Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 70, Issue 14 FS & Disabilities

On 15/12/15 03:28, arthur_tor...@comcast.net wrote: > Speaking as a person with a disability, though fortunately not one that > affects my ability to use software, it seems to me that this is a prime area > where the classic Unix mantra of "don't do all things, instead do individual > things

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software and disabilities

On 13/12/15 15:09, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > El 10 de diciembre de 2015 23:50:42 GMT+00:00, John Sullivan > escribió: >> amunizp writes: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Speaking to someone the other day they mentioned that there wasn't a >>> central place to

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software and disabilities

On 16/12/15 00:19, John Sullivan wrote: > Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> writes: > >> One thing we should be more conscious of is that there are funding >> programs and grants available to make the world better for people with >> disabilities. It would be very

[libreplanet-discuss] rewards for crowdfunding Free Software projects

A lot of crowdfunding sites emphasize giving some rewards back to donors. While most developers would rather just get on with coding, the rewards, small things like T-shirts and bigger things too, are hard to avoid. Has anybody looked at this in detail? Does anybody have any ideas about what

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GNU ethical repository criteria: Should privacy issues really be extra credit?

On 19/11/15 19:52, anonymiss wrote: >> Daniel Pocock: >> --snip-- > this part: >> I think the FSF approach (ranking each provider) is a good step but it >> is not the complete solution. The real solution needs to look at how >> to encourage free-software-m

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

On 05/06/16 17:39, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > Free software activists shouldn't sue people right from the start, > they should instead enforce it through collaboration, first by > private communication with the violator, then after series of > negligencies done by the violators, the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

On 05/06/16 17:46, Patrick wrote: > On 06/05/2016 11:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> On 05/06/16 16:57, Patrick wrote: >>> Hi Everyone >>> >>> This is a horrible post and will probably trigger some very negative >>> reactions. I am tryin

[libreplanet-discuss] a free income for software developers?

Switzerland has just had a referendum on giving all citizens a free basic income of about CHF 2,500 per month (equivalent to USD 2,500 per month) Should countries consider a similar scheme, but exclusively for software developers who create things at their own discretion under a free license for

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

On 05/06/16 20:27, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote: > On 05/06/16 19:23, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 05/06/16 19:46, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: >>> Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 17:16:29 CEST >>> Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> ha scritto: >>>> [..

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

On 06/06/16 17:14, Joshua Gay wrote: > On 06/05/2016 11:39 AM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: >> Free software activists shouldn't sue people right from the start, they >> should instead enforce it through collaboration, first by private >> communication with the violator, then after series of

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

On 05/06/16 20:46, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 06/05/2016 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> If copyright law didn't exist, then developers would not be able to use >> the GPL to place copyleft conditions on derivative works >> > > (preface: I acknowledg

[libreplanet-discuss] how would an activist start with Free Software?

Some of you may have seen my recent blog about another group starting up to "democratize" Europe[1], with a heavy reliance on undemocratic platforms like Facebook that seems contrary to their aims. If people from this campaign or any other like it wanted to bootstrap themselves in a Free

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] how would an activist start with Free Software?

On 07/02/16 10:03, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/07/2016 09:49 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> Some of you may have seen my recent blog about another group starting up >> to "democratize" Europe[1], with a heavy reliance on undemocratic >> platforms like Faceb

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

On 04/02/16 19:31, John Sullivan wrote: > We have a much-delayed update ready to publish (see > https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-commences-review-of-high-priority-free-software-projects-list-your-input-is-needed). > After that's published, we will revisit our updating process and > announce the next

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

On 11/02/16 12:04, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/11/2016 11:13 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> As suggested in my earlier email, I feel the list should be reserved for >> things that just about everybody needs to use. > > In general, I would agree, but those specific programs whi

[libreplanet-discuss] funding opportunities for speaker travel

I've been having some discussion with organizers of an event in Asia recently and I understand that their ticket revenue doesn't raise enough money to cover speaker travel costs this year. I've also heard from organizers of a couple of other events over the next year who are contemplating the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What do you think about the FSF using/endorsing nonfree cultural works?

