. :-)
I'll leave on Monday.
Me too :)
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e all features you mentioned (and lots more!).
Never used it but heard a few good reports about it.
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device and share larger file among the
computers be prepared to have the Raspi as a bottleneck.
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providers with your
most valuable data should be common sense in the tech community.
By the way, I doubt that the UK has enough economic power to enforce
such one-sided backdoor obligations outside of the UK. I also doubt that
such regulations would be legally feasible in the EU.
Best,
Max
cal group is convinced that it should
promote their meetings via Facebook, let them do that as long as they
don't promote Facebook as the best or only tool.
With the FSFE's Twitter and Facebook presence, I'm positive that all
requirements are met.
Best,
Max
[1] https://wiki.
ion.
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to speak of the labour conditions in which mobile phones are
manufactured. This is a field large and complicated enough for dozens of
NGOs.
However, many of us appreciate initiatives like Fairphone, and we will
continue to help them to improve the freedom of their software (and
users).
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e or who are even hostile to it 2) on shaky grounds like
non-Free-Software events or proprietary networks. But we are rational
enough to make careful considerations for each potential problematic
activity.
Best,
Max
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# Paul Boddie [2017-07-25 12:58 +0200]:
On Tuesday 25. July 2017 11.41.48 Max Mehl wrote:
I would love to live in a world where we could abolish all proprietary
tools. But unfortunately the carefully dosed usage of some proprietary
networks is important for us to fulfil our mission [1
on Twitter this doesn't
mean that she'll instantly start using Free Software. But thanks to us,
now she may know that FS exists. It's a first step in educating the
public which we otherwise couldn't make.
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[2] https://git.fsfe.org/max.mehl/share-buttons
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hinking: a social network user
should never feel too confident, even if an organisation like FSFE told
her that service A or B is safe. Would you understand the current
wording the same way? If not, what would you propose instead?
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but for D*, GS, Reddit, and HackerNews mainly – internet users see
(privacy-unfriendly) buttons to non-free networks all the time.
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loading the non-free Messenger app (you cannot even write FB
messages on your mobile browser anymore IIRC). LibreJS may also warn its
users with most of these services' sites. Is this already Free Software
unfriendly?
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rdensome to do so. I know, it's not a black and
white :-)
You convinced me :)
So in this case, the sentence under the social sharing buttons would be:
Some services harm your privacy. [Learn more].
Anything to add? If not, I'd make the change soon.
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me, use them!"
-> "Why? Because Facebook is the worst you can use, see ABC."
-> "Diaspora, GNU Social, Friendica are much better because XYZ, we
show you how they work."
In my opinion, just screaming "Facebook is evil!" is yet another
scand
rding your message to the FSFE's Team
Germany [1].
@all: If we wanted to highlight the relevance of Free Software for
datacenters, which specific benefits and reasons for supporting FLOSS
would you mention?
Best,
Max
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sharing individual links on MLs is fine. I
guess Matthias had the same information.
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cause they feel they understand what it is all
about (and often announce it loud and widely). But we shouldn't
underestimate people (also) using other terms, they probably have very
good reasons to do so.
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Max
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Contact and f
en respect that. Examples:
Apple products or some popular proprietary software like MS Office or
Adobe stuff.
The only difference to the "no-cost" web services like social networks
is that they are paid by the users' data and privacy – hard to quantify
but I'd say this is overp
news/2017/news-20171116-01.html
[2] In our case members are members of the Free Software Foundation
Europe e.V.'s General Assembly: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/GA
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e.g. becoming a volunteer or contributing in other
ways. Please read the AMS Hackers' wiki page for more info:
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Ams-Hackers
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Suppo
vities/radiodirective/
[2] https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160725-01.html
[3] https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20151104-01.html
[4] https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-policy.html
[5] https://publiccode.eu/
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u struggle with certain Hugo-related problems please
feel free to contact me and I'll be happy to help :)
Best,
Max
@all: Thanks for sharing your feedback about PMPC!
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# Daniel Pocock [2018-01-14 00:50 +0100]:
Have these issues been discussed in other regions before?
Could be, as some other groups have similar geographic circumstances. You
may want to ask on our coordinators' mailing list [1].
Best,
Max
[1] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Coordinators
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a wiki page
about it?
I want to highlight that some volunteers are already experimenting with
a Discourse instance for FSFE, mainly Nikos IIRC (in Cc). Please join
them if you want to support them in their work.
https://git.fsfe.org/fsfe-system-hackers/community
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erything I need for
scheduling meetings and executing smaller polls:
https://framadate.org/
Git: https://git.framasoft.org/framasoft/framadate
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or
becoming a member change (this is still not decided), they will be more
open and transparent.
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is is still not in production.
