Axel Thévenet
@thvenet-axel.bsky.social
EU policy, open source, and tech - Policy advisor at OpenForum Europe - all opinions expressed here are my own.
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If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
border-pocket-guide-2.pdf
www.eff.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
Reposted by Axel Thévenet
Une interview qui me tient à cœur, vu le contexte géopo : pour @synthmedia.fr, j'ai discuté avec l'ex-eurodéputée @marietjepietje.bsky.social, autrice de The Tech Coup, how to save democracy from Silicon Valley
synthmedia.fr/2025/03/entr...
synthmedia.fr/2025/03/entr...
March 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Une interview qui me tient à cœur, vu le contexte géopo : pour @synthmedia.fr, j'ai discuté avec l'ex-eurodéputée @marietjepietje.bsky.social, autrice de The Tech Coup, how to save democracy from Silicon Valley
synthmedia.fr/2025/03/entr...
synthmedia.fr/2025/03/entr...
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RdGP était au FOSDEM 2025 à Bruxelles ! 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 🧇 🍻 Nous avons discuté Logiciels Libres avec @thvenet-axel.bsky.social . Il vous raconte comment en voulant devenir “Avocat de l'Informatique” il en est arrivé à l'Open Source dans le paysage législatif européen et au-delà !
rdgp.fr/@rdgp/episod...
rdgp.fr/@rdgp/episod...
Open Source et Souveraineté : Enjeux et Perspectives au FOSDEM
Dans cet épisode enregistré au FOSDEM 2025 à Bruxelles, nous échangeons avec Axel Thévenet sur les enjeux de l’Open Source en Europe, entre cadre législatif, souveraineté numérique et adoption par le secteur public, avec une attention particulière aux enseignements du FOSDEM et à l’évolution du logiciel libre dans l’industrie et l’administration. Liens : FOSDEM (Wikipedia) FOSDEM 2025 Open Source In The European Legislative Landscape and Beyond (FOSDEM 2025) Public Sector Open Source fishbowl (FOSDEM 2025) Government Collaboration (FOSDEM 2025) Funding the FOSS Ecosystem (FOSDEM 2025) Legal and Policy (FOSDEM 2025) OpenForum Europe Parti Pirate Qu’est-ce qu’un Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) ? EC Open Source Programme Office EuroStack India Stack Zentrum Digitale Souveränität (ZenDIS) About ZenDIS Digital Public Goods Alliance OSOR Handbook on Open Source Software in Public Administration (FOSDEM 2025) The OSOR Handbook - A guide to open source in the public sector Open Source Observatory (OSOR) The Dutch Open Government Act (Woo) Requesting information from the government (WOO request) Dutch Government Publishes the second part of DigiD’s Source Code Decidim (Digital platform for citizen participation) FranceConnect (Wikipedia) Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM) La gazette BlueHats Qu’est-ce qu’un EDIC ? European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) LiMux (Wikipedia) Munich’s Long History with Open Source in Public Administration
rdgp.fr
February 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
RdGP était au FOSDEM 2025 à Bruxelles ! 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 🧇 🍻 Nous avons discuté Logiciels Libres avec @thvenet-axel.bsky.social . Il vous raconte comment en voulant devenir “Avocat de l'Informatique” il en est arrivé à l'Open Source dans le paysage législatif européen et au-delà !
rdgp.fr/@rdgp/episod...
rdgp.fr/@rdgp/episod...
Merci pour l'interview! L'occasion de partager pleins de choses à regarder pour les mois à venir sur la question de la souveraineté numérique!
RdGP était au FOSDEM 2025 à Bruxelles ! 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 🧇 🍻 Nous avons discuté Logiciels Libres avec @thvenet-axel.bsky.social . Il vous raconte comment en voulant devenir “Avocat de l'Informatique” il en est arrivé à l'Open Source dans le paysage législatif européen et au-delà !
rdgp.fr/@rdgp/episod...
rdgp.fr/@rdgp/episod...