On 11/02/16 15:11, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/11/2016 01:29 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Somebody else may take 90% of the slides and just change 10% of them and >> start using them to promote a similar point of view (e.g. Open Source) > > If the free software philosophy is

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

On 11/02/16 11:04, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/10/2016 08:54 PM, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: >> >> Also if we had a very good 2D/3D CAD libre software but missing a full DWG >> support, CAD users still would not use it. >> But having a full DWG support is really hard... I think quite impossible:

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Proposal for "FUD responses" wiki pages

On 29/02/16 12:05, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/29/2016 11:18 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> Very good, but not every person will respond like that > > One should be prepared for the worst case scenarios: that includes > taking into consideration emotional, irrationa

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Proposal for "FUD responses" wiki pages

On 29/02/16 10:33, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/29/2016 10:10 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> Back to the theme of making the rebuttals conversational, another good >> one could be: >> >> "Companies don't like the GPL" >> >> "I

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dealing with blind hatred for the GPL

On 27/02/16 13:44, Fabio Pesari wrote: > Many people (especially in the open source community) hate the GPL more > than they hate proprietary software, especially the GPLv3. I never found > an approach that works with those people. > > Mention "freedom" and they'll say the GPL is "restrictive"

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free Software Games for babies

On 17/02/16 01:14, Lori Nagel wrote: > Hi, I have a just turned 2 year old and I would like to find some simple > press any key game geared for babies and young toddlers that are free > (as in freedom) software. I tried a web search but I've only seen > things geared for older children. My son

[libreplanet-discuss] consolidating free hardware lists

There are various lists of free hardware being maintained in different places, e.g. https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Hardware/Freest http://wiki.fsfe.org/Migrated/Hardware%20Vendors https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware Can anybody think of an efficient way to consolidate all

[libreplanet-discuss] home / small office servers with free hardware

Can anybody comment on strategies for building a home or small office server using entirely free hardware? The earlier thread (here[1] and on the FSFE list[2]) about Intel and AMD never being truly free identifies platforms like ARM and other low power chips as alternatives that can be 100%

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] We need a Great campaign To tell the programmers to improve their programs To work well with the screen Reader

On 21/03/16 19:20, Ali Abdul Ghani wrote: > hi > A lot of programs do not work with screen readers > and Now, the problem has become much Larger > And its became a problem in the web after the appearance of html5 > > now aMany Web applications do not work with screen readers > Most programmers do

[libreplanet-discuss] telling friends when you stop using facebook

I'm starting a separate thread for this because the other thread was intended for the technical process of killing a facebook account One issue that a few people have commented on is getting the contact details of friends before closing the facebook account and telling your friends you are no

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] New Group

On 26/04/16 21:59, felix_poss...@openmailbox.org wrote: > Interesting. > Of course it would make sense to merge our resources instead of > building two groups, however, i don't understand, why they were splitting > from the fsf by founding a eurpean version. > Thanks for the info. > I don't

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] New Group

On 26/04/16 19:46, felix_poss...@openmailbox.org wrote: > I am creating a Wikipage right now, taking several group pages as role > model > Projects like the Ontario goup will be created in the process. There may be an FSFE group in Munich, you may initially find it easy to collaborate with

[libreplanet-discuss] helping friends kill their facebook accounts

One of the issues that comes up when helping people get off proprietary social media is the amount of data retained even if they close their account. It is easy enough for somebody to take a backup of their Facebook account and then click to delete it. Is it better for people to go through

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] helping friends kill their facebook accounts

On 28/04/16 09:47, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 04/28/2016 09:30 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Is it better for people to go through their profile more vigorously >> though, messing up all the data? For example, changing their date of >> birth to something random (if they actuall

[libreplanet-discuss] free/secure IoT device shopping

There are more and more IoT devices, such as webcams, light bulbs, home automation controls and sensors and such things appearing. Is anybody keeping a shortlist of those that are suitable for use in an environment where freedom and security requirement are not laughed at? There are four

[libreplanet-discuss] bounties for reporting GPL violations?

If I understand the reports about the Hellwig vs VMware case correctly, the case failed[1] (in the first stage) because Hellwig didn't have (or didn't submit to the court) enough evidence of the GPL violation. Obviously it can be hard for people to produce such evidence if they are not inside a

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What does the tech setup look like in your grade school?

On 14/10/16 17:26, Rudolf wrote: > I would recommend finding out who has the buying power at a local > school, that's the person you're going to have to convince to deploy > your system not to mention whoever runs IT at the school department. > That is the #1 task in any sales process > From

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] talos

On 13/01/17 22:20, Arthur Torrey wrote: > I looked at the Talos and thought that it was really nice in concept, but WAY > out of my price range... > > Alex is right about the cost factors and scale, etc., and that the target > price isn't unreasonable for the scope of the project... But at the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] talos

On 12/01/17 15:22, Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Fabián Rodríguez > wrote: >> >> >> On 12/01/17 03:12 AM, Catonano wrote: >>> Today, january 12, only 454 pledges have been made to the Talos proect >>> crowdunding campaign page. >>> >>>

