Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Code license principles in academic publications?

[amunizp]

El 7 de junio de 2017 21:02:46 GMT+01:00, Pen-Yuan Hsing 
 escribió:
>Dear libreplanet-discuss,
>
>I have been asked to comment on a draft article about best 
>practices/principles in publishing academic computer code (e.g. 
>scientific R scripts, Python code, etc.).
>
>Though the article is supposed to be short, I think a huge glaring 
>problem in this draft is that software licenses are not mentioned AT
>ALL.
>
>Obviously one comment I'll add is that it is crucial for code to be
>free 
>(as in freedom) and that a license needs to be attached to its
>publication.
>
>That said, I'm just wondering if anyone has already written about this 
>and if I can refer to it? Ideally something that lays out the basic 
>steps of attaching a software license?
>
>Sorry I've only got about 32 hours to respond, so would really 
>appreciate any of your suggestions!
>
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One thing to look out for, I guess, is what licence is the journal released 
under. It cc-by-sa 4.0 I think you will have the journal to back you up.

Normally code (and data) should be attached to paper. But in the past this has 
not been done and only nice reviewers such as your self has asked for it. So 
thank you.


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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ownership of software invention

[amunizp]

>I'm writing with a somewhat specific question. I'm a non-developing
>employee of a Missouri software company. In my spare time, I do
>develop,
>though, and am about to release a program of substantial size as free
>software. I'm concerned about my employer's finding out about this and
>using it to gain "ownership" over the program, seeing as how I wrote it
>while under their employ. Is there anything I can do to retain my
>copyright so that I can release it as free software, or does my
>employer
>have legal claim over my program?
>

You need help from software freedom conservancy.  The lawyers. I just listened 
to their podcast: 'free as in freedom' refering to the contract you sign on 
joining mentioned in other responses.

Free as in Freedom: 0x5E: Conservancy's ContractPatch Initiative 
http://faif.us/cast/2016/nov/01/0x5E/

There are links there to the  audio oggcast and to the blog posts which might 
be worth a read.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/?tag=ContractPatch

It might be worth joining their mailing list as well.

Good luck.




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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] talos

[amunizp]

El 12 de enero de 2017 08:12:46 GMT+00:00, Catonano  
escribió:
>Today, january 12, only 454 pledges have been made to the Talos proect
>crowdunding campaign page.
>
>https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation
>
>This is not just a missed target. This is something more, as if there
>was a
>reection of the proect.
>
>The freedom sensble community is small, yes, but not this small.
>
>What's going on ?


I think it was high end and a small market within a small market. Other 
projects normally have smaller rewards but due to the magnitude of the project 
it was difficult to have rewards.

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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Twitter account?

[amunizp]

>I'll try gnusocial then. Is it gnusocial <-> twitter works in the two 
>directions? Or only post to twitter through gnusocial?
>
>
depends on the node you choose. AFAIK It is something that is sometimes 
disabled due to increase of traffic and twitter changing API from time to time. 

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

[amunizp]

El 13 de octubre de 2016 00:18:37 GMT+01:00, Aaron E-J  
escribió:
>I am developing a ready-out-of the-box, open source virtual remote
>desktop platform and would like to investigate its deployment in school
>systems.  My assumption is that most schools are using proprietary
>technologies (Mac/PC) for the most part and that a switch to Linux
>based
>platforms would bring cost savings.  However, I know very little about
>the current technology setups in schools near me – let alone schools
>elsewhere in the U.S. (where I'm based) or the world.  I would like to
>hear from people who have kids, what does their school technology setup
>look like?
>
>Thanks!

Don't know what they have now but they are going for the very expensive and 
monopolistic smartboards.  A whiteboard/touchscreen. I am doing what I can to 
avoid it.
A quick search shows some hit and miss DIY replacements no profesional solution.
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Aseprite is now proprietary software

[amunizp]

What do people feel about bounties? You want a feature? Pay for it. If not I'll 
get to it when I can. Bugs might be a tricky one but over charging features can 
compensate for bugs?
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Aseprite is now proprietary software

[amunizp]

>
>Please join me in letting the developers know that this is not okay,
>and that we will not stand for the injustice of proprietary software.
>It's possible to contact them via email[0], Twitter[1], and
>Facebook[2].
>

Bug report/issue on the commit? [0] will be more visible? 


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[libreplanet-discuss] Readability with gnu.org

[amunizp]

Dear all,
I was reading this page:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.es.html

Using fennec for Android (found in f-droid). The readability button us not 
offered.
Is this meant to be?

in libre planet, for example, it does work.


