Notices by Free Software Foundation Europe (fsfe@mastodon.social)

We are still celebrating #ilovefs ❤️ day with some events in Italy and Albania today!

While we gather all the pictures from the different events, we wanted to share with you an amazing video we received from the mother (and singer) of our colleague @sofiaritz

🎶 https://media.fsfe.org/w/gs8ZDniL6DHyV255qzkMGy

There are so many ways to say #thankyou to your favourite #FreeSoftware projects, what is yours?

❤️ Thank you all for celebrating I Love Free Software Day 2025! Your messages, posts, and events have made today truly special. 💕 Together, we’ve shown the world that Free Software is not just technology – it’s people, collaboration, and community. ✨ Let’s keep this spirit alive and let's keep saying THANK YOU to #FreeSoftware contributors. 💜 💙 #ilovefs #softwarefreedom #ilovefs25

#FreeSoftware is more than just code – it’s a community and a movement 💕 Today, we celebrate all the people who dedicate their time and passion to upholding the #FourFreedoms to #use #study #share and #improve ❤️ Thank you to every contributor of Free Software ❤️ Who do you want to thank today? Tag them below! 👇 #ilovefs

"I Love Free Software Day" celebration in Berlin! 💕
This year we are celebrating it in the public library in #spandau .

After some talks, participants are sharing their favorite #FreeSoftware projects and why they say #thankyou.

Which one are you thanking today? #ilovefs

🌍 #ilovefs celebrations are happening across Europe! People everywhere are coming together to say THANK YOU to #FreeSoftware contributors. https://ilovefs.org/ 💙 Want to join in? Check out our website and spread the word with #ilovefs! Let’s show our appreciation! 🙌

#FreeSoftware is everywhere, from the tools we use daily to the infrastructure that keeps our world running! 💙 On #ilovefs Day, we celebrate the unseen heroes of Free Software – the maintainers, developers, advocates and all contributors. Create your personalized "thank you" message with our newly designed Sharepic Generator 🎨 https://sharepic.fsfe.org/#ilovefs 🎉

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗜 💕 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

Our 30th episode of the #softwarefreedom podcast is dedicated to the #ilovefs day !

Thank you to the @appfair for participating in the special episode <3

In this episode @annabonnie and Marc Prud'hommeaux discuss the #DMA and how it levelled the playing field for #FreeSoftware Apps on iOS

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-30.en.html

Happy I Love Free Software Day 2025! Today, we celebrate the people who contribute to Free Software. Their work is vital for our #softwarefreedomTake a moment to say THANK YOU to your favorite #freesoftware and contributors 💜 Use #ilovefs to share your appreciation and join the celebration.🎈

:underheart: #ilovefs event in Nürnberg with people sharing the power of appreciation and #FreeSoftware
For more events and inspiration for the I Love Free Software Day take a look at https://ilovefs.org/

One Day Left! #ilovefs Day is tomorrow! Get ready to show your appreciation for Free Software contributors. 💙 This year, a lot of events are taking place in 9 different European countries! Take a look at https://ilovefs.org/ for a full overview 🌍 📢 Let's make tomorrow a day full of gratitude! #freesoftware

February started with FOSDEM! 🚀 It was great to meet some of you there before we meet again for “I Love #FreeSoftware Day” 💕 !

In recent weeks, we shared our demands for the coming German elections, great news about #RouterFreedom, and an update about #DMA.

Moreover, the Ada movie is now available in French and we published 2 podcast episodes!

Check out our February newsletter: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202502.html

#SoftwareFreedom #ilovefs

Mark your calendars! This Friday, 14.02, we're celebrating all contributors to Free Software 💕 For this year's #ilovefs we focus on all the hidden #FreeSoftware projects that are the core of our digital infrastructure. Let’s give them the recognition they deserve on I Love Free Software Day! Take a look at https://ilovefs.org/ and join us 💜

"A truly lovable story with wonderful illustrations, to teach both kids and adults what free software and open standards mean. . . ."
@floeff, Executive Director, @tdforg

https://ada.fsfe.org

#freesoftware #righttorepair

📣 Today, from 15:00 (CET), we will participate in the "DMA and Beyond Conference" organised by the Knight Georgetown Institute and @YaleUniversity in Washington D.C.

💥 Jithendra Palepu, FSFE volunteer, will present a comprehensive study - done with @llas, FSFE's Legal Programme Manager - on #Apple's restrictive interoperability policies in the context of the #DMA and its harm on #FreeSoftware

📺 Follow the live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm16w-q93HA

@thomas_babord Hi Thomas, we only have it in English and German but feel free to translate it and share it!

🇩🇪 Bundestagswahl 2025

Die nächste deutsche Bundesregierung muss endlich die Kontrollierbarkeit, Sicherheit und Souveränität öffentlicher digitaler Infrastrukturen vorantreiben.

Dazu braucht sie #FreieSoftware. Die FSFE stellt deswegen 4 Kernforderungen:

🔸 „Public Money? Public Code!“
🔹 Eine sichere, langfristig Finanzierung für #FreieSoftware
🔸 Kompetenzaufbau
🔹 Statistiken zum Fortschrittsmonitoring

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250206-01.de.html

#softwarefreedom #pmpc

🇩🇪 German Elections 2025

The next German government must finally push for the controllability, security, and sovereignty of the public digital infrastructure.

As #FreeSoftwareMerch is a prerequisite for this, the FSFE is making 4 key demands:

🔸 "Public Money? Public Code!"
🔹 Securing long-term funding for #FreeSoftware
🔸 Deepening #FreeSoftware knowledge in administrations
🔹 Monitoring progress

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250206-01.en.html

#SoftwareFreedom

#FOSDEM Day 2! Even if our merch and AMAZING stickers still didn't make it to Brussels 😞 , our team is around our booth 🚀 ! Come by to say hi!

And if you can make it, our colleague @llas will be giving the keynote speech "How we are defending Software Freedom against Apple at the EU's highest court".
⏰ 16:00h.
📍 Janson

#softwarefreedom #freesoftware

🔥Full house in the 'Breaking tech monopolies in Europe: a fireside chat with the European Commission' talk at the Legal & Policy Issue Devroom in #FOSDEM!

If you didn't manage to join, no worries. Thanks to the amazing FOSDEM crew, it's been recorded ;).

🆙You can also find more info about #DMA and the Apple vs.EC litigation in: https://fsfe.org/activities/apple-litigation/apple-litigation.en.html

#softwarefreedom

FOSDEM 2025 started with sad news from us: all our merch and stickers go lost on its way here.

Good news - we still have a booth and amazing people there willing to talk to you about #FreeSoftware, our different activities, and more!

Stop by to say hi and get the news about our last initiatives and, if you can,make a donation and become a supporter!

Even if you cannot leave #FOSDEM with our stickers... We need you!