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Become a proud supporter of the FSFE and <a href="/donate/donate.html>">join us in defending software freedom from monopoly control!</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div id="notifications"><div id="infobox"></div></div> <main><div id="content"> <h1 id="id-free-software-foundation-europe" class="hidden">Free Software Foundation Europe</h1> <div class="introduction"> <p> Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. </p> <p> Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software. 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 newsletter"><a href="/news/nl/nl-202412.en.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/5d/34/ef800b6527e8d1f2f575334a728e.png" alt="Collage with a picture from the Ada premiere in Germany, showing a cinema roon with a screen showing Ada; REUSE logo; and an image from SFSCON" title="Collage with a picture from the Ada premiere in Germany, showing a cinema roon with a screen showing Ada; REUSE logo; and an image from SFSCON"></a></div> <div class="text"> <h3><a href="/news/nl/nl-202412.en.html">Hearing at the Bundestag +++ Ada Premiere in German +++ REUSE and NGI updates</a></h3> <p class="tag">Newsletter</p> <p> As the last month of the year rolls in, thoughts of 2025 are already taking shape. But before we dive into the new year, December is packed with news! We are participating in a hearing at the German Parliament, we keep pushing for long-term funding for Free Software, new versions of REUSE Specification and REUSE tools were released, and more! <a class="learn-more" href="/news/nl/nl-202412.en.html"></a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image front-page"><a href="/news/podcast/episode-26.en.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/4e/49/406e60694ff974e1b572276f1475.png" alt="Software Freedom Podcast illustration: a blue gradient background with the three starts from the FSFE logo also in blue and the words Software Freedom Podcast. It also has in white the fsfe website url" title="Software Freedom Podcast illustration: a blue gradient background with the three starts from the FSFE logo also in blue and the words Software Freedom Podcast. It also has in white the fsfe website url"></a></div> <div class="text"> <h3><a href="/news/podcast/episode-26.en.html">SFP#26: Policy and EU: the need of long-term funding and the NGI case</a></h3> <p class="tag"></p> <p>Join this new episode of our Software Freedom podcast in which Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander discussing current topics affecting Free Software in the European Union. In this episode we focus on the 27 million euros cut of funding of the Next Generation Internet initiative (known as NGI). Alex and Bonnie shed some light on the history of this European project and share the newest developments in this case. <a class="learn-more" href="/news/podcast/episode-26.en.html"></a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image press"><a href="/news/2024/news-20240812-01.en.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/bc/8b/6c4529408b4a4e41c2a415a72e6b.png" alt="Illustration showing a rotten apple: an apple with a worm inside" title="Illustration showing a rotten apple: an apple with a worm inside"></a></div> <div class="text"> <h3><a href="/news/2024/news-20240812-01.en.html">Apple vs EU Commission: the FSFE intervenes to safeguard Free Software</a></h3> <p class="tag">Press Release</p> <p>The Free Software Foundation Europe is intervening in litigation brought by Apple against the European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Apple is seeking to avoid DMA obligations related to its App Store and the interoperability of its operating system. The FSFE aims to protect Free Software against monopolistic corporate control. <a class="learn-more" href="/news/2024/news-20240812-01.en.html"></a></p> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="three-columns"> <div class="column news"> <h2 id="id-recent-news-see-all-news"> Recent News<br> <a class="learn-more" href="/news/index.en.html">See all news...</a> </h2> <div><p class="text"><a href="/news/2024/news-20241211-01.en.html">Meet Vinícius and Simon, young hackers from Youth Hacking 4 Freedom</a><br><span class="date">2024-12-11</span></p></div> <div><p class="text"><a href="/news/nl/nl-202412.en.html">Hearing at the Bundestag +++ Ada Premiere in German +++ REUSE and NGI updates</a><br><span class="date">2024-12-03</span></p></div> <div><p class="text"><a href="/news/2024/news-20241121-01.en.html">FOSDEM 2025 Call for Participation: Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom</a><br><span class="date">2024-11-21</span></p></div> </div> <div class="column subscribe"> <div class="banner-subscribe-box"> <p> Subscribe to our email updates. 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That's why I am convinced that groups like the FSFE are vital for the evolution of a free society. </p> <p class="source"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#zerolo"> Tomás Zerolo (Self-employed IT specialist) </a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#mueller"><img class="img-circle" src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/0a57bb700b1c1a45694230e1a846c0f2.jpg" alt=""></a></div> <div class="text"> <p> In a world where software influences virtually every single aspect of our lives, Free Software is a precondition for a free society. </p> <p class="source"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#mueller"> Reinhard Müller (Software Developer) </a></p> </div> </div></div> <div class="column"><div class="row"> <div class="image"><a href="/about/people/testimonials.en.html#zarl-zierl"><img class="img-circle" src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/4056f837ac63fd111a78c6f46184c1aa.jpg" alt=""></a></div> <div class="text"> <p> I became a supporter of the FSFE because I'm seeing more and more that writing free code is ultimately not enough to foster a culture where Free Software is seen as an integral part of society. 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