Founder and CEO of Nextcloud, Co-founder and Vice Chair Eurostack, Board Member MariaDB Foundation, Founder of ownCloud, Free Software Developer, former KDE e.V. board member, Photographer
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Last Notes npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Nextcloud was featured last week in heute journal. The topic is Digital Sovereignty and Open Source https://www.zdf.de/video/magazine/heute-journal-104/heute-journal-vom-3-juni-2026-100 npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek We as Nextcloud published a detailed blog post regarding the Euro-Office licensing situation. Great to see that basically everyone including the FSF the SFC, Bradley Kuhn the inventor of the AGPL and other organization agree with our interpretation of the AGPL. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Interesting: Almost Two-Thirds of Europeans Back Replacing US Tech, Poll Finds npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek I'm very proud of the Nextcloud Engineers who implemented the new ADA data access architecture. We are already running it internally and you can really feel the difference. The bigger the instance is the bigger the speed improvements. The launch is just a few days away: https://nextcloud.com/special-event-winter26/ https://nextcloud.com/blog/a-new-data-access-architecture-for-nextcloud-introducing-the-ada-engine/ npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Everyone knows that the endgame of a successful software platform is a port of Doom. It seems that Nextcloud reached this milestone now. Enjoy playing Doom in Nextcloud 😂 Thanks to the amazing Nextcloud community. https://github.com/YvesCesar/doom_nextcloud npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Today I am in Copenhagen to discuss Digital Sovereignty and NO chatcontrol with the Danish government. #Nextcloud npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek The French-German Digital Sovereignty Summit yesterday was really inspiring. The topic of Open Source, European Sovereignty and Ethical AI is now discussed on the highes political level. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Nextcloud will invest 250 million euros until 2030 in sovereign Open Source solutions and we expand our channel partner program. Interesting times ahead. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Let me repeat that. The Austrian federal ministry of economics migrated to Nextcloud Hub. All 1200 employees. The complete Hub with Files, Talk, Groupware, Office and Flow. No test but fully in production since 6 months. People like it. No complains. Other ministries are impressed and want to do the same. People who say that Open Source doesn’t work are wrong. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek First they ignore you, then they fight you, then … npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek This is unbelievable. So Europe is not even allowed to discuss how to be more independent from Big Tech? #Nextcloud npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Surprise Surprise. The Delos / Microsoft Cloud can’t protect your data. https://www.golem.de/news/innenministerium-baden-wuerttemberg-zugriffe-durch-drittstaaten-bei-delos-cloud-moeglich-2510-201397.html npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Unglaublich. Die EU knickt vor Trump ein statt die eigene Gesetze durchzusetzen die zum Schutz der Europäischen Bürger und Unternehmen eingeführt wurden. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Today I'm in Brussels again for a meeting with the European Commission. I hope they understand the importance of more European Open Source solutions for our Digital Sovereignty. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek In Munich, early signs of a European hyperscaler revolt npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Today is a special day for me. For 3 years I worked with the German government and other organizations on Green IT topics and the Blauer Engel. I am happy that today Nextcloud got as first cloud software the Blauer Engel certificate from the German government. https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-as-first-cloud-software-to-get-the-blauer-engel-ecolabel-for-green-it/ Yay!! npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Happy birthday, Nextcloud! Today 9 years ago 12 people founded Nextcloud to create a complete Free and Open Source alternative to centralized proprietary cloud services and open core competitors. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Google is fighting Nextcloud by harming our Android app. Nextcloud now has less functionality than Google Drive. This is clear anti competitive behavior. https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nextcloud_play_store_complaint/ https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/ npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek The Register interviewed me for this article: 'Europe's cloud customers eyeing exit from US hyperscalers' https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/us_hyperscaler_alternatives/ #Nextcloud npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek The EU-US Data Privacy Framework can collapse any day now. Then the usage of US Cloud services becomes illegal for all companies and governments in Europe https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/datentransfer-faeser-pocht-auf-einhaltung-von-us-zusagen-zu-spionageschutz/100120631.html npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Today in Brussels to discuss Digital Sovereignty with the European Commission. It's interesting to see how more and more politicians understand the importance of Open Source for a free and democratic world. #Nextcloud npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek I'm happy to attend and speak at the Open Source Policy Summit Friday in Brussels. And I will be at FOSDEM too of course :-) https://summit.openforumeurope.org https://fosdem.org Who wants to meet? npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Looking forward to attend the 38C3. Who wants to meet? 😀 npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek The Nextcloud 2024 overview is here. So much good stuff happened in only 12 month. https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-2024-wrap-up/ npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Last week we released a major new version of Nextcloud Talk: The open source answer to Microsoft Teams https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-talk-our-open-source-answer-to-microsoft-teams/ npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Software development is political. Software will shape the future of our world. We have a responsibility. I will never understand developers building surveillance capitalist products for Big Tech companies because they get a free fancy lunch or other benefits. npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek We have a super interesting new podcast episode out: Open source and Nextcloud in government: Insights from Sven Thomsen, Schleswig-Holstein’s CIO https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-in-government-insights-from-sven-thomsen-schleswig-holsteins-cio/ npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Finally, 3 years after Nextcloud sent an antitrust complaint, the german authorities take the first steps against Microsoft https://nextcloud.com/blog/germany-recognises-microsoft-as-tech-giant/ npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Yesterday the Nextcloud community launched the biggest and best release of Nextcloud so far. Nextcloud Hub 9. Check out all the improvements. https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub9/ What do you think? npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Do you think Social Networking is fundamentally broken or is there a way to make it good for society. And if yes, how? npub1j8zt7j3cad89x3sf8aysd69u54xn6fm7u88fxtg6v0ujpqc3x33q2a8nwg Frank Karlitschek Ars Technica covers the move of Schleswig Holstein to Open Source including Nextcloud. 'German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating' https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/
