Free Software Foundation Europe

If it’s funded with public money, it should be public code.

That means guaranteeing the 4 freedoms:
🔓 Use the code
🔍 Study how it works
✏️ Modify it
🔁 Share it

Do you agree?
✍️ Sign the open letter
📢 Share it with your network
🏛️ Call on decision-makers to invest in public code

💻 https://publiccode.eu

#PublicCode #DigitalSovereignty #FreeSoftware

🚨 NHS England should not hide public code behind closed doors

England’s National Health Service (#NHS England) is preparing to make most of its public source code repositories private by default, according to recent reports. 🫣

The reported internal guidance would require public repositories to be made private unless an explicit exception is approved.

Find out more: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260504-01.en.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

⚠️ #Apple keeps challenging its interoperability obligations under the #DMA

A report, done by the FSFE, exposes how 56 interoperability requests under the Digital Markets Act have produced no concrete solutions by Apple, and how their declines contradict their own official documentation, leaving third-party developers locked out of iOS and iPadOS, despite @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu latest specification decision.

👉 Find out more: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260420-01.en.html

#FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

Have you met Ada? 🛠️

The illustrated book "Ada & Zangemann" (and also a film !🎬 ) tells the story of a girl who discovers the joy of tinkering and why the freedom to learn, fix, and share technology should matter for all of us.

A perfect story for kids & adults. Read the book, watch the movie, donate the story to your local library!

https://ada.fsfe.org

#AdaZangemann #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

So happy to be at #OggCamp2026 in Manchester!

Right now our amazing Ana Galan is presenting why she as a tech illiterate cares about #FreeSoftware

Free Software is not just software but gives you the #FourFreedoms 🩵💙💚💜

@annabonnie@mastodon.social explained at a full #OggCamp2026 auditorium the #fsfe (cool 🚀) activities for the younger generations: Ada & Zangenmann and Youth Hacking 4 Freedom.

Did you miss it? You can find us at the booth area with stickers, postcards, and posters!

#softwarefreedom #yh4f #AdaZangemann

May Newsletter! 🗞️

🔸 April brought LLW, where we gathered with Legal Network members
🔹 #DMA legislation is keeping us busy: we are exposing how Apple keeps blocking third-party developers, denying their interoperability requests.
🔸 On a brighter note, over ten years of advocacy paid off: the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu is protecting users' right to install any software on radio devices. 🚀
🔹 And we reached episode 50 in our SFP!🎧 🎉

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202605.en.html
#SoftwareFreedom #RED #Freesoftware

Help us to build bridges across Europe! 💪 The FSFE needs you! Contribute to spread the word about #FreeSoftware and our activities!

To reach as many people as possible, we rely on our amazing translators team, which helps us to translate our pages into around 38 languages.
https://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/translators.en.html

⚠️ Please join our translators! Not all languages are currently up-to-date and some are missing crucial pages like the fsfe.org/index page or the page about Free Software: https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/

Are you a Romanian speaker 🇷🇴 ? The FSFE needs your help! @mehanix@hachyderm.io has started to translate the beloved children's book "Ada & Zangemann" to Romanian on Weblate. Now, we are searching for someone to help with the translation and proofreading.

Help us to spread the word about #FreeSoftware across Europe! https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fsfe/ada-zangemann/ro/

Berlin hosted the #FreeSoftware Legal & Licensing Workshop (LLW 2026), bringing together over 100 legal and compliance professionals, technologists, and policy experts from all over the globe.

Organised by the #FSFE, LLW is an annual conference for the members of the Legal Network, a neutral, non-partisan group of experts in different fields involved in #FreeSoftware legal issues

Find out more: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260427-01.html

#licensing #softwarefreedom

🏆 Nominate the #FreeSoftware Contributor of the Year🏆🏆
The 2026 European SFS Award Nomination is opened! Submit your nominations by 25 May 2026! https://cloud.opendatahub.com/index.php/apps/forms/s/bfaA24FToWRqmqFMtmjHe4J7

The European SFS Award, by the Linux User Group Bolzano-Bozen (#LUGBZ) and with the collaboration of the FSFE, recognises individuals whose work has made a significant and sustained difference in advancing Free Software across Europe.

More info: https://www.sfscon.it/award-nomination/

Can software developers write their own software license for their project?

a) Yes, it is best for software developers to write their own software license for their project.

b) Yes, but it is best for software developers to choose an established #FreeSoftware license with predictable legal effects for their project.

c) No, software developers are prohibited by law to write their own software licenses.

d) No, software licenses can only be written by legal professionals.

Can software developers write their own software license for their project?

a) Yes, it is best for software developers to write their own software license for their project

b) Yes, but it is best for software developers to choose an established #FreeSoftware
license with predictable legal effects for their project

c) No, software developers are prohibited by law to write their own software licenses

d) No, software licenses can only be written by legal professionals
#SoftwareFreedom