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] talos

On 12/01/17 17:37, Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: >> >> >> On 12/01/17 15:22, Adam Van Ymeren wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Fabián Rodríguez >>> <magic...@member.fsf

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] free and libre tax software

On 25/03/17 04:59, Greg Knittl wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested in writing free and libre income tax software for Canada. > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/FLCTPSP > > Technically it's a challenge because of the shear quantity of > calculations. It has to be easy for

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] a question to developers (not packagers) re. systemd vs. sysvinit

On 15/03/17 16:57, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The systemd vs sysvinit topic has popped up again on the Debian list > (and a few other places), and it occurs to me to wonder what's going > on from a developer perspective (rather than a distro or packager > perspective). > > Our own

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

On 07/03/17 16:12, Andri Effendi wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Urgent call to keyboard arms! > > Shocking new revelations of CIA hacking tools in software used by > everyone, including us Free Software folk. > What do you mean "everyone"? Surely the American leadership will only use these

[libreplanet-discuss] dual FSF and FSFE membership

Does either organization (FSF or FSFE) have a position on dual membership, being a member of both organizations? Was this contemplated when the relationship between the two organizations originated? Has there been any discussion about a reduced membership fee or offering a single joining

[libreplanet-discuss] resources about mailing lists vs. forums (e.g. Discourse)

I've seen various communities having debates about whether to adopt Discourse of similar forum software instead of a mailing list. Has anybody already prepared any objective wiki pages or blogs comparing mailing lists to forums and itemising each of the issues to be considered? Rather than

[libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally

One of the biggest concerns people have about leaving platforms like Facebook and Meetup is that they fear they will miss out on events. I just put up another blog[1] about this topic in fact. What tools do we have for sharing data about events in other ways? For example, are there any free

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Streaming and recording software used at LibrePlanet conference

On 07/07/17 03:20, Bob Jonkman wrote: > Thanks Paulo! That's the one. > > And thanks to someone who replied to me off-list, here's that blog > post I was thinking of: > > http://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/free-software-video-streaming-hubangl-powered-libreplanet-2017 > > And also: > >

[libreplanet-discuss] The Intel ME/AMT/vPro vulnerability, mitigation and airport scans

The recent AMT/vPro exploit[1] has helped shine a light on this problem. Has anybody seen any evidence that anything is changing though, either in what vendors are offering or in terms of how companies buy technology? Over the last few years, people have been trained to separate their laptops

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] OpenAg: Open Agriculture Initiative

On 12/05/17 04:32, Aaron E-J wrote: > > In terms of solving world hunger – this is not a technological problem > but a socio-political one. We can produce many times the necessary > nutrients to sustain life using century's old technology plus crop > diversification. Not that innovation in

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] OpenAg: Open Agriculture Initiative

rece que es una combinación de equipos cliente, servidores y centros > de datos. Pero cómo funcionan no sé en este tiempo. También no está > claro para mí, es que una buena manera. > > con muchas saludos, willi > > > Weitergeleitete Nachricht > Betreff: Ope

[libreplanet-discuss] making open hardware projects feasible

Hi all, There are some interesting innovations in open hardware, whether it is the NAS[1], the router[2] or something big like the food computer[3] Looking at the food computer, however, I see that people are still making up kits one at a time and the cost is therefore quite steep (one kit

[libreplanet-discuss] Replicant or LineageOS or ???

With CyanogenMod gone, more and more people are looking at which OS to use next. LineageOS[1] is the most well known successor, but how does it compare to Replicant[2] when it comes to security and privacy? Are there other alternatives people should consider? Various articles have popped up[3]

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Replicant or LineageOS or ???

On 14/06/17 17:31, Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > >> Is there anything like GTA04 in the pipeline that supports LTE / 4G >> though? I saw it was discussed[4] for GTA04 but it is not clear. >&g

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Replicant or LineageOS or ???

On 14/06/17 15:53, Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > On June 14, 2017 9:00:35 AM EDT, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: >> >> With CyanogenMod gone, more and more people are looking at which OS to >> use next. >> >> LineageOS[1] is the most well k

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] joint merchandise production between projects (t-shirts, stickers, Swiss army knives, ...)

On 01/05/17 20:20, Markus Fischer wrote: > Hi all > > I read only about price and cost cutting. What's about sustainability, > working conditions, clean production etc. ? > I feel it is dangerous to mix too many different political causes with free software. I would like to know that people

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] joint merchandise production between projects (t-shirts, stickers, Swiss army knives, ...)

