meeting<br>🔹Explain to your friends and colleagues why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> is important and share our stickers and material with them<br>🔸 Organize a booth or a talk </p><p><a href="https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfe.org/contribute/spreadthew</span><span class="invisible">ord.en.html</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Joseph Cox, Katherine Runyon, and Kevin Runner for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Christos Kalkanis, Dwayne Dever, and František Kučera for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Katherine Brady and Meng Guang for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>📚 Ada &amp; Zangemann isn’t just a story, it’s a book about tech and software freedom.</p><p>Let’s get this book into more homes, schools, and libraries! Read it with kids. Talk about tech. Inspire to tinker.</p><p>💡 Gift it. Organize a reading. Share it.</p><p>ada.fsfe.org</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>Software licences define the conditions under which a programme can be used and reused. <br>For it to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> the licence text must contain at least the four freedoms (use, study, share, improve).</p><p>Learn about the most common free software licences with Lucas Lasota: </p><p><a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/iGcJLVjnienXxTJiRYiuzr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">media.fsfe.org/w/iGcJLVjnienXx</span><span class="invisible">TJiRYiuzr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>💥Refund4Freedom è in arrivo!💥</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@ItaLinuxSociety" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ItaLinuxSociety</span></a></span> ed <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fsfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fsfe</span></a></span> sono felici annunciare il lancio di Refund4Freedom.</p><p>👀 Questa iniziativa promuove il diritto scegliere il tuo sistema operativo e ricevere un rimborso per il software che non vuoi!</p><p>📆 Unisciti a noi --&gt; l’evento di lancio è il 29 maggio alle 19:00.<br> Iscriviti qui all’evento: pretix.eu/fsfeItaly/refund4freedom/</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeviceNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeviceNeutrality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a></p>
Freedo<p>Freedom marches forward with Linux-libre 6.15-gnu with the three D's: De-blobbed, de-restricted, and delightfully free - just the way I like it! Software should serve us, not the other way around. <a href="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linu</span><span class="invisible">x-libre/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxLibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxLibre</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>💥 Refund4Freedom is here! 💥</p><p>The :fsfe: and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@ItaLinuxSociety" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ItaLinuxSociety</span></a></span> are happy to announce the launch of Refund4Freedom!</p><p>👀 This initiative promotes the right to choose your operating system and get a refund for pre-installed software that you don’t want.</p><p>Check out its website for more information - <a href="https://refund4freedom.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">refund4freedom.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>📆 And save the date! Join our launch event on 29th May (in Italian).<br> Registration for the event: <a href="https://pretix.eu/fsfeItaly/refund4freedom/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pretix.eu/fsfeItaly/refund4fre</span><span class="invisible">edom/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeviceNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeviceNeutrality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Edward Flick and Joseph Pingenot for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p>🎧 Listen to a new episode of our Software Freedom podcast 🎧 </p><p>In this new episode we talk about the tech sovereignty debate in the EU and the digital infraestructure INI 🤔</p><p><a href="https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-34.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-</span><span class="invisible">34.en.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Kristin Kohlberg, R Scott Belford, and René Genz for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Matthias Kirschner<p>Looking forward to talk tomorrow at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DORSCLUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DORSCLUC</span></a> in Zagreb about "A vision for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> in #2048" and have great discussions with local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> contributors <a href="https://www.dorscluc.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dorscluc.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>A <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ThankGNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankGNU</span></a>! to Adam Oberbeck, Andy Kopra, and Ayan Jaysan for helping the FSF to promote <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> and awareness, visit: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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