I loved that the toilet was still there!! Maybe with "DoubleuIPeeEe Dash areheff root" it would have become a privacy friendly toilet 😉 (see https://man.archlinux.org/man/wipe.1 )
Matthias Kirschner
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The @fsfe@mastodon.social 's President 
. Working for #FreeSoftware (also known as #OpenSource), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ #SoftwareFreedom
Author of the book "Ada & #Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream".
Public Money? #PublicCode ! #DeviceNeutrality #RouterFreedom #ilovefs #YH4F #REUSE #DigitalRights #TechnicalDistributionOfPower #Democracy
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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, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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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, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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When I hear about children who are presenting Ada & #Zangemann at their school -> 🥰 If you ever hear about that, I am very interested in getting a picture of their poster or worksheet. I love reading those!
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 10, 2026
TheGuardian in "#AI (artificial intelligence)
Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’". Would be interesting to know more about the situation in countries as well.
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 06, 2026
Makes me very happy to see that each year more and more people on 14 February get involved in #ilovefs . Here the report from this year: https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/report/report_2026.html 🥰
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 03, 2026
While the episode is a few months old, it was great listening to @eff@mastodon.social 's podcast with @torproject@mastodon.social 's Isabela Fernandes. It is motivating to listen to a builder, with lots of hands on experience empowering people to control technology (from Brazil in her early days to thousands of people around the world nowadays), who has such a positive attitude even when facing a huge challenges as the executive director of #TOR . Highly recommended episode! 👏 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/podcast-episode-why-three-tors-magic-number
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 03, 2026
Motorola announced a partnership with #GrapheneOS Foundation:
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/ (thanks @llas@defcon.social for the pointer).
Great to see that you will be able to buy a new phone with a #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Android ROM pre-installed from such a big brand.
All the best to @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social for the next steps in this! #FreeYourAndroid
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 03, 2026
As former @fdroidorg@floss.social board member I am especially happy to see that #Fdroid got a grant by #NGI Zero to build a reusable stack for reproducible builds of #FreeSoftware #OpenSource apps.
In total 44 new projects were selected, see the full list by @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl here:
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 02, 2026
When Petter discovered “Ada & #Zangemann”, he immediately felt the urge to make sure the story was available to the #Norwegian speakers. Now “Ada og Zangemann - En fortelling om programvare, rullebrett og bringebæris” has been published and was presented during the Norwegian local celebrations of #ilovefs.
Read Petter’s story and if you like what he did, join me in a round of applause for Petter 👏👏 👏 👏 https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260302-01.en.html
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Mar 02, 2026
RE: @liw@toot.liw.fi
Anyone here in the #FreeSoftware #OpenSource community who can help to proofread the Finnish translation of Ada & #Zangemann ?
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 27, 2026
Just had the annual meeting of @phosh@social.phosh.mobi e.V. It is now already one year since the founding meeting. It is great to see the progress by the #phosh contributors. Thank you all! 👏
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 27, 2026
RE: @tommi@pan.rent
Was great to have @tommi@pan.rent and others from @internetarchiveeurope@toot.community today at the @fsfe@mastodon.social 😀
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 27, 2026
RE: @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social
Here a small movie by the Norwegian Consumer Council inspired by @pluralistic@mamot.fr
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 27, 2026
#LWN on #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Discord alternatives https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1058319/5de267f4decb112e/
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 27, 2026
At #FOSDEM I promised people that if you attend the talk by @nicorikken@mastodon.nl and myself you will feel better afterwards. From the feedback we received I think we accomplished this.
The recording of the talk "Automating translation of a bestseller to spark children's interest in coding" is now also online here, so if you ever need some "feel good" moments around #softwarefreedom feel free to watch: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/R9Q9ZP-ada-zangemann-bestseller-automation/ #zangemann
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 25, 2026
The deadline for this survey on the Cyber Resilience Act #CRA is on 28 February. This is especially relevant for smaller organisations or individuals involved in #FreeSoftware #OpenSource who will be effected by the #CyberResilienceAct.
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 25, 2026
Great to see this resource about #RouterFreedom in Romania https://routerfreedom.ro/ (thanks @llas@defcon.social for info).
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 25, 2026
An open letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of #Google about their announced policy requiring all #Android app developers to register centrally with G. themselves in order to distribute applications outside of the Google Play Store.
As written it should be in Google 's self interest not to require that: "The strength of Android... has historically been its openness, and Google must work towards restoring its role as a faithful steward of that trust."
https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ (co-signed by @fsfe@mastodon.social) #FYA
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 24, 2026
Glad to see that John Oliver did a show about #Twitter and that he called it the platform #Twitter instead of doing gratis marketing for one of the richest people in the world and not follow his idea how to name it (IIRC he just mentioned the new name once). I wish other journalists would follow him (pun intended) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 17, 2026
I love @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org 's "for #AI only" parts. Did not notice this until @ber@social.tchncs.de pointed me to it.😂
E.g. https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1118/welcome-to-silly-studios-a-new-publisher + https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1117/the-ram-nightmare-how-i-lost-my-sanity-and-almost-my-deadline at the end.
