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These rights help support other fundamental rights like freedom of speech, freedom of press, and privacy. <a class="learn-more" href="/freesoftware/index.en.html">Learn more...</a> </p> </div> <div class="press"> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image news"><a href="/news/2025/news-20250409-01.en.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/54/bd/50e0ec74e0c4cb59a34ff5db3bd4.png" alt="Picture of four people sitting in a row and talking to an audience." title="Picture of four people sitting in a row and talking to an audience."></a></div> <div class="text"> <h3><a href="/news/2025/news-20250409-01.en.html">Symposium “Public Money? Public Code! in practice”: Digital sovereignty needs Free Software!</a></h3> <p class="tag">News</p> <p>The FSFE symposium on “Public Money? Public Code!“ makes it clear: Procurement of and investment in Free Software (also known as Open Source) are fundamental for innovation and digital sovereignty. Only Free Software can reduce the dependencies of public administration. <a class="learn-more" href="/news/2025/news-20250409-01.en.html"></a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image community"><a href="/news/2025/news-20250407-01.en.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/18/c5/30bb9e42d90253a80bd581cf2176.jpg" alt="A NEWAG train in a train station" title="A NEWAG train in a train station"></a></div> <div class="text"> <h3><a href="/news/2025/news-20250407-01.en.html">Restrictions on our Freedom to Study Software: A Legal Case Study from Poland</a></h3> <p class="tag">Community</p> <p>Software is a major component of modern life, affecting large parts of our lives. When software is embedded in vehicles, the ability to control our digital technology becomes even more important in the name of public safety. Despite that, a recent court case in Poland highlights how the law, and legal processes, can sometimes work against that. <a class="learn-more" href="/news/2025/news-20250407-01.en.html"></a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image news"><a href="/news/2025/news-20250403-01.en.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/ee/3d/407431339a047caf4fc5f1ea05db.png" alt="Ilustration showing what looks like a snake in the shape of an apple in black with a red shadow" title="Ilustration showing what looks like a snake in the shape of an apple in black with a red shadow"></a></div> <div class="text"> <h3><a href="/news/2025/news-20250403-01.en.html">DMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple</a></h3> <p class="tag">News</p> <p>Despite initial promising steps, the European Commission’s measures on Apple’s compliance with interoperability procedures under the Digital Markets Act fall short. 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In my opinion Free Software as well as open standards are key to creating a society that provides equal access. </p> <p class="source"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#drost-fromm"> Isabel Drost-Fromm (Software Engineer and Member of the Apache Software Foundation) </a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#sjoberg"><img class="img-circle" src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/ef738c9edde0e6906b1d395192b6030c.jpg" alt=""></a></div> <div class="text"> <p> I'm a supporter of the FSFE as I want to sustain their work to promote Free Software. As a person that uses computers quite heavily every day, I'm very concerned with the current trend of locking down computing which is taking control away from the users. This is increasingly problematic since people's lives are more and more dependent on computers for personal communications, managing finances, employment, etc. Free Software is a necessary requirement for retaining control over your computing. </p> <p class="source"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#sjoberg"> Mats Sjöberg (Machine learning specialist) </a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#weitzhofer"><img class="img-circle" src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/small/3ebc16accdc26575800644c530e3f721.jpg" alt=""></a></div> <div class="text"> <p> Think about these claims: <br> "It's better if we control how you may or may not use your tools." <br> "It's better if you don't know how your tools work." <br> "It's better if we forbid you to share your tools." <br> "It's better if you are not allowed to improve your tools." <br> If you find those as absurd as I do, you understand why I'm a Free Software activist. </p> <p class="source"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#weitzhofer"> Bernhard Weitzhofer (Public Servant) </a></p> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="banner-become-supporter"> <p> Freedom in the information society needs your financial contribution. </p> <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=https://fsfe.org/index.html" class="btn btn-default">Become a supporter now</a> </div> <div class="three-columns"> <div class="column"> <h3 id="id-information-material">Information material</h3> <a href="/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html"> <img src="/graphics/infomaterial-450px.png" alt=""> </a> <p> <a class="learn-more" href="/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html">Spread the word...</a> </p> </div> <div class="column"> <h3 id="id-merchandise">Merchandise</h3> <a href="/order/index.en.html"> <img src="/graphics/t-shirt-promo-v2.png" alt=""> </a> <p> <a class="learn-more" href="/order/index.en.html">Get your gear...</a> </p> </div> <div class="column"> <h3 id="id-booth-organisation">Booth Organisation</h3> <a href="https://docs.fsfe.org/en/KnowHow/Groups/OrganizeABooth"> <img src="/graphics/booth-presentation.jpg" alt="Two volunteers behind a booth of the FSFE presenting information and merchandise material."> </a> <p> <a class="learn-more" href="https://docs.fsfe.org/en/KnowHow/Groups/OrganizeABooth">Learn more...</a> </p> </div> </div> </div></main><aside id="followup" class="hide"></aside><nav id="direct-to-top"><a href="#top">Go to the top</a></nav><footer><div id="page-info"> <div> <p class="share-buttons footer"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fsfe"><img src="/graphics/services/mastodon.png" alt="Mastodon" title="Mastodon"></a><a href="https://media.fsfe.org/a/fsfe/videos"><img src="/graphics/services/peertube.png" alt="Peertube" title="Peertube"></a></p> <p>Copyright © 2001-2025 <a href="/index.en.html">Free Software Foundation Europe</a>.</p> <p> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. </p> </div> <div> <p><a href="/about/contact.en.html">Contact us</a></p> <p><a href="/about/jobs/index.en.html">Jobs</a></p> <p><a href="/about/legal/imprint.en.html">Imprint</a> / <a href="/about/legal/imprint.en.html#id-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> / <a href="/about/transparency-commitment.en.html">Transparency Commitment</a></p> <p> FSFE has <a href="/about/fsfnetwork.en.html">sister organisations</a> in <a href="//www.fsf.org/">North America</a>, <a href="http://fsf.org.in/">India</a> and <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/">Latin America</a>. </p> </div> <div> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://git.fsfe.org/FSFE/fsfe-website/src/branch/master/fsfe.org/index.en.xhtml">Source code</a></p> <p><a href="/contribute/web/web.en.html">Contribute to the Web team</a></p> <p><a href="/contribute/translators/translators.en.html">Translate this page?</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="/about/js-licences.en.html" data-jslicense="1">JavaScript Licences</a></p> </div> </div></footer><script src="/scripts/bootstrap-3.0.3.custom.js"></script> </body> </html>