I'm not sure that the technical layer you proposed will add any further
clarity.
Please also see our guidelines for "volunteer run services":
https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/VolunteerRunServices
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es a non-problem in my opinion.
hellekin found harsh words to express his feelings, but his problem
wasn't that the service implied to be official but that he didn't know
about it.
Best,
Max
[^1]: git.fsfe.org
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uot; yet. It may
also motivate users to create bug reports.
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FSFE's presence on GnuSocial or
Diaspora you will see what our preferences are ;)
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t.
Please read more about the CfP and the programme in our dedicated news
item: <https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180322-01.html>
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please write them to
cont...@fsfe.org so we don't miss them.
Looking forward to meet you in Strasbourg
n them would create more frustration and distraction from our
actual goal than it would bring any positive effect.
If you think that we urgently need such a list of proprietary
dependencies, please try to figure out a balanced definition and think
of the work involved for different parts of the
fit
your standpoint better, please support them. But I think to know even
more people who value the diversity and tolerance of viewpoints the FSFE
offers.
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to create such a list without having a clear idea what this
would encompass and whether it would actually contain any tangible
results, and without making the first step.
Best,
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e?
I wonder whether such organisations also install video cameras, hidden
microphones and tap work phones to micro-control everything.
Best,
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ions and I represent a silent majority who
> simply feels threaten to object your messages.
Thank you for saying that, Erik. I personally feel the same. It makes me
want to avoid reading and participating in any conversation on this
list. That's the opposite of what any of us should strive for.
point by Monday. We need to show
the Commission that there are people who actually care for user freedom
on their devices, and who want to control their technology.
Thanks for raising your voice!
Best,
Max
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id. If you feel that we
forgot some special highlight (which we surely did considering the
amount), please share it with us.
And please remember: Thanking Free Software contributors like
developers, translators, artists or testers is possible throughout the
whole year :)
Best,
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ibute your request directly
to the people who know most about a specific topic.
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nt in the last
paragraph of my prior email. The same goes for FSFE activities like Ask
Your Candidates [^1] or the "Digital-O-Mat" we've participated in [^2].
Best,
Max
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://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-02.html
Unfortunately, due to unexpected technical difficulties, the quality is
not as good as intended and we had to make a few cuts, but it should be
fine enough to enjoy the funny performance.
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as been a
small detail in it and with an exception pro FS. How to judge that in a
way that it becomes clear how the MEPs think about FS?
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].
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[^1]: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/reuse
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ease reach out to us. We will be happy to support you!
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[^1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reuse/
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Become a supporter of software freedom: h
There also is an area for groups and projects to
present themselves. I thought about offering an FSFE space but would
love to share this joy and responsibility with other Free Software
enthusiasts.
So, anyone in? :)
Best,
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Co
f offering some small merchandise, especially if we were more than 2
persons.
Would you be in? Then I can ask for a place, send the stuff to Serbia,
and announce it.
Best,
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popular distributions' package repositories. Right now, it's
Arch Linux (through AUR), Fedora, and OpenSUSE (in an old version).
Is someone here who could help us get REUSE tool packaged for e.g.
Debian, Ubuntu, NixOS etc? I'm looking forward to collaborate on that :)
Best,
Ma
with:
>
> $ guix install reuse
How awesome, thank you! This has been added to the README:
https://git.fsfe.org/reuse/tool
I've never used Guix before, and a quick test in a test environment
wasn't successful, but the package looks good. Perhaps others can test
and give feedback?
.
Thank you for your time!
Best regards,
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ublic services, companies, or NGOs keep their address book and access
directory up to date.'"
The fact that it is supported by a wide range of companies and
administrations, and the ability to be adapted by other players as well
is a good indicator for its re-usability, which is a key
mon Debian infrastructure:
https://git.ostc-eu.org/OSTC/packaging/reuse
https://git.ostc-eu.org/OSTC/packaging/license-expression (dependency)
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Hi all,
~ Max Mehl [2021-04-28 15:23 +0200]:
> But there is no official Debian package yet! And that makes it harder
> for users and developers who want to improve the reusability of
> software.
I have been pointed to the following resource that indicates that there
is an experimenta
man page with help2man
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/).
Yes, we already have an issue for that. If someone wants to take a
short, please feel free to open a PR :)
https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/issues/334
Best,
Max
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ur today's news:
https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210609-01.html
We are looking forward to your project's registration. Please also
motivate others to have a look at REUSE. Thank you!
Best,
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^1]: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220202-01.html
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The FSFE is a charity that empowers users to control technology
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ld also be that you have personal difficulties with lead
developers, or that you generally dislike the strategy of a project.
Well, instead of badmouthing the project then, I am suggesting to invest
your energy in a project or initiative you prefer.
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