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<div id="introduction">
<p>
With the support of
<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">our Supporters</a>, and
<a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">our corporate donors</a> FSFE has been
<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">our supporters</a>, and
<a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">our donors</a> FSFE has been
<a href="/about/ourwork.html">promoting and defending</a> all aspects of
software freedom in Europe since 2001. Take a look at our most important
achievements in different areas with our timeline.
</p>
</div>
<p> In the timeline we differ between the FSFE's activity frames
"Device Neutrality" ♺, "Legal Education" ⚖, "Market Regulations" 🗠
, "Public Money? Public Code" 🏛, "Volunteer Engagement" 📣, "Young
"Device Neutrality" ♺, "Legal Education" ⚖, "Market Regulations" 🗳
, "Public Money? Public Code!" 🏛, "Volunteer Engagement" 📣, "Young
Generation" 👾, plus "Organisational Development" 🤝. </p>
<p>
In the timeline we differ between the FSFE's activity frames
"Device Neutrality" ♺, "Legal Education" ⚖, "Market Regulations" 🗳
, "Public Money? Public Code" 🏛, "Volunteer Engagement" 📣, "Young
Generation" 👾, plus "Organisational Development" 🤝.
</p>
<timeline/>
</body>
<translator/>
<translator/>
</html>
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<timeline>
<version>2</version>
<year value="2025">
<event month="05" type="legal-education">
<event month="05" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Launch of Refund4Freedom Initiative</title>
<url>https://en.refund4freedom.org/</url>
<body>
@@ -35,18 +35,12 @@
<title>The FSFE channels community input on Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250717-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) worked together with representatives from civil society, academia, industry and public authorities in a project on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its implication for Free Software.
The FSFE and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
worked together with representatives from civil society,
academia, industry and public authorities in a project on the
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its implication for Free Software.
</body>
</event>
<!--
<event month="06" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Free Your Android faced growing challenges</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/android/</url>
<body>
As Google has delayed publishing Android source code, withheld critical components, and restricted developer access, the FSFE needed to update Free Your Android's guidance and look to EU regulations.
</body>
</event>
-->
<event month="02" type="legal-education">
<title>Launch of Legal Corner column</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-legal-corner.en.html</url>
@@ -57,15 +51,28 @@
realm that impact Free Software.
</body>
</event>
<event month="05" type="pmpc">
<title>The FSFE expert symposium "Public Money? Public Code! in practice" </title>
<url>https://en.refund4freedom.org/</url>
<body>
The FSFE organised the symposium “Public Money? Public Code! in
practice” in Essen, where representatives from public
administration, politics, business, academia and civil society
discussed how Free Software procurement, sustainable funding and
collaboration with the Free Software ecosystem can reduce
dependencies and strengthen digital sovereignty.
</body>
</event>
</year>
<year value="2024">
<event month="09" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Litigation Against Apple's DMA Non-Compliance</title>
<title>Litigation Against Apple under the Digital Markets Act</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240812-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE intervenes in litigation brought by Apple against the
European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European
Union.
Union. FSFE's goal is to enforce the DMA in a developer-friendly
way.
</body>
</event>
<event month="07" type="market-regulations">
@@ -85,32 +92,7 @@
concept of Device Neutrality in a simple and accessible way for
all users, regardless of technical background.
</body>
</event>
<event month="10" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Several victories for Router Freedom and launched the tech wiki</title>
<url>https://docs.fsfe.org/en/teams/router-freedom-tech-wiki</url>
<body>
The FSFE participated and monitored regulatory processes in Germany, Austria, Italy and Belgium. Also we introduced the new Router Freedom tech wiki, prepared by our Netherlands team of volunteers.
</body>
</event>
<!-- relevant?
<event month="12" type="legal-education">
<title>ZOOOM project completed</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/zooom/zooom.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE concluded its work in the EU funded ZOOOM Initiative. The aim of this project was to raise awareness of the importance of managing rights and obligations related to Free Software, Open Data, and Open Hardware.
</body>
</event>
-->
<!-- relevant?
