2026-07-10 –, Forest Pavillion
As there was no book out there to explain my children why I love to tinker and experiment with technology and prepare them for a world which is highly influences by technology, I happened to write "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream". I was encouraged to share what I learnt in that process.
This is about how I happened to write the book, what experiences I made with the Creative Commons License, experiences with publishers and illustrators, distributing it in several languages, how it got translated in more than 30 languages and is meanwhile available as a movie as well.
Matthias Kirschner is President of FSFE. In 1999 he started using GNU/Linux and realised that software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. Matthias is convinced that this technology has to empower society not restrict it. While studying Political and Administrative Science he joined FSFE in 2004.
He helps other organisations, companies and governments to understand how they can benefit from Free Software -- which gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software -- and how those rights help to support freedom of speech, freedom of press or privacy.
In his spare time, together with his children and others he wrote the book "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", which is available under Creative Commons in many languages and meanwhile also as a movie.