Open Source et Souveraineté : Enjeux et Perspectives au FOSDEM
Dans cet épisode enregistré au FOSDEM 2025 à Bruxelles, nous échangeons avec Axel Thévenet sur les enjeux de l’Open Source en Europe, entre cadre législatif, souveraineté numérique et adoption par le secteur public, avec une attention particulière aux enseignements du FOSDEM et à l’évolution du logiciel libre dans l’industrie et l’administration. Liens : FOSDEM (Wikipedia) FOSDEM 2025 Open Source In The European Legislative Landscape and Beyond (FOSDEM 2025) Public Sector Open Source fishbowl (FOSDEM 2025) Government Collaboration (FOSDEM 2025) Funding the FOSS Ecosystem (FOSDEM 2025) Legal and Policy (FOSDEM 2025) OpenForum Europe Parti Pirate Qu’est-ce qu’un Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) ? EC Open Source Programme Office EuroStack India Stack Zentrum Digitale Souveränität (ZenDIS) About ZenDIS Digital Public Goods Alliance OSOR Handbook on Open Source Software in Public Administration (FOSDEM 2025) The OSOR Handbook - A guide to open source in the public sector Open Source Observatory (OSOR) The Dutch Open Government Act (Woo) Requesting information from the government (WOO request) Dutch Government Publishes the second part of DigiD’s Source Code Decidim (Digital platform for citizen participation) FranceConnect (Wikipedia) Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM) La gazette BlueHats Qu’est-ce qu’un EDIC ? European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) LiMux (Wikipedia) Munich’s Long History with Open Source in Public Administration
rdgp.fr
February 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Merci pour l'interview! L'occasion de partager pleins de choses à regarder pour les mois à venir sur la question de la souveraineté numérique!
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Today is the day!
OFE is delighted to announce that the EU Open Source Policy Summit has officially kicked off.
Follow us live now by joining the online streaming via the link and stay tuned for more live updates:
summit.openforumeurope.org
OFE is delighted to announce that the EU Open Source Policy Summit has officially kicked off.
Follow us live now by joining the online streaming via the link and stay tuned for more live updates:
summit.openforumeurope.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Today is the day!
OFE is delighted to announce that the EU Open Source Policy Summit has officially kicked off.
Follow us live now by joining the online streaming via the link and stay tuned for more live updates:
summit.openforumeurope.org
OFE is delighted to announce that the EU Open Source Policy Summit has officially kicked off.
Follow us live now by joining the online streaming via the link and stay tuned for more live updates:
summit.openforumeurope.org
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"If were are to have answers to Draghi and to Letta, to the Competitiveness Compass that was put to us, [then] open source needs to be part of the answer."
January 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"If were are to have answers to Draghi and to Letta, to the Competitiveness Compass that was put to us, [then] open source needs to be part of the answer."
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We just wrapped our second Summit panel, exploring how open source foundations tackle sustainability, under-resourced maintainers, and global challenges for the future of collaborative tech! 👨💻 🌐
#OpenSource
#OpenSource
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We just wrapped our second Summit panel, exploring how open source foundations tackle sustainability, under-resourced maintainers, and global challenges for the future of collaborative tech! 👨💻 🌐
#OpenSource
#OpenSource
The background of that pic 😌
Today, we take additional investigatory measures in the ongoing DSA proceedings against X.
X has the obligation to
- send internal documents on algorithm changes
- retain all data on such changes
- provide access to commercial APIs.
The @ec.europa.eu will fully enforce the DSA.
europa.eu/!wrfCT6
X has the obligation to
- send internal documents on algorithm changes
- retain all data on such changes
- provide access to commercial APIs.
The @ec.europa.eu will fully enforce the DSA.
europa.eu/!wrfCT6
January 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The background of that pic 😌
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Open protocol, take two
December 4, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Open protocol, take two
As I'm finally settling in, here are two upcoming events I'm working on right now:
1️⃣ OSOR Handbook Consultation and workshop (12 Dec) interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...
2️⃣ FOSDEM Devroom on EU Open Source Policy CFP – Deadline 1 December! softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-cfp
1️⃣ OSOR Handbook Consultation and workshop (12 Dec) interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...
2️⃣ FOSDEM Devroom on EU Open Source Policy CFP – Deadline 1 December! softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-cfp
OSOR Open Consultation for the draft Open Source Handbook
The Open Source Observatory is launching a one-month consultation to further develop and refine its recently published draft Handbook for public administrations.
interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu
November 27, 2024 at 3:39 PM
As I'm finally settling in, here are two upcoming events I'm working on right now:
1️⃣ OSOR Handbook Consultation and workshop (12 Dec) interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...
2️⃣ FOSDEM Devroom on EU Open Source Policy CFP – Deadline 1 December! softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-cfp
1️⃣ OSOR Handbook Consultation and workshop (12 Dec) interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...
2️⃣ FOSDEM Devroom on EU Open Source Policy CFP – Deadline 1 December! softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-cfp