<event month="11" type="org-dev">
<title>Migration from wiki.fsfe.org to docs.fsfe.org</title>
<url>https://docs.fsfe.org/en/techdocs/mainpage</url>
<body>
The FSFE migrated all the documentation from wiki.fsfe.org to docs.fsfe.org
</body>
</event>
-->
</year>
<year value="2023">
<event month="06" type="pmpc">
@@ -133,96 +115,125 @@
the EU Datathon.
</body>
</event>
<event month="10" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Launch of the tech wiki</title>
<url>https://docs.fsfe.org/en/teams/router-freedom-tech-wiki</url>
<body>
The FSFE introduced the new Router Freedom tech wiki, prepared by our Netherlands team of volunteers.
</body>
</event>
</year>
<year value="2022">
<event month="01" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Device Neutrality into EU legislation</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20211215-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE dedicated efforts to include Device Neutrality in the EU's new Digital Markets Act. The Act was adopted by 642 votes in favour, formally introducing the principle of Device Neutrality into EU legislation.
</body>
</event>
<event month="05" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Defended Router Freedom in Europe</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/routers.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSF worked on several challenges, ranging from multi-stakeholder initiatives to bilateral cooperation with regulators and strategic support from partner organisations in Europe.
</body>
</event>
<event month="03" type="market-regulations">
<title>Artificial Intelligence and Free Software</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220330-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE analysed how AI can be more verifiable, trustworthy, innovative with Free Software, and made policy recommendations and presented this result in different conferences.
The FSFE analysed how AI can be more verifiable, trustworthy,
innovative with Free Software, and made policy recommendations and
presented this result in different conferences.
</body>
</event>
<event month="10" type="young-generation">
<title>First edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom</title>
<title>The 'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom' programming competition started</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/index.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE successfully concluded the first edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, a pan-European coding competition aimed at inspiring teenagers to engage with Free Software.
The FSFE successfully launched the first edition of Youth Hacking
4 Freedom, a pan-European and annual programming competition
aimed at inspiring teenagers to engage with Free Software.
</body>
</event>
<event month="12" type="volunteer-engagement">
<title>Release of the video ‘What is Free Software (Open Source)?’</title>
<url>https://media.fsfe.org/w/xs29yhLxSP1uKLYkSeoKKp</url>
<body>
The FSFE published a short video in English and in German: ‘What is Free Software (Open Source)?’ to explain the complex topic of software freedom. This can help a new audience grasp the importance of Free Software.
The FSFE published a short video in English and in German: ‘What
is Free Software (Open Source)?’ to explain the complex topic of
software freedom. This can help a new audience grasp the
importance of Free Software.
</body>
</event>
<event month="06" type="legal-education">
<title>Launch of the Zooom Initiative</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/zooom/</url>
<body>
Funded by the European Commission, the Zooom initiative was a
consortium composed by universities, research institutes and civil
society promoting a solid understanding of licensing requirements
and business needs in the intersection of Free Software, Open Data
and Open Source Hardware. The project published reports, studies
and conducted outreach among academia, business and industry.
</body>
</event>
<event month="11" type="legal-education">
<title>First ‘Legal Education Day’</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/legal/led.en.html</url>
<title>Open Letter "The universal right to install any software on any device"</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221121-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE organized the first ‘Legal Education Day’ (LED) to provide basic legal education on the legal context of Free Software: copyright law and the concept of copyleft.
More than 100 civil society organisations across sectors have
already signed our open letter about “The universal right to
install any software on any device”. That letter was hand
delivered to the Chair of the Digital Affairs Committee at the
German Parliament in 2023.
</body>
</event>
</year>
<year value="2021">
<!-- relevant?
<event month="06" type="org-dev">
<title>FSFE 20th Anniversary</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/20years/</url>
<event month="11" type="legal-education">
<title>First ‘Legal Education Day’</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/legal/led.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE celebrated its 20th anniversary, looking back on two decades of empowering users to control technology.
