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Harald Welte Wins European SFS Award for 30 Years of Opening Black Boxes

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Netfilter, the Linux firewall code he helped lead, runs in over 15 billion computers, from routers to phones. What does his prize say about ad tech's code?
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Bolzano – Who determines the technology that we use every day? SFSCON is concerned with this question, which started at NOI today and attracts more than 1,000 participants from all over Europe to Bolzano. The conference shows for two days how free software enables more digital self-determination. "Who buys technology only at large corporations remains dependent [...]

At the SFSCON 2026 in Bolzano, the open source activist Harald Welte received the European SFS Award. Daniele Gobbetti was awarded the SFS Award 2026. Matthias Kirschner, President of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and Adrian Kuntner, President of the Linux User Group Bozen-Bolzano-Bulsan, had to make a lot of effort in their laudation for the winner.

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FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe… broke the news on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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