In the spirit of #FOSDEM2026 being sponsored by Google, I hope HackerTrain is brought to you by Ryanair.

#google #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #FOSDEM toot.si/@hook/1156625612909572…

Good catch @aral! #Google does like free and open source, but only if they can exploit it.

Quote: "Google believes that open source is good for everyone. By being open and freely available, it enables and encourages collaboration and the development of technology"
–@fosdem

Really? Then Google should be open to #AGPL licences—which they notoriously hate: opensource.google/documentatio…

Worrying if Google can influence/censor #FOSDEM as a sponsor, in the same way advertisers do for journals

#FOSS #GPL

You’re not an ally if your freedom/privacy/human rights/democracy event is sponsored by surveillance capitalists like Google that are complicit in Israel’s genocide and pose an existential threat to human rights and democracy.

#FOSDEM #etc

"We are happy to tell you that we accept your proposal:
Open Source Security in spite of AI
in the track Main Track at #FOSDEM 2026."

See you there!

The only flavour of decentralisation there’s no room for at FOSDEM is the kind that won’t speak at a conference that allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes, a surveillance capitalist like Google that is complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

progressive.international/wire…

#FOSDEM #Google #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #UN #BigTech #complicity #whitewashing #institutionalCorruption #PR #freeAsInGenocide mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/11…

@icaria36 brought to my attention that there will be a #musicproduction #development room at this year's #fosdem! That's fantastic news! 😎

I will have to take a closer look at it later, but I wanted to share it with all you #linuxaudio enthusiasts already:
music.lminiero.it/fosdem/

Do you have ideas about funding Free and Open Source technologies? Consider submitting a talk for the 2nd edition of the Funding the #FOSS Ecosystem devroom at #FOSDEM. The Call for Participation is open until December 1, 2025.
Hosted in collaboration with @fsfe @linuxfoundation @PrototypeFund @sovtechfund

lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fos…

@alf @amadeus @linuxaudioplugindevelopment @linuxdaw just making sure you are aware of this:

Habemus FOSDEM devroom!
linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.p…

#LinuxAudio #FOSDEM