Matthias Kirschner

Matthias Kirschner is President of FSFE. In 1999 he started using GNU/Linux and realised that software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. Matthias is convinced that this technology has to empower society not restrict it. While studying Political and Administrative Science he joined FSFE in 2004.

He helps other organisations, companies and governments to understand how they can benefit from Free Software — which gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software — and how those rights help to support freedom of speech, freedom of press or privacy.

He helps other organisations, companies and governments to understand how they can benefit from Free Software — which gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software — and how those rights help to support freedom of speech, freedom of press or privacy.

Recently, in his spare time, he has written the book “Ada & Zangemann – A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream”, which is available at publishers in English, German, French, and Italian, and translated into Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Valencian.

Keynote

A vision for software freedom in 2048

Our litigation against Apple in front of the European Court of Justice, fighting for sustainable long term funding in the EU and member states, “Public Money? Public Code!”, Device Neutrality, Router Freedom, Free Your Android, assistance with licensing questions, Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, and a tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream. These are some of the activities by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), which has been working since 2001 to empower users to control technology.

Recently we discussed how the world would look like in our area in 2048, if the FSFE has been successful. In this talk I would like to share those thoughts with you and during the conference get your feedback on the next decades of our work for software freedom.