SFP#30: The App Fair Project with Marc Prud'hommeaux

SFP#30: The App Fair Project with Marc Prud'hommeaux

Author: Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) February 14, 2025 Duration: 38:17
At FOSDEM, Bonnie Mehring and Marc Prud'hommeaux met to talk about Marc's Free Software initiative, The App Fair Project. This project is a marketplace for all devices and especially also for iOS devices that only distributes Free Software applications. Its goal is to foster a more accessible and inclusive Free Software ecosystem. Join the FSFE community and support the podcast: https://my.fsfe.org/support?referrer=podcast

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Duration: 36:52
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Duration: 35:26
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