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<title>Full speed into conference season with a heartfelt “Thank you”</title>
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<h1>Full speed into conference season with a heartfelt “Thank you”</h1>
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<p>Conference season is in full swing! In the last week we have been
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navigating the challenge of our payment provider ending our contract,
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attending events, and preparing for what’s ahead. Check out our first
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interview on the 2026 ilovefs celebrations and our two latest podcast
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episodes. Thank you to everyone who supported us during this time of
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financial uncertainty!</p>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/0d/30/9eb7755e45a85332afddceb04c66.jpg" alt="A collage featuring the FSFE logo, the Software Freedom podcast logo, binary code forming a heart shape, and a hand holding a CANCELLED sign near a laptop."/>
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<p>Over the past weeks we have been very busy as<a href="/news/2026/news-20260316-01.html"> our long-term payment provider,
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Nexi, terminated our contract without prior
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notice</a>. As a result, more than 450 current FSFE supporters who rely
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in their regular donation to the FSFE on automatic renewals via credit
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card or direct debit have been affected. While we had already begun
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preparing a transition to a new payment provider, existing supporter
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accounts unfortunately cannot be migrated automatically.</p>
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<p>Your response to our call for help has been truly incredible. We are
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deeply grateful for our strong and supportive community: both for
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sharing our message and for stepping in with financial support when it
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was most needed. Thank you for helping us navigate this unexpected
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financial challenge!</p>
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<h3>Interoperability, Policy and Local Groups</h3>
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<p>A few weeks ago, our team contributed to a consultation by the UK
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Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on interoperability under the
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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA). In our response,
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we urged the CMA to reject Apple’s voluntary interoperability
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commitments and instead impose binding, interoperability-by-design
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obligations that protect software freedom, consumer choice, and fair
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competition. You can read the full response <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/device-neutrality/2026-03-FSFE-CMA-DMCCA-interop.pdf">here</a>. </p>
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<p>We also have two new episodes of our Software Freedom Podcast for
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you: <a href="/news/podcast/2026/episode-49.html">in
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episode 49, we speak with a member of our local group in Zurich</a>,
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offering insights into their work, local engagement, and the importance
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of community-driven initiatives in advancing Software Freedom.</p>
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<p>In episode 48, <a href="/news/podcast/2026/episode-48.html">we took a
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closer look at the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)</a>, addressing open
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questions and ongoing discussions, such as attestation and what these
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regulatory changes could mean for Free Software.</p>
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<h3>Reviving I love FS celebration and at the booth around Europe</h3>
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<p>Not long ago, the Free Software community celebrated “I Love Free
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Software Day” : a day when the FSFE, our volunteers, and many other
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organisations and individuals come together to thank all contributors
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for their dedication to using, studying, sharing, and improving Free
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Software. We are starting to revisit that special occasion with an
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interview featuring a volunteer from Poznań, who organized a local event
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there, the most attended one in 2026!</p>
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<p>Besides, over the past weeks, we have been actively
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participating in events across Europe. At the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2026
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in Chemnitz, Germany (one of the country’s largest and longest-running
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conferences dedicated to Free Software), we had the opportunity to meet
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community members, exchange ideas, and engage with a diverse audience
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through workshops, talks, and discussions. Together with some of our
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German volunteers, we were present with a booth and contributed a talk
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sharing practical insights on Free Software licensing with
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developers.</p>
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<p>Also in Germany, we joined the 26th Gautinger Internet Meeting, where
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we contributed to discussions on digital sovereignty. There we presented
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our youth activities, including Youth Hacking for Freedom and the
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well-known children’s book “Ada & Zangemann”, highlighting the
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importance of empowering young people to keep their curiosity and to
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understand and shape technology to achieve digital sovereignty.</p>
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<p>And last but not least, we took part in the panel discussion “What
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does Digital Sovereignty mean for Civil Society?”, organised by the ISOC
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Switzerland Chapter in Zurich, Switzerland. The discussion highlighted
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the crucial role that civil society plays in shaping a sovereign and
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sustainable digital future.</p>
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<h3>Your support helps us move our work forward.</h3>
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<p>We may be behind the wheel, but you’re the ones keeping us moving
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forward. You can also <a href="/donate/donate.html">support us</a>,
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">contribute
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to our work</a>, and <a href="/about/groups.html">join our
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community</a>. Are you using social media? If so, do not forget to
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follow us there! You can also follow the FSFE news in your <a href="/news/news.rss">RSS Reader</a>.</p>
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<p>Your editor,<br/>
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Ana </p>
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