Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel team keep up the good work
While the GNU GPL does not tell anything about privacy and protection from unauthorized supervision, it doesn't mean everything is done by releasing software under the GNU GPL. There are many more things wrong in the world besides non-free software. The fact that special services can track all of our communications and basically control our computing through some backdoors is bad. On a different level than having a piece of software under a non-free license, but it is still an important issue, just a different one. I don't say any distribution of GNU/Linux should include the best measures for privacy and anonimous internet access (as far this one is even possible). A GNU/Linux distribution is free to invent any type of nieche for itself, a distro for sys admins, a distro for music makers, one for people with very old hardware, etc. Things like Tor and PGP, OTR Messaging are not the way one should fight the privacy problems nowadays. There ought to be a law Citizens should not be under suspission in the first place. But as long as they all are, using special methods for obscuring ones messages and identity on the Internet is a legit way of protesting against the crazyness.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel team keep up the good work
Bravo aka faith in humanity restored post! Spoiler: Even killer-drones include GPLed stuff, be it of legacy v2. I wanted to touch gently the parent issue - as RMS puts this - software freedom itself ain't enough for the ruling class' evil deeds setback. Ordinary humans have to engage further in everyday's society, shall we advance to an information one. What do you personally - bmw2qs - think of recent CC 4.0 license set?!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel team keep up the good work
I had no idea there is a CC 4.0. 3.0 fit me well. That is not a good reason. Back in the days when GPL v3 was fresh it was unclear why to upgrade. Years later I found out what TiVo was. I am still against the phrasing GPL vX and any later version.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel team keep up the good work
While it is true that free software is about the 4 essential freedoms over the software, RMS himself has said that this is not just a technical matter. It is a social matter, free software should bring us a free society. And in a free society you can't have freedom unless you are free from surveillance, free from social and political pressures, free to speak about any issue and read about any issue. So, yes, while Trisquel should not be about privacy and security, according to RMS it should have that aspect in its goal. That is why I sometimes disagree with some people here, because I don't care about free software rules. I care about free software bringing us a free society and a chance of a better community.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel team keep up the good work
What are the major changes from CC 3.0 to CC 4.0?
