Software Freedom Podcast
The regular podcast about Free Software and ongoing activities hosted by the FSFE
- Update frequency
- every 58 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 38
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
SFP#37: Policy and EU: The most famous of them all – we are talking about the CRA
Most of you have heard of the famous Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a legislation introducing CE labels for digital products. In our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Bonnie and Alex have a…
00:34:18 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
SFP#36: Policy and EU: Call on the Commission to implement the AI Act
In August 2025 the first part of the European Artificial Intelligence Act enters into force. For our 36th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Bonnie and Alex break down the current discussion abo…
00:26:41 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
SFP#35: Policy and EU: Tech sovereignty vote in the ITRE Committee
And we are back for our 35th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast with our monthly update on policy decisions, votes and discussions in the European Union! Together Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sa…
00:33:56 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
SFP#34: Policy and EU: Tech sovereignty debate in the EU
Dive with us into the inner workings of the European Parliament and learn about their approach on technological sovereignty. In this 34th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Alex and Bonnie discu…
00:35:29 |
Thu 22 May 2025
SFP#33: Policy and EU: Coalition treaty in Germany and its role for Free Software
Recently, the German coalition treaty from the CDU/CSU and SPD has been published with over 140 pages. In our latest episode Alexander Sander and Bonnie Mehring talk about the coalition treaty and br…
00:37:56 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
SFP#32: Policy and EU: Router Freedom in the EU
Have you ever used your personal router to connect to the internet? Recently we achieved a major win in Germany for Router Freedom. In this 32nd episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, Bonnie Mehrin…
00:54:46 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
SFP#31: Policy and EU: FOSDEM recap
In our 31st episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, Alexander Sander and Bonnie Mehring discuss the highlights of the two Devrooms that the FSFE co-organized during FOSDEM 2025: the 'Legal and Polic…
00:32:54 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
SFP#30: The App Fair Project with Marc Prud'hommeaux
At FOSDEM, Bonnie Mehring and Marc Prud'hommeaux met to talk about Marc's Free Software initiative, The App Fair Project. This project is a marketplace for all devices and especially also for iOS dev…
00:38:17 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
SFP#29: How South Tyrol is taking a step in the direction of software freedom
For our 29th episode we have something very special for you. Marta Andreoli, the Italian deputy coordinator, talks to Paolo Dongilli about the FUSS project. Together they unravel how FUSS is helping …
00:15:02 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
SFP#28: Policy and EU: FOSDEM DevRooms with Alexander Sander
FOSDEM, Europe's largest Free Software conference, is just around the corner! In this episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander discuss the two DevRooms organised b…
00:28:33 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
SFP#27: Policy and EU: Free Software hearing in the German Bundestag
Alexander Sander, the FSFE's Senior Policy Consultant, and Bonnie Mehring meet for their monthly update on the current policy topics. In this episode they talk about the Free Software hearing in the …
00:32:49 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
SFP#26: Policy and EU: the need of long-term funding and the NGI case
Join this new episode of our Software Freedom podcast in which Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander discussing current topics affecting Free Software in the European Union. In this episode we focus on…
00:32:09 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
SFP#25: MirageOS and OCaml with Hannes Mehnert and Matthias Kirschner
For our 25th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we are happy to welcome Hannes Mehnert, one of the MirageOS core developer. Matthias Kirschner, president of the FSFE, and Hannes talk about Mirag…
00:37:50 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
SFP#24: The status of Free Software with Karen Sandler and Alexander Sander
Have there been any changes for Free Software in Europe or the USA in the last year? How is Free Software viewed by legislators? What can we do to support software freedom? Karen Sandler and Alexande…
00:40:50 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
SFP#23: What is Free Software? A Christmas podcast to learn about Free Software
These days are quite special, right? So is our Christmas Software Freedom Podcast episode! In this 23rd episode, the FSFE goes crazy and has fun playing a guessing game with terms related to Free Sof…
00:43:53 |
Sun 24 Dec 2023
SFP#22: All about "Public Money? Public Code!" with Johannes Näder
In our 22nd Software Freedom Podcast episode, we talk with Johannes Näder, Senior Policy Project Manager at the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), about "Public Money? Public Code!". Join the FS…
00:39:14 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
SFP#21: Exploring Software Freedom in European Politics with Lina Ceballos
Listen to our new Software Freedom Podcast episode with Lina Ceballos. Lina and Bonnie talk about everything related to Free Software in European Politics. Learn more about Lina's work at the Free So…
00:41:24 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
SFP#20: All about Device Neutrality with Lucas Lasota
Join us for the 20th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, where Bonnie Mehring and Lucas Lasota discuss Device Neutrality and Router Freedom. They cover the concepts and fundamentals of these ini…
00:38:55 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
SFP#19: Why we need Free Software on medical devices with Karen Sandler
For this episode Bonnie Mehring met with Karen Sandler to talk about her relationship with Free Software. Karen depends on a medical device to keep her heart working. This led her to become an advoca…
00:38:36 |
Mon 13 Feb 2023
SFP#18: IT-Security from a cryptographer's point of view with Cryptie
A cryptographer and privacy specialist Amandine Jambert, a.k.a. Cryptie, is our guest in the 18th Software Freedom Podcast episode. With her experience, Cryptie is the perfect person to tackle some b…
00:27:20 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
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