On 01/05/17 18:49, John Sullivan wrote: > Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> writes: > >> Hi all, >> >> There has been some discussion on debian-project about merchandise >> production, mainly t-shirts and clothing[1] and one thing that came up >>

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] joint merchandise production between projects (t-shirts, stickers, Swiss army knives, ...)

On 01/05/17 21:38, Markus Fischer wrote: > > > Am 01.05.2017 um 21:02 schrieb Daniel Pocock: > >> I feel it is dangerous to mix too many different political causes with >> free software. > > I feel it is dangerous not to care about our own economical decisio

[libreplanet-discuss] helping newcomers start blogs - but where?

Hi all, blogger.com and wordpress are well known platforms for people to create free blogs. Github pages have also become popular with developers recently. What are the recommended alternatives for people who want to adhere to a more free / libre approach? In particular, I'm looking for

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] helping newcomers start blogs - but where?

On 20/08/17 06:59, Mike Gerwitz wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 19:52:51 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> blogger.com > > Blogger requires non-free JS to even begin to render a page. I've never > been able to read any blogs hosted on that site, unfortunately. > >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] LIbre routers ?

On 17/01/18 18:11, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: > > I am looking for a good router with 802.11ac and 802.11n support. I'd > like both its hardware and software to be free as in Freedom. > > It seems the Turris Omnia fits that description: > https://project.turris.cz/en/ > > Is anyone here using

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] LIbre routers ?

On 18/01/18 09:00, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > Il giorno mercoledì 17/01/2018 18:33:39 +0100 > Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> ha scritto: > >> On 17/01/18 18:11, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for a good router with 802.11ac and 802.11n

[libreplanet-discuss] joining forces with the FSF

Hi everybody, The FSFE constitution[1] makes an explicit call to "join forces" with the FSF Is anybody aware of other groups, whether they are local groups, national groups or anything else, that have been founded and operated under a a similar pledge and how they carry that out in practice?

[libreplanet-discuss] choosing hackable home appliances

A lot more home appliances have some kind of software in them, including toasters, fridges, bluetooth toilets, etc. Has anybody started cataloguing which of these devices are more hackable? Are there any lists of such products where the vendor openly supports hacking the product or releases

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] The FSF / FSFE sister relationship

On 11/09/18 17:09, bill-auger wrote: > im not taking any position on whether there should or should not be an > official affiliation; but AFAIK there is no official co-operation today > among any of them In FSFE's case, I suspect this is FSF's fault for being to generous and patient with them

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 103, Issue 1

On 12/09/18 19:45, Adrienne G. Thompson wrote: >> The FSF has a well known name associated with a distinctive philosophy. >> Whether people agree with that philosophy or not, they usually know what >> FSF believes in. That is the power of a brand. >> >> When people see the name FSFE, they

[libreplanet-discuss] The FSF / FSFE sister relationship

Hi everybody, Ever since I started blogging about my role in FSFE as Fellowship representative, I've been receiving communications and queries from various people, both in public and in private, about the relationship between FSF and FSFE. I've written this post to try and document my own

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] membership confusion, FSF way forward

On 23/09/2019 05:18, Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss wrote: > > I take issue with this: there is the issue of vetting regular members. > What if a bunch of members are present who do not share the FSF's > hardline stance on free software? If I understand correctly, RMS was always true to the

[libreplanet-discuss] exposure to lynchings in free software communities

Does anybody keep an index of all the lynchings in free software communities? Whether RMS did something wrong or not, the trial-by-social-media-and-email process is abusive. Such processes are rigged against just outcomes in many ways. These lynchings have many downsides that are not visible

[libreplanet-discuss] membership confusion, FSF way forward

Recent discussions show a lot of confusion about FSF (associate) membership. The FSF publishes[1] copies of the financial statements The 2018 filing[2] shows that FSF has only registered 7 people as voting members and the other 1466 people only registered as volunteers. Why the distinction?

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] membership confusion, FSF way forward

On 23/09/2019 01:54, Adrienne G. Thompson wrote: >On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 6:19 PM Will Hill <[1]will.hillno...@gmail.com> >wrote: > > On Sunday 22 September 2019, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > all the 1466 volunteers, associate members and any n

[libreplanet-discuss] censorship or technical issues in FSF lists?

confusion, FSF way forward Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:19:50 +0530 From: Nishant Sharma To: Leah Rowe , Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss , Daniel Pocock CC: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org On 23 September 2019 8:48:42 AM IST, Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss wrote: > >I take

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] censorship or technical issues in FSF lists?

On 23/09/2019 11:02, Federico klez Culloca wrote: >> list. If anybody wants to know they are receiving every message at >> this >> crucial time, please come and join us there, it can be your canary in >> the coal mine. >> >> https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion >> >>