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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 10d

This Saturday I'll be at the #Berlin #fediday talking about the #fediverse and how Europe should ensure IT services aligns with its values.

berlinfedi.day/en/schedule/

Schedule

The Berlin Fediverse Day is a Fediverse conference taking place on 3-5. October 2025 at c-base Berlin with workshops and lectures for interested people, newcomers and experienced users.

berlinfedi.day

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 10d

Should Europe, the USA and China build their own software, on their own?

Big fat NO!

Promoting #DigitalSovereignty does not mean hiding behind national borders! #OpenSource is a global movement, collaboration working together for the future.

It should stay that way.

fossforce.com/2025/09/if-o...

If Open Source Stops Being Global, It Stops Being Open - FOSS Force

Europe wants to buy European, America wants to deregulate the world, China hacks the commons. But code knows no borders... unless we let it.

fossforce.com

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 16d

Austria's armed forces moved to LibreOffice for the right reasons:
"We are not doing this to save money" but
"so that the Armed Forces (...) can continue to (...) work"

You don't save money with open source. You gain agency and control.

www.heise.de/en/news/Aust...

Austria's armed forces switch to LibreOffice

The Austrian Armed Forces have been preparing for the switch to LibreOffice for a long time. Other LibreOffice users will also benefit from this.

www.heise.de

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 24d

Remember: people should have #privacy & government should be #transparency

Politicians rather avoid accountability while controlling society. A police state benefitting a small elite.

Don't allow it!
#NoKings #RuleOfLaw #democracy #Decentralization #ChatControl

nextcloud.com/blog/how-the...

The proposed EU Chat Control law is a threat to our democracy. What can you do to prevent it? - Nextcloud

Discover how to oppose the EU Chat Control Law as the proposal threatens our democracy from the inside: by our own governments.

nextcloud.com

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 27d

Not in #Berlin today? Good news - there are other events all over the world!

Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 27d

You know that Windows 10 is end of life soon? If you are still stuck with a Windows 10 laptop, you can upgrade it to Linux! I'm joining a wonderful team at #KDE #AKADEMY to help you in a #EndOf10 installation party. Bring your laptop, we do the rest!

endof10.org/events/

Upcoming Events

Here is a list of events where you can get help with Linux. You can also look for places that provide help more regularly. Please note that the information here is submitted by the organizers themselv...

endof10.org

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 28d

Apparently when a citizen pirates books they act criminal but when big tech does it, well, they REALLY wanted to train AI and getting those copyright agreements was slow, so… we'll allow it.

Try that argument when you steal a car: yeah but I REALLY wanted to travel and buying a car takes so long…

Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 28d

Truly mind blowing ruling. So was the recent case versus Facebook and its copyright violations, by the way.

www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Open Markets Responds to Google Search Remedies Decision — Open Markets Institute

Barry Lynn released the following statement following Judge Mehta’s failure to force Google to divest from Chrome and Android following his finding the company has maintained an illegal monopoly on s...

www.openmarketsinstitute.org

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · 29d

Dit is echt van de zotte - net als de tweede kamer it kennis keihard nodig heeft…

ibestuur.nl/artikel/anal...

Analyse: Waarom Kamerleden met veel IT-kennis politieke zelfmoord plegen - iBestuur

ibestuur.nl

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Program for the #Nextcloud conference is taking shape. Am looking forward to it! But first, @[email protected] #Akademy this weekend!

nextcloud.com/conference-2...

Nextcloud Community Conference 2025 - Nextcloud

The Nextcloud Community Conference is where contributors from all backgrounds, users, and open source enthusiasts come together to build, learn, collaborate and shape the future of open source collabo...

nextcloud.com

Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 5

#opensource means you can copy code snippets from 300+ apps, or copy an entire app and make it work for you 🚀

So if you want to reach an amazing #privacy first community with nearly half a million servers and many tens of millions of end users - this is where to start!

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Worked on a #Nextcloud app dev workshop reminded me of amazing tutorials on nextcloud.com/developer

If you want to build a dashboard widget, Smart Picker or a complete app, you just copy-paste your way to a functional start!

Develop for Nextcloud: App development tutorials

These app development tutorials will help you easily write new Nextcloud applications, extend existing features or integrate other software.

nextcloud.com

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 2

And yes, Signal is great for #privacy and should be used by citizens, non-profits, and press, to fight #censorship and #surveillance. Not by government, aiming to evade legitimate #oversight

Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oversight, judicial or by press, falls away if we don’t stop this.

The EC should use proper tools that comply with archiving legislation, keeping data secure but reviewable.

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Society has a right to #transparency from the people who work for them. We pay their salaries and we deserve to know what they do with the power we give them.

The worst part: While they hide THEIR communications they want to enforce #ChatControl to break OUR #privacy

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Sep 2

It is insane that the European Commission is using #Signal to communicate while instituting #chatcontrol to take away the #privacy of citizens! End-to-end #e2ee encryption and disappearing messages have no place in public administration.

www.ftm.eu/articles/von...

Von der Leyen sets messages on auto-delete

The European Commission has previously said it didn’t automatically delete messages.

www.ftm.eu

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kudos to @danb again for your work on IsItReallyFOSS. You inspired me to attempt to explain that there is more to #FOSS than just a license. Policymakers should take note!

Also thanks to all other contributors in your repo, the discussions are super informative!

fossforce.com/2025/08/is-i...

Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk - FOSS Force

Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.

fossforce.com

Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Aug 27

European solutions are basically excluded from competition in Europe. And as long as that is not addressed, big tech will continue to dominate. @ec.europa.eu shooting our own economy in the head, day after day.

Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Aug 27

(...) "Governments themselves are huge cloud customers and could create a healthy market simply by buying European products and running tenders that European suppliers could win."

Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty | Computer Weekly

The Netherlands' ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance

www.computerweekly.com

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is the reality of European hashtag#DigitalSovereignty by @computerweekly.bsky.social

"Right now, anyone who is not Microsoft has a very hard time getting government business, which is not helpful"

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666261...

Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty | Computer Weekly

The Netherlands' ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance

www.computerweekly.com

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Aug 25

There is more to #opensource than just the license and the IsItReallyFOSS website does an amazing job showing that in practice. If you're interested in #Sustainable #FOSS projects, check out my piece on @fossforce.bsky.social and share it with people who should know!

fossforce.com/2025/08/is-i...

Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk - FOSS Force

Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.

fossforce.com

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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · Aug 24

Just published on FOSS Force: Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk fossforce.com/2025/08/is-i...

Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk - FOSS Force

Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.

fossforce.com

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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · Aug 21

"His idea is most definitely absurd, but also clever": Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it's not a bad idea. | TechCrunch

Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it's not a bad idea. | TechCrunch

Berlin-based non-profit search engine Ecosia has asked a U.S. judge to turn Chrome into a foundation it controls, funding billions in climate projects.

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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · Aug 22

"For decades wireless companies have collected customer movement and location data , then sold it to a list of random dipshits without bothering to inform customers ": DC Appeals Court Shoots Down T-Mobile Claim That Selling Your Location Data Without Consent Is Perfectly Legal

DC Appeals Court Shoots Down T-Mobile Claim That Selling Your Location Data Without Consent Is Perfectly Legal

In a rare win for U.S. consumer privacy, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled unanimously against T-Mobile and its subsidiary Sprint, upholding (for now) a $92 mil…

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Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet.bsky.social · Aug 19

A ton of good #privacy things will be discussed at the conference. And a lot of cool improvements coming in Hub, seriously, the feature table doesn't fit on one page in Tables 🙈