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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Seeking some Web-based software instance for interactive teaching task

[amunizp]

El 9 de julio de 2016 00:36:54 GMT+01:00, 
>- I need to be able to view all the pastes from every class member
>- It should syntax highlight Java code
>- It needs to be Web-based (i.e. no locally-installed software)
>
>To give an example of what I mean, suppose I have three students:
>Alice, Bob and
>Carla. Each of them writes a snippet of code, and sends them to me. I
>can then
>view (on my machine) each of the snippets from all three of them.
>
>I don't wanna have to use email for this (because that's a bit
>cumbersome). Of
>course, this tool should be free software. Ideally, this Web-based
>program
>should require minimal setup (so, no registration would be nice).
>

I know it needs registration, but you could host your own git instance  I 
guess? 

https://gitlab.com/

Just make a team with different branches?




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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Are proprietary software and science compatible?

[amunizp]

Dear all,
In case you have not seen fsfe and other's effort in EU with regards to climate 
research. Others will hopefully follow.

As announced in this list here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2015-10/msg5.html

The outcome is summarised here:
http://www.jpi-climate.eu/media/default.aspx/emma/org/10868118/JPI+Climate+symposium+on+Open+Knowledge_Final+Report.pdf

I am a scientist, but climate is not my field.


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

[amunizp]

>It is easy enough for somebody to take a backup of their Facebook
>account and then click to delete it.
>
Yes facebook is easier than twitter, they need to tick the right boxes to make 
sure it is not dormant. Skype is trickier, I don't know if I managed in the 
end. Etsy plainly told me that they wouldn't.

>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 actually used their real DoB to
>begin
>with), deleting the groups used to classify friends, deleting photos,
>deleting things like their relationship status, maybe even deleting all
>their posts and comments one by one?
>

I tried that, but I ran out of patience. If I was doing big data analysis I'd 
use it as an indicator that someone was leaving. So I would discard data 
anyway. even if DoB or other was false from the start I bet there is clever 
ways to pin it as outlyer.

>Should they do it all in one go, or stagger it over 2 - 3 months so
>that
>it is not so obvious that they were putting in false data before
>account
>deletion?
>

Tell close friends that you are leaving and why in private message would be 
more effective so that people exchange contacts and keep in touch. Posting 
messages on wall saying the same is not as effective as a) lost in the noise b) 
probably will be bubble filtered out.

Sad thing is I announced I was leaving on wall over months, slowly deleted some 
posts, even asked to have tags removed. I later left abd only 6 months later 
did someone actually call. 'did you get off facebook?' and a year later someone 
else said 'did you block me?'

So definately personal contact to loved ones I would recommend.


>Are there any existing articles or blogs that are recommended for
>people
>going through this process?
>

only technical not social. AFAIK. RMS lecture or text says to reach out 
personally, I recall. Friends don't let friends use facebook.

>Are there any tools that can help people?

I did not look for facebook but I did find a python script that would delete 
twitter posts. I had over 20k and it crashed my computer at the end my account 
showed no tweets but said I had 5k tweets that I could not see. go figure. I 
imagine similar hit and miss with facebook.



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[libreplanet-discuss] faif alternative to AP ENPS for BBC

[amunizp]

Hello,

Speaking to someone who works in BBC I have been told that they are currently 
using the Associated Press software called enps: 

http://www.enps.com/

This seems to be a package that takes news wires from Journalists and producers 
can filter as they see fit and add to schedules to be presented.  Such as those 
'Breaking news banners' in the bottom of news screens on tv.

It seems that they are looking for alternative. From looking at the specs it 
seems to only run on windows server and require Internet explorer (!). I 
thought this type of software was extinct!

http://www.enps.com/pages/technical_overview/hardware_and_software_requirements

Does anybody know of alternatives?
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[libreplanet-discuss] Free software and disabilities

[amunizp]

Hi all,

Speaking to someone the other day they mentioned that there wasn't a central 
place to go get disability supported solutions. Short from putting 'disability' 
in a package manager, is there any central place where one can look for faif 
supporting people with disabilities?

Sadly my search only brought this article from 9 years ago [1].

BTW I heard about sonar Gnu/Linux [2] which is an incredible project a project 
and Jasper and Mycroft could be used as well. What I was looking for is where 
all these options are listed as well as the stand alone faif packages that can 
be used in proprietary platforms.

[1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-and-disability/#!
[2] http://sonargnulinux.com/



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