The FSFE organized the first ‘Legal Education Day’ (LED) to
provide basic legal education on the legal context of Free
Software: copyright law and the concept of copyleft.
</body>
</event>
-->
<event month="03" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Italian Court rules on Windows licence refund</title>
<title>Key court case on Windows license refund</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210302-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE supporter Luca Bonissi won a two-year court case against Lenovo in Italy, with the Court of Monza ordering the company to pay 20.000 euros in damages for refusing to refund the price of a pre-installed Windows licence.
The FSFE's supporter Luca Bonissi won a two-year court case
against Lenovo in Italy, with the court ordering the company to
pay 20.000 euros in damages for refusing to refund the price of a
pre-installed Windows licence.
</body>
</event>
<!--
<event month="06" type="legal-education">
<title>Launch of REUSE Booster</title>
<url>https://reuse.software/booster/</url>
<body>
The FSFE launched REUSE Booster, a new initiative designed to assist Free Software projects in adopting REUSE best practices for machine-readable licensing and copyright compliance.
</body>
</event>
-->
<event month="11" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Launch of Upcycling Android Campaign</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/</url>
<body>
The FSFE launched the initiative to help users install Free Software operating systems on their phones, organised workshops across Europe, and developed policy recommendations to extend hardware lifetimes and reduce electronic waste.
The FSFE launched the initiative to help users install Free
Software operating systems on their phones, organised workshops
across Europe, and developed policy recommendations to extend
hardware lifetimes and reduce electronic waste.
</body>
</event>
<event month="11" type="young-generation">
<title>Publication of Ada &amp; Zangemann Children's Book</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann/</url>
<body>
The FSFE released "Ada &amp; Zangemann – A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", a children's book written by FSFE President Matthias Kirschner and published by O'Reilly under a Creative Commons licence.
The FSFE released "Ada &amp; Zangemann – A Tale of Software,
Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", a children's book written
by FSFE President Matthias Kirschner and published by O'Reilly
under a Creative Commons licence.
</body>
</event>
<event month="12" type="volunteer-engagement">
<title>FSFE Women group formed</title>
<url>https://docs.fsfe.org/en/teams/Women</url>
<body>
The FSFE Women group was created to help women and everyone who identifies as female build connections with each other while discussing technological issues.
The FSFE Women group was created to help women and everyone who
identifies as female build connections with each other while
discussing technological issues.
</body>
</event>
<event month="09" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Launch of the Device Neutrality initiative</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/deviceneutrality/index</url>
<body>
The FSFE lauched a long-term initiative aimed at protecting Device
Neutrality, promoting software freedom in devices, the protection
against lock-ins and fostering end-user control over data. The
initiative aims protecting general purpose computers as a concept
allowing anyone to install, run and uninstall software in devices.
</body>
</event>
</year>
@@ -231,14 +242,21 @@
<title>Free Software for COVID-19 contact tracing apps</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200402-02.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE advocated that all publicly funded COVID-19 contact tracing apps should be released under a Free Software licence. Both the EU and the WHO followed the FSFE's arguments and recommended that any COVID-19 contact tracing app be published as Free Software.
The FSFE advocated that all publicly funded COVID-19 contact
tracing apps should be released under a Free Software licence.
Both the EU and the WHO followed the FSFE's arguments and
recommended that any COVID-19 contact tracing app be published as
Free Software.
</body>
</event>
<event month="06" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Router Freedom victory with BEREC</title>
<title>Router Freedom in EU Telecom Law</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200601-01.en.html</url>
<body>
BEREC sided with the FSFE's demand that any router and modem be under the full control of the user, rather than Internet Service Providers. The FSFE subsequently published a report monitoring the challenges ahead for national implementation across EU member states.
The FSFE engaged with the EU's telecom regulator BEREC in the
guidelines for defining the networks in end-users' premises. The
guidelines set Router Freedom as standard, but implementation
would be challenging.
