The European Commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a group of four countries to establish a common organisation for building #opensource alternatives to much-used software.

France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will work to develop open, European alternatives in “key areas” such as AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and – curiously – social networks.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-country-grouping-cleared-to-build-sovereign-digital-infrastructure/

#FreeSoftware #EU

🇺🇳 🇪🇸 Congratulations to the City of Barcleona on being the first city-level government to endorse the UN Open Source Principles.

As all levels of government, cities in particular can greatly benefit from what free software offers to support more trustworthy digitialization of public services.

Excited to see even more cities demonstrating publicly their support for FOSS!

https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/science/barcelona-is-the-first-city-in-the-world-to-endorse-the-un-open-source-principles_1567058.html

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #UN #UnitedNations #Barcelona #Spain

The European Commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a group of four countries to establish a common organisation for building #opensource alternatives to much-used software.

France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will work to develop open, European alternatives in “key areas” such as AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and – curiously – social networks.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-country-grouping-cleared-to-build-sovereign-digital-infrastructure/

#FreeSoftware #EU

... And thus we have reached the season of witches, d[a]emons 😈 and zombie [procceses] 🧟!

Checkout KDE's fundraiser as it enters its spookiest 👻 phase yet, and help us ward of tech hobgoblins and proprietary waifs that threaten your rights and freedoms.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

#fundraising #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #donations