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Magdalena „claygirl” Wójcik na swojej krótkiej prezentacji przedstawiła kilka otwartoźródłowych projektów, które mogą nam pomóc w codziennym życiu – od Open Food Facts zaczynając, a na internetowym teście pozwalającym uprawdopodobnić różne cechy neurologiczne, takie jak autyzm, ADHD i inne.

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Original video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q06o49-O1U

https://2025.nook-luebeck.de/talks/free-software-platform-regulation/

Platform regulation is a hot topic. Not only the EU but several countries are regulating big tech’s enormous economic power.

The DMA in the EU is an example of such regulation, aimed at devices manufacturers, app stores, search engines, browsers and cloud services. The law impacts Free Software due to a series of obligations related to interoperability, side loading and installing of apps. Big tech is very reactive to this law. For instance, Apple started three litigations against the Commission due to the enforcement of the DMA.

This talk will explain why regulating big tech is key for Free Software, and what steps were taken by the FSFE to protect Free Software in such challenging processes.

Die Nights of Open Knowledge (Nook) in Lübeck ist eine offene Vortragsveranstaltung, die einem weiten Publikum Einblicke in die verschiedene Bereiche der Informatik, aber auch technikfremde Themen bietet. Die NooK wird vom Chaotikum e.V. aus Lübeck und der Studierendenschaft der Uni Lübeck veranstaltet.

https://nook-luebeck.de/

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Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Owlf6Uo3_E

PLAMADISO Talk by Lucas Lasota (Free Software Foundation Europe & Weizenbaum Institute) – 27 May 2025 || Organized by the Research Group “Digital Economy, Internet Ecosystem & Internet Policy” @Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society

Title: “Is Interoperability cool again? Entangling the DMA, FOSS and the Telecom Sector”

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More info about Lucas Lasota:

Stay tuned for future events: https://plamadiso.weizenbaum-institut.de

Talk by Nico Rikken and Matthias Kirschner

The story “Ada & Zangemann – A Tale of Software, Skateboards and Raspberry Ice Cream” inspires the software freedom community because it covers more than the simple value of learning to program. It also covers the importance of control over technology and its impact on society. In this way the story is inspiring many kids, teens, parents and many others to learn programming and shape technology.

I too was captivated by the story. Working on a Dutch translation sent me down the path of improving the automation to help others like me to translate the story and publish it in different formats. The free culture license of the book enables and compels the community to adapt it, and they have. The community keeps surprising us with new formats to convey the story. Since its release it has been translated into 30 languages, published as a book in 7 and as movie in 5. And it is available in a growing number of other formats: epub, online book, bilingual book and kamishibai.

Translation and localization is the primary purpose of the automation. More interesting and ambition is to support the increasing number of formats: from printed book, to online book, voiceover text and subtitles. This wide variety of formats presents a unique challenge for which no ready-made solution exists. By leveraging open standards (XML, Docbook, ITS) and Free Software (Scribus, itstool, gettext, xsltproc, pandoc, Weblate) we created automation that enables translators to add new languages while also enabling new formats to be added. This includes a novel method for inserting text and images into Scribus. This multi-media setup can be used as inspiration for other free culture multi-media projects.

In this presentation we will tell the story how the automation developed over time. We'll share the inspiring stories from the community that leveraged the automation and influenced its development. The technical challenge of the automation is fun, but the community stories give it meaning and motivate me to keep at it.

With this presentation we hope to inspire others to contribute to the Ada & Zangemann community by translating, adding a new format or contributing to the automation and to share own materials benefiting our community as Open Educational Resources.

Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, Legal Programme Manager at the FSFE

Legal and licensing issues are a vital part of the Free Software ecosystem. While many Free Software developers may have a good idea of the legal and licensing requirements that turn their project into Free Software, there are many more attending FOSDEM who may lack the knowledge or have misconceptions about the legal issues in Free Software.

This session hopes to provide an introduction and background to the legal concepts that underpin the freedoms in Free Software, and how the law is an important tool in ensuring our digital freedoms, so that participants can better appreciate the legal and licensing issues to be discussed by speakers in the Legal and Policy Devroom.

This video on FOSDEM website: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/GGAEL7-an_introduction_to_law_and_free_software/

This panel will bring together policy/legal experts and enforcement officers from the European Commission to discuss how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) applies to Apple’s iOS/iPadOS and Google’s Android from the perspective of interoperability.

In particular, the panel will deal with the European Commission's recent decisions in regulating hardware and software interoperability for Apple’s OSes. The audience will learn what interoperability under the DMA means for Free Software developers, and how they can expect the interoperability solutions to be provided by gatekeeper companies like Apple and Google.

More importantly, the discussion will address relevant questions for the effective implementation of the interoperability obligations in the DMA, including:

The panel will be composed by:

Panel moderation: Lucas Lasota, Legal Researcher and Lecturer at the Halle-Wittenberg University.

This video on FOSDEM website: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TQS7LM-interoperability-dma-apple-google/

In this Q&A session the speakers address all the questions our audience might have on the CRA in relation to Free Software. They will kick of the session with a short introduction focussing on current challenges around the implementation of the CRA with a specific focus on Open Source Stewards and Attestation programs and how and where financial support is needed in order to make the CRA work.

Bonnie and Øjvind are the host and editor of the FSFE's Software Freedom Podcast, a podcast dedicated to Free Software. In this talk they will share their knowledge and skills on how to produce podcasts using Free Software, sharing different tools and techniques with you to create your own podcast projects.

This is the perfect talk for everybody who wants to share their ideas and thoughts with others through podcasts. Learn the basics of recording, editing, and publishing podcasts with Free Software tools, and discover how to create quality content without relying on proprietary software. Everybody is welcome to join us from beginners and those looking to switch to Free Software!

This video on FOSDEM website: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PUKMWN-how_to_do_a_podcast_with_free_software/

Friendica has been part of the Fediverse since 2010, building bridges between Laconica and Diaspora*, making it one of the oldest active projects of the Fediverse - yet Friendica has flown under the radar most of the time. After the great success of part I of the saga, Michael and Tobias want to present you part II.

In this talk, we will expand on our brief introduction from last year, showcasing additional features and the latest developments in the 2025 release of Friendica.

You can find the Friendica project homepage at friendi.ca; the source code for the core is maintained on GitHub, and the add-ons are maintained on git.friendi.ca.

This video on FOSDEM website: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DNS7Z8-friendica_-_hidden_in_plain_sight_since_2025/

Orignal video: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8024-routerzwang_und_funkabschottung

Nach drei Jahren wurde endlich die nutzerunfreundliche Praxis des Routerzwangs („Compulsory Routers“) gesetzlich für unzulässig erklärt, und aktuell treibt uns die EU-Funkabschottung („Radio Lockdown Directive“) um. Um was geht es dabei? Und was können wir daraus für andere Fälle lernen?