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Matthias Kirschner
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The @fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for #FreeSoftware (also known as #OpenSource), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@kirschner on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h
On @Hellotux you can now also find @fsfe merchandise https://www.hellotux.com/fsfe (beside the merchandise we provide ourselves: https://fsfe.org/order/index.en.html ).
Free Software Foundation Europe shirts, sweatshirts - HELLOTUX
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Big thank you to @abbas_dp and the others in his group for doing the Persian translation of "Ada & #Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream". It is amazing how so many people are motivated to help with translations of @fsfe 's […]

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Group of people in a lecture room.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Logitech's POP switches will become electronic waste by 15 October https://www.heise.de/en/news/EOL-Logitech-s-POP-switches-will-become-electronic-waste-in-a-fortnight-10702287.html (thanks @ber for the pointer).

Does anyone of you know if you can still use them with #freesoftware or if they […]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Congratulations @iank for being unanimously elected as our sister organisations new president! 👏 https://www.fsf.org/news/2025-ian-kelling-becomes-board-president
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d
Every time this phone rings, I enjoy the great sound. When I was a teenager my father found this phone (I think it is from the 1950ies) on the bulk waste, and gifted it to me. By adding another cable I was able to connect it at my parents place. Then I was […]

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Old black rotary dial telephone. Digital converter to convert IWV to MFV
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d
What did the @fsfe do in the last 12 months for #softwarefreedom? See yourself: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250926-01.en.html Big thank you especially to all the volunteers who contributed many hours to make this all possible!! 👏👏👏👏
Software Freedom in Europe 2025 - FSFE
In 2025 we remained engaged in enforcing the DMA, intervening in the Apple vs EC legal case; we participated in the debates around the CRA and public procu...
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d
Was happy to see that the @EUCommission is now providing #matrix accounts https://chat.contact.ec.europa.eu/
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d
Now we have one router at the @fsfe to remind people about the history of #gnu #gpl enforcement (thanks @LaF0rge 👏) and two new #openwrt Ones to supply wifi.(thanks @conservancy 👏 ) 🥰
Blue router in a box Blue router on top of a sound box and next to a printer Old router, not used anymore next to the powerplug brown box of the OpenWRT one router.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d
Looking forward to meet many from the @nextcloud community on Sunday at the #nextcloudconf25! Will give a lightning talk about "Let’s spark children’s interest in coding" and be around to talk about #softwarefreedom and the @fsfe's work as well.

On Saturday my awesome co-workers @llas and […]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d
I highly recommend everyone to watch @nicorikken 's talk about challenges in using #iec #standards in #freesoftware . Issues like that have a huge impact in our daily lives.

(Nico is also a long term volunteer of the @fsfe but this talk is in his work […]

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Summary slide with those points: 1. Standards are not publicly available 2. Protocol license is not open source compatible : 3. Uncertainty on public license by IEC 4. Code components are incomplete 5. Different versions via different channels 6. Hard to even discuss the challenges On the other frame person behind standing desk at conference
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d
[This joke made my day: Is there a Spanish programming language?]

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Free Software Foundation Europe @fsfe.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d
🎉 The Digital Markets Act (#dma) turns 1! Since its approval, #google, #apple & all gatekeepers must:

Allow competing app stores
Not discriminate against browsers & search engines
Allow uninstallation of pre-installed apps
Provide free-of-charge interoperability
👀 But we’re not done […]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d
Thanks @ber for the pointer.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d
"Anyone who has to analyze software for a living should also bear in mind that German prosecutors apparently consider having a decompiler on your computer to be evidence of criminal behavior."
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d
Open a text editor, see password and try it out can be a criminal offence according to a German court. RIDICULOUS!!!

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Federal-Constitutional-Court-rejects-appeal-in-Modern-Solution-case-10663687.html

"#ModernSolution had stored the data of all shoppers ... in a […]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d
So the Austrian armed forces switch to #freesoftware #libreoffice https://www.heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-armed-forces-switch-to-LibreOffice-10660761.html
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.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d
With this car Volkswagen Group España Distribucion is touring to places in Spain where there is a low participation of girls and young women in #stem, and they do readings and screenings of "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" + do 3D printing with them.
Electric VW bus at parking lot with "STEM Tour" written on it.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d
Strange, I started a call at 10:57, and just after I finished the call at 11:08, I got the #cellbroadcast message from the German fedaral #warntag I would have expected that my call is interrupted.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d
Interesting summary from Jonathan McDowell's talk at #debconf about "Don't fear the #tpm" https://lwn.net/Articles/1032026/
Don't fear the TPM
There is a great deal of misunderstanding, and some misinformation, about the Trusted Platform [...]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28d
@nelfan That is strange.

@fsfe can you check why there is just this short video there instead of the talk?

@nelfan I gave almost the same talk here for which there is a recording https://pretalx.devconf.info/devconf-cz-2025/talk/KFPMBZ/
A vision for software freedom in 2048 - what are we missing? DevConf.CZ 2025
Our litigation against Apple in front of the European Court of Justice, fighting for sustainable long term funding in the EU and member states, "Public Money? Public Code!", Device Neutrality, Router Freedom, Free Your Android, assistance with licensing questions, Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, and a tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream. These are some of the activities by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), which has been working since 2001 to empower users to control technology. Recently we discussed how the world would look like in our area in 2048, if the FSFE has been successful. In this talk I would like to share those thoughts with you and get your feedback on the next decades of our work for software freedom.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28d
Proud that @fsfe volunteer Nicole went through this whole process with #sumup about the #gnu #gpl.

Nicole’s efforts show that individuals can have outsized positive impacts on #softwarefreedom, and many little steps like Nicole’s, when taken together, can amount to a large enough movement to […]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2
My children just helped me to stage a picture I can use in @fsfe presentations when I explain that "Ada & #Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" started with bedtime stories we developed together about computers, software, and hardware. 🥰 #tux
One adult and young plush penguins on a bed with penguin bedsheets.
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27
@hugo There are less than I knew before as open collective stopped to accept them (see https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/open-source-collective-is-disabling-contributions-in-cryptocurrencies ).

Currently I know that @FSF is accepting bitcoins on https://my.fsf.org/donate .
Open Source Collective Is Disabling Contributions in Cryptocurrencies - Open Source Collective
Open Source Collective is disabling crypto contributions for member projects with immediate effect. Eighteen months ago, Open Collective...
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 28
Enjoyed reading (in German) "Software development: Don't learn to program! - Learning to program is not enough. If you want to develop software, you need to be able to do three things above all: listen, abstract and model." […]
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Matthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 24
It is amazing to see so many volunteers contributing to translations of "Ada & #Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" inspiring more children to tinker with technology 🤗

If you know people who might be interested to help with […]

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Overview page from the link mentioned in the toot with many languages listed left and progress of the translation on the right.