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<h1>FOSDEM &amp; DMA updates+++ 2025 YH4F +++ Our visions for 2048</h1>
<p>The new year has begun, offering 365 days to promote Free Software! As we prepare
for FOSDEM and continue working on the DMA implementation, we are excited
to launch the fourth edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom. We
closed 2024 sharing our predictions for 2048 and taking part in the Chaos Communication
Congress.</p>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/82/9c/2e418e502e5c07e3abaaa3a5bbbf.png"
alt="Collage with a picture from the FSFE booth from FOSDEM 24, the FOSDEM logo and a picture from an I Love FS challenge. Also there are an illustration with the YH4F characters and in the left bottom corner, a picture with the 38c3 name."/>
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<div class="toc">
<p>Table of contents</p>
<ul id="toc">
<li><a href="#quote-of-the-month"><strong>Quote of the Month</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#predictions-2048"><strong>T minus 23 years until 2048</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#fosdem"><strong>Ready for FOSDEM? Join our “Legal &amp; Policy issues” and “Funding the FOSS Ecosystem” devrooms</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#apple-litigation"><strong>The FSFE demands that Apple provide broader interoperability</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#yh4f"><strong>Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: 2025 edition and interviews with 2024 participants</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#38c3"><strong>The FSFE at 38C3</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#zooom"><strong>The FSFE promotes freedom of software, hardware, and data</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#sfp"><strong>SFP#27: Policy and EU: Free Software hearing in the German Bundestag</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#get-involved"><strong>Get Involved: I Love Free Software Day</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#women"><strong>FSFE Women Meetings</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="#back-stages"><strong>Back to the stages! Past events from our community</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="contribute"><strong>Contribute to our Newsletter</strong></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h3 id="quote-of-the-month">Quote of the
Month</h3>
<p>“I have a huge list of advice I would give people participating in
Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, but there is one that I would highlight: don't
be afraid to submit unfinished projects! Thankfully my mother encouraged
me to submit it and my life has completely changed for the better ever
since!”</p>
<p> - Sofía Aritz, 2024 YH4F winner </p>
<p> </p>
<h3 id="2024-predictions">T minus
23 years until 2048</h3>
<p>“What will happen in the movement for software freedom in 2025? It is
hard for me to make such predictions. What the past 20 years working for
the Free Software Foundation Europe have taught me is to be prepared for
the things you cannot predict. While predicting the future is always
hard, <a href="/news/2025/news-20250103-01.html">we
know what we are aiming to accomplish in the long run</a>."</p>
<h3
id="fosdem">Ready for FOSDEM? Join our “Legal &amp; Policy
issues” and “Funding the FOSS Ecosystem” devrooms</h3>
<p>FOSDEM 2025 is around the corner and its schedule is out! This year
the FSFE is co-organizing two devrooms: “Legal &amp; Policy issues” and
“Funding the FOSS Ecosystem”.</p>
<p>For the fifth consecutive year, the FSFE,
together with our co-hosts, is proud to organize the <a
href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/legal-and-policy/">Legal
and Policy Issues devroom</a>, a popular track focused on the political
and legal challenges in the realm of software freedom.This devroom is now in its 13th edition. </p>
<p>This year, we are also contributing to the
organization of the <a
href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/"><em>Funding the
FOSS Ecosystem</em></a> devroom. Debuting at this FOSDEM edition, this
track aims to bring together developers, maintainers, policymakers,
entrepreneurs, donors, and funders to explore sustainable funding models
and mechanisms that ensure the longevity and security of FOSS
projects.</p>
<h3 id="apple-litigation">The FSFE demands that Apple provide broader interoperability</h3>
<p>In parallel to <a href="/activities/apple-litigation/apple-litigation.html">the litigation efforts against Apple</a>, the FSFE
continues to collaborate with the European Commission and other stakeholders in
the implementation of the DMA. The FSFE is participating in a comprehensive study
on how Apple's interoperability policies negatively affect Free
Software. The study has been accepted by a <a
href="https://kgi.georgetown.edu/events/dma-and-beyond-conference/">conference to be held
in Washington DC</a> organised by the renowned Knight-Georgetown
Institute and Yale University. </p>
<p>Besides, the FSFE is working together other civil
society organisations to submit a position for the Commission's public
<a
href="http://[https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/dma100204-consultation-proposed-measures-requesting-interoperability-apples-ios-and-ipados-operating_en">consultation
on Apple's compliance measures regarding interoperability required by the
DMA</a>.</p>
<h3
id="yh4f">Youth Hacking 4 Freedom:
2025 edition and interviews with 2024 participants </h3>
<p>The new edition of YH4F has officially begun, marking the start of
its programming period earlier this month. As we eagerly await the
exciting projects this fourth edition will unveil, we talked with three
participants from the last edition: <a
href="/news/2024/news-20241211-01.html">Vinícius,
Simon</a>, and <a href="/news/2025/news-20250107-01.html">Sofia, who was one of the 2024 winners</a>.</p>
<p>On 9 January the competition kicked off with its opening event in which
participants got information about the contest and their questions were
answered, while learning some tips from former winners.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Do you want to participate? <a href="/activities/yh4f/register">Late registration is possible!</a></p>
<h3 id="38c3">The FSFE at 38C3</h3>
<p>The Free Software Foundation Europe, along with over
sixteen thousand attendees, <a href="/news/2025/news-20250110-01.html">took part in the 38th Chaos Communication
Congress with a booth, several talks, and a lot of stickers</a>. It was a
great pleasure to join, once again, the Chaos family for another
impressive four-day congress. Thank you all for coming!