</body>
</event>
<event month="07" type="young-generation">
@@ -251,10 +269,13 @@
</year>
<year value="2019">
<event month="10" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Router Freedom at EU level</title>
<title>Router Freedom reaches the EU level</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/index.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE started monitoring the status of router freedom in several EU countries and prepared an "activity package" for people and organisations willing to advocate for router freedom.
After victories in Germany, the FSFE expands its advocacy for
Router Freedom at EU level, preparing a comprehensive activity
package including a monitoring tool for people and organisations
willing to advocate for freedom of terminal equipment.
</body>
</event>
<event month="08" type="legal-education">
@@ -268,7 +289,11 @@
<title>Tearing down barriers introduced by the Radio Lockdown Directive</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/radiodirective/</url>
<body>
The European Commission collected 276 public comments on the Radio Equipment Directive, most of them critical. The FSFE continued pressing regulators to recognise that the right to install Free Software is fundamental to security, education, and innovation.
The European Commission collected 276 public comments on the
Radio Equipment Directive, most of them critical. The FSFE
continued pressing regulators to recognise that the right to
install Free Software is fundamental to security, education, and
innovation.
</body>
</event>
<event month="01" type="pmpc">
@@ -282,14 +307,18 @@
<title>First Parliament in Europe demands public code</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190514-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The Parliament of Asturias became the first Parliament in Europe to vote in favour of signing our open letter demanding "Public Money? Public Code!".
The Parliament of Asturias became the first Parliament in Europe
to vote in favour of signing our open letter demanding "Public
Money? Public Code!".
</body>
</event>
<event month="10" type="volunteer-engagement">
<title>Launch of the Software Freedom Podcast</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE launched a podcast series to talk once a month with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom and to reach broader audiences beyond its traditional community.
The FSFE launched a podcast series to talk with people who have
inspiring ideas about software freedom and to reach broader
audiences beyond its traditional community.
</body>
</event>
</year>
@@ -298,21 +327,31 @@
<title>Exclusion of Free Software in the European Union's Copyright Directive</title>
<url>https://savecodeshare.eu/</url>
<body>
The FSFE obtained the first limited exclusion for Free Software in a major EU legislation. In this case in the amendments 143 and 150 of the current copyright reform proposal of the European Parliament's directive.
The FSFE obtained the first limited exclusion for Free Software
in a major EU legislation. In this case in the amendments 143
and 150 of the current copyright reform proposal of the European
Parliament's directive.
</body>
</event>
<event month="11" type="legal-education">
<title>The FSFE joined its first NGI consortium</title>
<url>https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-zero/</url>
<body>
The NGI is a European Commission initiative supporting technologies that shape the internet into an open, inclusive, and privacy-respecting platform. The FSFE is part of the NGI Zero consortium, providing support on legal and licensing questions.
The NGI is a European Commission initiative supporting
technologies that shape the internet into an open, inclusive,
and privacy-respecting platform. The FSFE is part of the NGI
Zero consortium, providing support on legal and licensing
questions.
</body>
</event>
<event month="12" type="org-dev">
<title>Creation of CARE team</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct#CARE</url>
<body>
To further ensure the availability and enforcement of our Code of Conduct, we created a CARE team so that whenever our Code of Conduct is breached within the FSFE community, you can contact our central CARE team.
To further ensure the availability and enforcement of our Code
of Conduct, we created a CARE team so that whenever our Code of
Conduct is breached within the FSFE community, you can contact
our central CARE team.
</body>
</event>
</year>
@@ -325,16 +364,6 @@
for Free Software licensing compliance.
</body>
</event>
<!-- we had other meetings before, e.g. the Fellowhsip meetings in the early 2000s
<event month="11" type="org-dev">
<title>Community Meeting in Berlin</title>
<url>http://blog.3rik.cc/2017/12/report-about-the-fsfe-community-meeting-2017/</url>
<body>
For the first time, the FSFE holds an open-invite community meeting. In
order to share knowledge, grow projects, and discuss code.