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 16, 2026
Money transfer from the German Federal Administration to Microsoft:
2023: 274.091.361,75 Euro
2024: 347.665.579,71 Euro
2025: 481.369.660,77 Euro
(Source: German Parliament 21/4006 page 96 https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/040/2104006.pdf )
Daniel asks what #FreeSoftware #OpenSource could have been procured and developed with such sums and how you feel about when you see those numbers. He also fears this trend will continue.
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 14, 2026
I want to thank all the contributors of @phosh@social.phosh.mobi for improving #softwarefreedom on mobile phones. Thank you so much for the steady progress during the last months!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
(Transparency note: I am one of the founding members of #Phosh e.V which aims to provide a daily usable, robust and easy to use graphical user environment for mobile devices running mainline #Linux.)
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 14, 2026
🤗🥰 Thank you for telling me!! Made my #ilovefs day.
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 14, 2026
Today #Vim 9.2 has been released! In the announcement by the maintainer Christian Brabandt on Linkedin he mentioned #ilovefs 🥰 . A big thank you to Christian for maintaining #Vim ! 👏 👏 👏 👏
(careful link to proprietary platform:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christian-brabandt_vim-opensource-programming-activity-7428469261888557057-nahr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAALeQogB3R67MKCBWRIdb6ELAzl7bThL1fY )
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Feb 14, 2026
❤️ Thank you to the #Archlinux Wiki maintainers! ❤️
#Maintainers in general, and maintainers of documentation most of the time get way too little recognition for their contributions to #SoftwareFreedom.
ArchWiki is one of the pearls of the internet! That's why I dedicated my this year's #ilovefs post to the #ArchWiki maintainers!
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Jan 31, 2026
Nice, there were at least 30 people who raised their hand in the #Fosdem Legal & Policy track when @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk asked who is following him, after he asked who is using #Mastodon . Great to see this change with so many more switching to the #Fediverse 😃
Thanks Neil for being pro bono lawyer for so many #FreeSoftware initiatives and for giving the talk "Online Safety" laws: reflections for #FOSS projects" at #Fosdem 👏 https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/EAVFF3-online-safety-laws-and-foss-projects/
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Jan 31, 2026
From Visio's install instruction:
"If this errors out within the first few minutes simply run it again and it should work"
In the #Fosdem talk "The story of the Vizio lawsuit - a historic case for user rights, nearly complete!" by @conservancy@social.sfconservancy.org 's @ossguy@fedi.copyleft.org
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/GSERGW-the_story_of_the_vizio_lawsuit_-_a_historic_case_for_user_rights_nearly_complete/
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Jan 29, 2026
Nice overview article of #LWN about @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems a The #FreeSoftware distribution for mobile phones and beyond... based on @z3ntu@fosstodon.org recent talk. Great to see how fast #PostmarketOS is proceeding with their limited resources.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1055391/bac1b456afe91d5c/ #FreeYourAndroid
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Dec 02, 2025
You want to share knowledge about #policy or #legal topics around #SoftwareFreedom? Please submit your proposal for the #FOSDEM #Legal and #Policy Devroom asap: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Nov 20, 2025
Another lesson why it is so important to work on #FreeSoftware in the perspective of decades rather than years. You might have thought that in current times the #DigitalSovereigntySummit would have resulted in more concrete actions and support for #FreeSoftware for the next months. Here a good summary https://www.heise.de/en/opinion/Analysis-of-the-Digital-Sovereignty-Summit-Open-Source-Gets-Scolded-11084765.html and a reminder to continue with the @fsfe@mastodon.social 's decade long work for #SoftwareFreedom
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
mastodon.social
Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Nov 07, 2025
Please join me in a big round of applause for Jean-Baptiste Kempf from @videolan@floss.social for his contributions to #SoftwareFreedom 👏
(Together with Raphael Barbieri I had the honour to hand over the European #SFSAward 2025 to him in the name of #Lugbz and @fsfe@mastodon.social . )
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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Matthias Kirschner
@kirschner@mastodon.social
The @ fsfe 's President :fsfe:. Working for # FreeSoftware (also known as # OpenSource ), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ # SoftwareFreedom Author of the book "Ada & # Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream". Public Money? # PublicCode ! # DeviceNeutrality # RouterFreedom # ilovefs # YH4F # REUSE # DigitalRights # TechnicalDistributionOfPower # Democracy
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@kirschner@mastodon.social
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Sep 10, 2025
Proud that @fsfe@mastodon.social volunteer @nicolef@mastodon.social 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 further develop the #FreeSoftware movement in a positive direction.
https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250820-01.en.html
Thanks also to @conservancy@social.sfconservancy.org and @LaF0rge@chaos.social for all the work they do / did on this.
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