Software Freedom Podcast

By Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

The regular podcast about Free Software and ongoing activities hosted by the FSFE... more

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Software Freedom Podcast episodes:

December 24, 2023SFP#23: What is Free Software? A Christmas podcast to learn about Free Software
SFP#23: What is Free Software? A Christmas podcast to learn about Free Software
These days are quite special, right? So is our Christmas Software Freedom Podcast episode! In this 23rd episode, the FSFE goes crazy and has fun playing a guessing game with terms related to Free Software. This is the perfect episode for you to learn more about your favourite type of software: Free Software!
Our podcast host, Bonnie Mehring meets with Matthias Kirschner, the FSFE's President, Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, member of the FSFE's legal team, and Tobias Diekershof, the FSFE's System Administrator, to play a little guessing game about Free Software basic terms.
This episode has something for everybody, no matter if you are already part of the Free Software universe or if you just arrived in this world. It is the perfect episode to learn more about Free Software. Share this episode with your family so they finally understand what you are talking about, when you talk about GNU 😉.
And do not forget to stop the audio and have a guess yourself! ♥♥♥
Show notes
Book by Lawrence Lessig: Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace

"FSFE's initiative: Upcycling Android"
How to Upcycle your smartphone
Next Generation Internet
Learn more about: What is Free Software?
Read more about Free Software in our newsletter.
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44min
November 29, 2023SFP#22: All about "Public Money? Public Code!" with Johannes Näder
SFP#22: All about "Public Money? Public Code!" with Johannes Näder
In our 22nd Software Freedom Podcast episode, we talk with Johannes Näder, Senior Policy Project Manager at the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), about "Public Money? Public Code!".
The "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative advocates for public bodies to switch to Free Software instead of spending tons of money on proprietary software. The reasons for "Public Money? Public Code!", how the initiative has evolved over the years, and how the FSFE defines its role as a watchdog within the initiative are discussed with Johannes in this episode.
Johannes has been involved with Free Software since the 1990s. In November 2022, he turned his passion for Free Software into his daily bread and started working for the Free Software Foundation Europe. He is, among other responsibilities, the current coordinator of the FSFE’s "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative.
If you have not heard of this initiative yet, or if you don’t know how best to get involved, check out our new Software Freedom Podcast episode and learn all about "Public Money? Public Code!".
Show notes
Mailing list for German municipalities
"Public Money? Public Code!"
Open letter: Publicly funded software has to be Free and Open Source Software.
TEDective: Find out where the money flow goes in the EU
Sovereign workspace openDesk: German Ministry of the Interior provides answers
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40min
July 27, 2023SFP#21: Exploring Software Freedom in European Politics with Lina Ceballos
SFP#21: Exploring Software Freedom in European Politics with Lina Ceballos
Listen to our new Software Freedom Podcast episode with Lina Ceballos. Lina and Bonnie talk about everything related to Free Software in European Politics. Learn more about Lina's work at the Free Software Foundation Europe and how political decisions come to pass in the EU. Discover how best to advocate for Free Software, and especially, what the Interoperable Europe Act is all about and why the Free Software communities need to be on the lookout for the protection of software freedom.
Lina is part of the team working for software freedom at the Free Software Foundation Europe. In her work, she advocates for software freedom at a European level, ensuring that Free Software is considered and protected in new laws. Listen to our 21st episode in which Bonnie Mehring and Lina Ceballos chat about Lina's work for the FSFE. Find out what the Interoperable Europe Act is trying to achieve, how and why Free Software should be considered the first option within it. Learn about the intended Interoperable Europe Board and how you can best help advocate for Free Software.
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Lina Ceballos
EU Parliament intends to widen participation in the Interoperable Europe Board
IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free Software, yet needs more to improve
Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe
drip.
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42min
April 20, 2023SFP#20: All about Device Neutrality with Lucas Lasota
SFP#20: All about Device Neutrality with Lucas Lasota
Join us for the 20th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, where
Bonnie Mehring and Lucas Lasota discuss Device Neutrality and Router
Freedom. They cover the concepts and fundamentals of these
initiatives and explain why end-users should have control over their
devices.
Lucas Lasota, FSFE Senior Project Manager, has been with the
organisation since 2019. In this episode, he discusses the Device
Neutrality and Router Freedom initiatives, which aim to empower users to
control their digital equipment with free software and end-user control
over data. Router Freedom specifically means the right for
end-users to deploy their own router/modem to access the internet,
making it a key element for open internet.Lucas explains the
historic background of these initiatives,
the issues that arise without these standards, and how individuals can
best support them. Join Bonnie and Lucas as they
break down these concepts.
This is the perfect episode for everybody interested in controlling
their devices and access to the internet.
Read more:
Survey for Router Freedom in Europe
Router Freedom
Device Neutrality
Greece adopts Router Freedom
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39min
February 13, 2023SFP#19: Why we need Free Software on medical devices with Karen Sandler
SFP#19: Why we need Free Software on medical devices with Karen Sandler
For this episode Bonnie Mehring met with Karen Sandler to talk about
her relationship with Free Software. Karen depends on a medical device
to keep her heart working. This led her to become an advocate for
Free Software in medical devices.
In her daily life Karen relies on a defibrillator to help her
heart work properly. Like many medical devices this defibrillator uses
proprietary software. Therefore Karen had to put software into her body
over which she has no control in order to let her heart keep working. In
this episode Bonnie Mehring talks to Karen about the problems that are
occuring with non-free medical devices and why it is important to have
Free Software on them. What happens to people when their support ends
when the company that manufactures their devices goes bankrupt? And what is the
connection with Dick Cheney?
Listen to Karen and Bonnie talk about the importance of Free Software on medical devices and find out more about
Karen's heartwarming story of software freedom.
Read more:
SFconservancy
Outreachy
"Abandoned: The human cost of neurotechnology failure" in Nature
Honorary Doctorate for Karen Sandler
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39min
December 21, 2022SFP#18: IT-Security from a cryptographer's point of view with Cryptie
SFP#18: IT-Security from a cryptographer's point of view with Cryptie
A cryptographer and privacy specialist Amandine Jambert, a.k.a. Cryptie, is our guest in the 18th Software Freedom Podcast episode.
With her experience, Cryptie is the perfect person to tackle some basics about Security in Free Software.
Cryptie has been
involved with Free Software for around 20 years now and has been a
volunteer for the FSFE for 10 years. Together Cryptie and Bonnie Mehring
discuss the basics of cryptography and discover what a privacy
specialist is. They then move on to the basics of IT-Security and talk
about prejudices against the security of Free Software. If you have
wondered what is needed to make Software more secure this is the perfect
episode for you to start with this topic and learn about the basics of
IT-Security.
Read more:
Amandine "cryptie" Jambert
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28min
October 26, 2022SFP#17: Citizen participation through Free Software with Petter Joelson
SFP#17: Citizen participation through Free Software with Petter Joelson
In this 17th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Matthias Kirschner and Petter Joelson uncover how Free Software can be a tool for citizens to actively participate in their local community. Petter invites you into the world of Decidim and explains what citizen participation should look like.
Petter Joelson is the director of Digidem Lab, a Swedish NGO that works on improving citizen participation according to the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. One of the tools they promote and work with is the Free Software participation platform Decidim. Decidim was originally developed by the city of Barcelona and is today widely used. With this episode the Software Freedom Podcast invites its listeners to dive into the world of citizen participation, how it could be done, what hurdles are on the way, and – in line with our "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign – how publicly financed software can help administrations across Europe.
Read more:
"Public Money? Public Code!"
Digidem Lab
Decidim
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32min
September 08, 2022SFP#16: Free Software in France with Hugo Roy
SFP#16: Free Software in France with Hugo Roy
In this episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, Bonnie Mehring speaks with Hugo Roy about his long involvement with the FSFE. Hugo is also very active in the French Free Software community and gives us an overview of the standing of Free Software in France.
Hugo has been a volunteer for the FSFE for over 10 years now. Have you ever wondered what people inside the FSFE think about the organisation and how they see its development? In this podcast episode, Hugo and Bonnie talk about Hugo’s experiences as an intern and as a volunteer. Hugo has been a long-time activist for Free Software in France. Hugo and Bonnie talk about the understanding of Free Software in the public sphere and how it developed in recent years. This episode of the Software Freedom Podcast gives some insights into the framework of Free Software in France.
Read more:
About Hugo Roy

