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Software Freedom Podcast · Nov 13, 2025 · 26 min

SFP#41: Policy and EU: Recap of SFSCON

SFP#41: Policy and EU: Recap of SFSCON Remember that from the 7 November until 8 November, the FSFE has been at the well known and established South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON) in Bozen / Bolzano? Together with more than 1,000 participants, the FSFE discussed the current topics in the Free Software ecosystem and had a special focus on the main topic of this year's SFSCON: Ethics. Alexander Sander was at the 25th edition of the SFSCON for the whole weekend and collected valuable impressions and insightful new ideas. Together with Bonnie he recaps the most important discussions and brings the spirit of the Italian conference towards you, our listener. For all of you who missed the SFSCON 2025, this episode will bring you right back to it, and for all of you who have not yet heard about this amazing conference, this is your chance to get to know more! Find out more about the challenges discussed in the Free Software ecosystem, perspectives on ethics, and much more. The FSFE's policy work is an important part of our aim to safeguard Free Software and help to further the implementation of "Public Money? Public Code!". You can support our work by donating. Show notes Support our work for Free Software SFSCON: A converence all about Free Software European SFS Award 2025 Ethics and software freedom SFP#26: Policy and EU: the need of long-term funding and the NGI case Why Free Software needs secured long-term funding I Love Free Software Day Stay up-to-date and join our Newsletter The Linux Inlaws We are happy to receive your feedback on the Software Freedom Podcast and especially on the transcript of the episode. Please, send us an email to: podcast@fsfe.org. If you liked this episode and want to support our continuous work for software freedom, please help us with a donation. Discuss this Join the FSFE community and support the podcast

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SFP#41: Policy and EU: Recap of SFSCON

Remember that from the 7 November until 8 November, the FSFE has been at the well known and established South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON) in Bozen / Bolzano? Together with more than 1,000 participants, the FSFE discussed the current topics in the Free Software ecosystem and had a special focus on the main topic of this year's SFSCON: Ethics.

Alexander Sander was at the 25th edition of the SFSCON for the whole weekend and collected valuable impressions and insightful new ideas. Together with Bonnie he recaps the most important discussions and brings the spirit of the Italian conference towards you, our listener. For all of you who missed the SFSCON 2025, this episode will bring you right back to it, and for all of you who have not yet heard about this amazing conference, this is your chance to get to know more!

Find out more about the challenges discussed in the Free Software ecosystem, perspectives on ethics, and much more.

The FSFE's policy work is an important part of our aim to safeguard Free Software and help to further the implementation of "Public Money? Public Code!". You can support our work by donating.

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We are happy to receive your feedback on the Software Freedom Podcast and especially on the transcript of the episode. Please, send us an email to: podcast@fsfe.org. If you liked this episode and want to support our continuous work for software freedom, please help us with a donation.

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