Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Jul 2023 | Maximilian Strotmann Cabinet member | interoperability, public sector open source | — |
| 04 Jul 2023 | Maximilian Strotmann Cabinet member | interoperability, public sector open source | SRC |
| 28 Sept 2016 | Keith Sequeira Cabinet member | Open source software | — |
| 28 Sept 2016 | Keith Sequeira Cabinet member | Open source software | SRC |
| 12 Dec 2014 | Stephen Quest Director-General | IT procurement and open source strategy | — |
| 12 Dec 2014 | Stephen Quest Director-General | IT procurement and open source strategy | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. It is dedicated to the furthering of Free Software, and works to promote freedom in the emerging digital society. FSFE works to build awareness for Free Software - software which anyone may use, study, share and improve - and its benefits for individuals and organisations. We work to increase knowledge about technology, and to build and environment in which software innovation and businesses can thrive. This includes promoting helpful rules such as Open Standards, and removing obstacles such as software patents or monopolies in the software market.
EU Legislative Interests
Procurement Tech Sovereignty NGI Funding MFF Cyber Resilience Act Product Liability Directive Interoperable Europe Act Free and Open Source Software Free Trade Agreements Patent and copyright policy Competition policy Standardisation Education AI DMA Digital Networks Act
Communication Activities
Yearly Report 2025: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250926-01.en.html and recent news https://fsfe.org/news/news.en.html Policy related activities: https://fsfe.org/activities/policy.en.html Position on Router Freedom in the Digital Networks Act https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260218-01.en.html Public Money? Public Code! related news items: https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-pmpc.html Procurement related work: https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-procurement.en.html Device Neutrality https://deviceneutrality.org/ and related news https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-deviceneutrality.en.html
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
https://fsfe.org/about/transparency-commitment.en.html
Organisation Members
EDRi https://edri.org/about-us/our-network/
Additional Information
https://fsfe.org/about/funds/funds.html