The FSFE's legal network

OSOR report about France

Etalab France
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36min
June 16, 2022SFP#15: All about Upcycling Android
SFP#15: All about Upcycling Android
In November 2021 the FSFE has launched the new campaign "Upcycling Android". If you haven't already upcycled your phone or you are curious to learn more about the campaign listen to our new Software Freedom Podcast episode with the campaigns manager Erik Albers.
Erik Albers has been employed at the FSFE for 10 years now. Since Erik found a connection between Free Software and sustainability, he hasn't stopped working on getting the word out about software sustainability through software freedom. But how is this connected to upcycling Android and installing a Free Software Operating System on your phone? Well, there is only one way to find out: By listening to our new Software Freedom Podcast episode. You will learn all about the importance of upcycling your own phone as well as gain a deeper insight into the "Upcycling Android" campaign.
Read more:
What is Free Software?
The Upcycling Android Campaign
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35min
March 21, 2022SFP#14: The world of mesh networking with Elektra Wagenrad
SFP#14: The world of mesh networking with Elektra Wagenrad
With this episode the Software Freedom Podcast opens the door to the fascinating and sometimes complex world of mesh networking. And who better than Elektra Wagenrad can take us on this journey? Elektra is one of the original developers of the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol and of the Mesh Potato project.
In our 14th Software Freedom Podcast episode Matthias Kirschner talks with our guest, Elektra Wagenrad, about the origins of Freifunk, the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol, and the Mesh Potato project. If you are new to the world of mesh networking this episodes is an easy entrance to it. Elektra not only explains the theory behind the protocols but also dives deeper into the philosophical idea of it. In this context, Matthias and Elektra also touch on the difficult topic of limiting the use of Free Software, using the example of the former ban on the use of the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol for military activities. Last but not least they also discuss the EU’s Radio Equipment Directive and the FSFE's Router Freedom activity.
With this episode, the Software Freedom Podcast has produced an easy to follow and easy to understand podcast for everybody who is interested in mesh networking. Join us on our journey through this fascinating technical and philosophical world and listen to Elektra and Matthias as they tell the story with its ups and downs.
If you clicked on the image of Elektra Wagenrad to come to this page, this image is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and created by Andrea Behrendt.
Read more:
What is Free Software?
Freifunk (DE)
Open-Mesh Project
The "Mesh Potato" project
FSFE’s activity on Radio Lockdown
FSFE's Router Freedom activity
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40min

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