</body>
</event>
-->suppport
<event month="10" type="legal-education">
<title>Fiduciary Licensing Agreement 2.0 is released</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/ln/ln.html</url>
@@ -347,7 +376,10 @@
<title>Launch of 'Public Money? Public Code!'</title>
<url>https://publiccode.eu/</url>
<body>
The FSFE initiates a campaign framework for legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free Software licence.
The FSFE initiates a campaign framework for legislation
requiring that publicly financed software developed for the
public sector be made publicly available under a Free Software
licence.
</body>
</event>
<event month="06" type="volunteer-engagement">
@@ -376,12 +408,14 @@
</body>
</event>
<event month="08" type="device-neutrality">
<title>Compulsory Routers abolished in Germany</title>
<title>Router Freedom established in Germany</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160725-01.html</url>
<body>
A new law in Germany enables customers to use their own routers with
their Internet connections, enabling them to use Free Software for their
connections.
After three years of intense engagement with policy makers in
Germany, Router Freedom became a reality in the country. A
telecom law enabled customers to use their own routers with
their Internet connections, enabling them to use Free Software
for their connections.
</body>
</event>
<event month="03" type="volunteer-engagement">
@@ -549,21 +583,29 @@
<title>Supported the case of AVM vs. Cybits</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/avm-gpl-violation/</url>
<body>
The FSFE supported the case of AVM vs. Cybits and the court confirmed FSFE's view that users of GNU GPLed software are allowed to modify and install it even if it is shipped as a part of an embedded device's firmware.
The FSFE supported the case of AVM vs. Cybits and the court
confirmed FSFE's view that users of GNU GPLed software are
allowed to modify and install it even if it is shipped as a part
of an embedded device's firmware.
</body>
</event>
<event month="" type="market-regulations">
<title>The FSFE provided input to EU's R &amp; D funding program</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20111206-01.en.html</url>
<body>
Called Horizon 2020, the program will provide 80 billion EUR for research and development projects. The FSFE provided input to the Commission in order to make the program accessible for Free Software research and projects.
Called Horizon 2020, the program will provide 80 billion EUR for
research and development projects. The FSFE provided input to the
Commission in order to make the program accessible for Free
Software research and projects.
</body>
</event>
<event month="05" type="market-regulations">
<title>The FSFE in European Court of Justice hearing</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20110523-01.en.html</url>
<body>
The FSFE played a key role at a Microsoft hearing before the European Union's General Court, helping explain the intricacies of Free Software servers.
The FSFE played a key role at a Microsoft hearing before the
European Union's General Court, helping explain the intricacies of
Free Software servers.
</body>
</event>
</year>
@@ -676,8 +718,8 @@
<title>First Fellowship conference</title>
<url>https://lwn.net/Articles/200329/</url>
<body>
The first Fellowship conference is organised in Bolzan (Italy) and enables
the FSFE supporters to meet in person.
The first Fellowship conference is organised in Bolzano, Italy,
and enables FSFE supporters to meet in person.
</body>
</event>
<event month="11" type="legal-education">
@@ -703,7 +745,9 @@
<title>Intervening European Commmission's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.en.html</url>
<body>
In order to strengthen a culture of interoperability between devices in EU member states, the FSFE files an application to participate in this important case"
In order to strengthen a culture of interoperability between
devices in EU member states, the FSFE files an application to
participate in this important case".
</body>
</event>
<event month="06" type="market-regulations">
@@ -725,11 +769,11 @@
</event>
<event month="02" type="org-dev">
<title>Creation of the Fellowship of the FSFE</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-fellowship.en.html</url>
<url>https://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=27</url>
<body>
European Free Software advocates can now become supporters of the
FSFE and use its infrastructure to promote and spread the vision of the
FSFE.
FSFE as volunteers.
</body>
<img src="/graphics/plussy.png" alt="Plussy, the fellowship mascot"/>
</event>
@@ -771,8 +815,7 @@
</body>
</event>
</year>
<year value="2002"/>
<year value="2001">
<year value="2001-2002">
<event month="11" type="volunteer-engagement">
<title>"We speak about Free Software" campaign</title>
<url>https://fsfe.org/activities/whyfs/whyfs.html</url>