</p>
<h3 id="zooom">The FSFE promotes freedom of software, hardware,
and data</h3>
<p>The ZOOOM (3Os) Initiative promotes innovation based on freedom of
software, hardware, and data. With its recent conclusion, the FSFE hopes
to inspire broader use and effective application of Free Software by
business, academia, and the public sector.</p>
<p>
In only two years, the ZOOOM project produced comprehensive research
merging aspects of Free Software, Open Data and Open Hardware. Focusing
on the importance of these assets for the future of AI, the initiative
not only produced scientific materials tackling legal and business
issues regarding Free Software, but also developed a series of
recommendations.
</p>
<p><a href="/news/2024/news-20241231-01.html">Find out more</a></p>
<h3 id="sfp">SFP#27: Policy and EU:
Free Software hearing in the German Bundestag</h3>
<p>At the beginning of December, the FSFE participated in a <a
href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/hSU9mKZBU1CmR1izg7RBvu">German parliament
hearing on Free Software</a>, organised by the Digital Committee. The
hearing focused on the use of Free Software for public
administration. In <a
href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/cMMF6DCiLB9RncdL46KCNb">his speech for
the position of the FSFE</a>, Alexander Sander highlighted the
importance of funding for Free Software and the current trend of
'openwashing' and how this can affect the procurement process in public administration.</p>
<p><a href="/news/podcast/episode-27.html">Listen to this Software Freedom
podcast episode</a> and find our take on the hearing
is!</p>
<h3 id="#get-involved">Get Involved: I Love Free Software Day</h3>
<p>
Join us in our celebrations of this year's I Love Free Software Day:
Hidden Projects on 14 February. this year we focus on Free
Software projects that are part of our daily lives but are hardly
spoken about.
</p>
<p>Around this I Love Free Software Day many local group event swill be
happening all over Europe, organised by our amazing community. You find
them on our <a href="https://ilovefs.org/">I Love Free Software
activity page!</a> For organising your own local group event we have our
amazing <a href="/activities/ilovefs/toolkit">toolkit</a>, which
provides organisational tips, slides for presentations, and fun games to
play during the event.
</p>
<p>
If you want to stay quiet and cosy at home there are several ways to
participate in this year's celebrations. You can
create a <a href="https://sharepic.fsfe.org/">sharepic</a>, toot and
or tweet online, or send a <a
href="/contribute/spreadtheword.html#ilovefs">postcard</a> with a
thank you message to your favourite Free Software.</p>
<h3 id="#women">FSFE Women* Meetings</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>FSFE Women* January Meeting with a guest speaker</strong><br/>
<p>On 20 January, at the FSFE Womens meeting, Melanie Bartos will describe the initiative to establish a
Mastodon instance and a Fediverse presence at the University of
Innsbruck.</p>
<p><a href="/events/events.html#event-20250120-01">Join the online meeting</a> to find out more about how
the University of Innsbruck uses, designs and promotes non-profit,
privacy-friendly, and Free Software media and the role of Melanie Bartos</p>
</li>
<li><strong>FOSDEM Women* breakfast</strong><br/>
<p>You are a QWLINTA* person and you are interested in Free Software?
Then we are happy to meet you at our Free Software QWLINTA* breakfast!
We will meet during FOSDEM on Sunday the 2nd of February in Brussels for
breakfast.</p>
<p>Join us for this informal and relaxed meeting to connect with other
QWLINTA*s around you and discuss Free Software and how to create a more
welcoming space for QWLINTA*s in the movement. If you are planning to
come, please <a
href="https://share.fsfe.org/apps/forms/s/c5Pk6iNB482fJZ76mHDsDenz">fill
in this form</a> so we can reserve an
appropriate space according to our needs.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Save the date: Public Money, Public Code! symposium</strong><br/>
On 8 April we are hosting a symposium on Public Money? Public Code' in
the practical work of public administrations. One focus will be on the
use of Free Software in municipalities. </p><p>The symposium will be
held in German and you can find more information at <a
href="/events/events.html#event-20250408-01">events.fsfe.org</a>.
</p>
</blockquote>
<h3 id="back-stages">Back to the stages! Past events from our community</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Spreading Free Software in Thessaloniki</strong></li>
<p>At the end of December, volunteers from Greece organized an event for
the freshmen students of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
focused on promoting the use and philosophy of Free Software. The event
attended by about 40 enthusiastic students, consisted of an introductory
lecture on GNU/Linux and discussions and activities that highlighted
the principles and benefits of Free Software. FSFE stickers were
distributed at the end of the event.</p>
<li><strong>Upcycling Android workshop in Berlin</strong></li>
<p>
At the end of November, the public library Pablo Neruda in Berlin hosted
an <a href="/activities/upcyclingandroid/index.html">'Upcycling your
Android'</a> workshop. There a group of FSFE volunteers helped
participants to root their devices to be able to get rid of unwanted app that had been installed by default
apps install a Free Software environment.
</p>
</ul>
<h3 id="contribute">Contribute to our Newsletter</h3>
<p>We would love to hear from you. If you have any thoughts, pictures,
or news to share, please send them to us at newsletter@fsfe.org. You can
also <a href="/donate/donate.html">support us</a>, <a
href="/contribute/contribute.html">contribute to our
work</a>, and <a href="/about/groups.html">join our
community</a>. We would like to thank our community and all the
volunteers, supporters, and donors who make our work possible, with a
special mention to our translators who make it possible for you to read
this newsletter in your mother tongue. </p>
<p>Your editor,<br/>
Ana </p>
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