Re: Mozilla: "We’re taking a break from Facebook"

2021-09-24 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, I think the last few years showed that what once may have been a reasonable point of view (i.e. trying to be a voice of dissent) is not possible on a site that actively prevents their users from seeing those dissenting views. > When will it be time to remove the FSFE page? Or is it the FSFE

Re: FSFE-defined coding standards?

2021-02-12 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, Apart from the principal discussion whether FSFE is well-equipped to define "coding standards" without defining a scope for that discussion, I'd like to address the introductory paragraph that almost reads as FUD to me: > The (F)LOSS ecosystem is currently mostly focusing on quantity over q

Re: Fairphone lessons

2019-05-17 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Am Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2019, 14:29:28 CEST schrieb Paul Boddie: > On Wednesday 15. May 2019 12.51.36 Bernhard E. Reiter wrote: > > Am Dienstag 14 Mai 2019 13:24:28 schrieb Paul Boddie: > > > These are presumably the same apologists for phone manufacturers trying > > > to > > > cut warranty terms wh

List of email addresses

2019-05-02 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
ather a similar list… However, I'm pretty sure that using this information in the way that Mr. Pocock did is very much not allowed under EU law. Maybe it's time to let the legal team handle this transgression and evaluate FSFE's legal options? Cheers, Johannes -- Johannes Zar

Privacy vs. Transparency

2019-03-31 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi Christian, Am Sonntag, 31. März 2019, 11:14:14 CEST schrieb Christian Imhorst: > Am 29.03.19 um 17:24 schrieb Florian Snow: > I'm with you, that we have to protect the value of privacy. But if I > write an e-mail to different mailing lists, no matter how "internally" > they are, this e-mail is

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, Didn't we have that discussion half a year ago? On Freitag, 1. Dezember 2017 16:15:44 CET Daniel Pocock wrote: > For me, these words have clear meanings: > > Donor = somebody who gives money > Volunteer = somebody who gives time > Member = somebody who has a vote in the AGM Supporter = some

Re: community feedback on GA meeting agenda?

2017-09-27 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hello Daniel, On Mittwoch, 27. September 2017 11:24:36 CEST Daniel Pocock wrote: > Does anybody have any topics they would explicitly like to draw > attention to for the GA agenda? I don't know if it fits the GA, but I'd like to have some decision on the licensing questions [1] that were recentl

Re: negative campaigning?

2017-07-29 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, I've already sent a lengthy mail detailing my position w.r.t. negative campaigning, but I would like to add this point: Not every "negative" message is negative campaigning. On Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2017 12:14:49 CEST Daniel Pocock wrote: > If I was in somebody's house and I saw their kitchen

Re: negative campaigning?

2017-07-29 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, On Freitag, 28. Juli 2017 19:43:32 CEST Ioli Papadopoulou wrote: > Thank you for your comments. This is what I am trying to say: Yes to a > negative campaign, but in a POLITE and POSITIVE way. So: no negative campaigning ;-) I think this debate is missing the point about negative campaigning

Re: Ethical phones

2017-07-19 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, I guess you both have a point: Reusing a device is more ethical than throwing a working phone in the trash. Buying a device that tries hard not to exploit workers in low-wage countries is more ethical than supporting a manufacturer that optimizes solely for its own profit. Ethics is very m

QtCon Vide: How to write the perfect Press Release

2016-11-05 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, The remaining QtCon videos have been uploaded by now, so I would like to boost Paul Brown's talk for those who missed it: https://conf.qtcon.org/en/qtcon/public/events/717 Unfortunately, there is no link to the slides that I could find :( Cheers, Johannes signature.asc Description: Thi

Re: system-hackers service agreement

2016-08-27 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
for confusion with the quickml interface). To join the list, send a mail to sla-hack...@q.fsfe.org with Jonas (or any other member of the list) in the CC. [http://0xcc.net/quickml/ml-usage.en.html#label-4] Johannes -- Johannes Zarl-Zierl FSFE Gruppe Linz, Team Austria https://wiki.fsfe.o