Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 08, 2025

• Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

  • Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2025

    Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… At the start of the month, the LibreOffice Conference 2025 took place in Budapest, Hungary. We had talks, workshops, fun social events and more.

• Education

  • Open Source Communities Are Outstanding Learning Environments

    Open source communities are outstanding learning environments. By contributing, you learn actively, get real feedback, and grow faster than in most companies. If you want to take control of your career, start with open source.

• GNU Projects

  • 40 Years of Making Software “Free”

    The Free Software Foundation (FSF) celebrated its 40th birthday last Saturday. First started in 1985, the FSF has helped shape the digital world we live in today. Its ideas about free software inspired the open‑source movement; now open‑source programs run on countless computers, phones, and devices around the globe.

    Before the FSF, most software had to be paid for. And the way it worked was kept secret. You couldn’t look at the code that made a program work, and you couldn’t change it. Richard Stallman thought this was a problem. He believed people should be able to see how their software worked. He also thought they should be allowed to change the software and share it with other people.