Re: [libreplanet-discuss] References for restrictions of apps in the Apple

2012-04-04 Thread John Sullivan
free software without the accompanying freedoms. :) But looking the other way is not something we can support or count on, in terms of protections for user freedoms. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Skype Replacement?

2012-05-14 Thread John Sullivan
be a great start for the page. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=8096.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Skype Replacement?

2012-05-14 Thread John Sullivan
Alexey Eromenko al4...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:41 PM, John Sullivan jo...@fsf.org wrote: Jitsi is the only one that's worked reliably for me for doing video calls, especially when the person on the other end is not using GNU/Linux. I use it through my own Asterisk server

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Skype Replacement?

2012-05-14 Thread John Sullivan
. Thanks a lot John for starting this page! I hope it becomes a rich resource. I have started filling in more details already. Join me, all :) Thanks for getting it rolling! -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Skype Replacement?

2012-05-16 Thread John Sullivan
. Is that not the case? -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=8096.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Skype Replacement?

2012-05-16 Thread John Sullivan
Mike Linksvayer m...@gondwanaland.com writes: On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:15 PM, John Sullivan jo...@fsf.org wrote: I was told that Lightspark ceased development. Is that not the case? They released https://launchpad.net/lightspark/trunk/lightspark-0.5.7 yesterday. Seems active to me

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Label Campaign

2012-05-23 Thread John Sullivan
already made some changes relatively recently to make it a better page for explaining the meaning of free software, in addition to providing the official technical definition. I think this is a great idea. The label could say Free as in Freedom. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Label Campaign

2012-05-23 Thread John Sullivan
. I think words might be necessary, but they could be in a tooltip rather than the label image. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] LibrpePlanet Gaming Team brainstorm!

2012-05-23 Thread John Sullivan
here. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=8096.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Label Campaign

2012-05-29 Thread John Sullivan
Robert Martinez m...@mray.de writes: On 23/05/12 23:12, John Sullivan wrote: There seems to be much disagreement about the effectiveness of the human readable deed approach. I would suggest for the first iteration of this, use the existing Free Software Definition page (possibly after making

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Label Campaign

2012-05-29 Thread John Sullivan
more so, rather than make new pages elsewhere :). Especially when they are something so core to our purpose as this. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Label Campaign

2012-05-29 Thread John Sullivan
Ramana Kumar ramana.ku...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:24 AM, John Sullivan jo...@fsf.org wrote: Robert Martinez m...@mray.de writes: By appealing I mean big nice typo, not too much text, friendly colors and an easy to understand message. Not like a typical page

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Vertically Integrated Permaculture Mosaic

2012-06-22 Thread John Sullivan
is specifically for discussions surrounding the LibrePlanet project -- the Web site, the annual conference, and the network of groups. So let's keep a narrower focus. There is also http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss for more general free software discussions. -john -- John

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Webmin

2012-06-22 Thread John Sullivan
license. It's also listed in the Free Software Directory, albeit a little outdated: http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Webmin -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Clarification regarding licensing under the GPL v3

2012-07-24 Thread John Sullivan
. Can I ask when? Did you use a different email address? I don't see any mail from you this year to those addresses. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Clarification regarding licensing under the GPL v3

2012-07-24 Thread John Sullivan
need. I'm glad, but I'm disturbed that we do not seem to have received or answered your mail before, and I'd like to find out why. :) -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] appreciation payment protocol

2012-08-23 Thread John Sullivan
the FSF's directed donations program (https://my.fsf.org/donate/directed-donations/working-together). -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Ubuntu malware: what to do?

2012-12-08 Thread John Sullivan
if it is not changed by a certain date/release, may be the most effective way to persuade. We did check in with Canonical before publishing this, to see if they were planning on any significant changes to it, but they were not. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] InterWiki

2013-02-13 Thread John Sullivan
, thanks. Seems like something we should do -- looking into it. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at http://www.fsf.org

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Keep DRM out of HTML5

2013-04-09 Thread John Sullivan
://greenitec.wordpress.com/ Great, we also have a French translation at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5/fr. Let us know if anything should be changed about it. :) -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Announcing LibrePlanet Boston

2013-05-20 Thread John Sullivan
contact person. I also made updates to the page, including adding information on how to find out about our events. Please see our page here: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Boston Great to see this! -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] HTML5 DRM protest blackout?

2013-05-30 Thread John Sullivan
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Software idea patents on This American Life again; ask them why only MP3?

2013-06-04 Thread John Sullivan
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Router Donation

2013-07-03 Thread John Sullivan
anything close to cutting edge throughput speed. The main thing is simple reliability, if I can get that. Anyone? If you are by chance located near Detroit, Michigan, let me know. :) If not, is there a Free Geek organization near you? -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Do Google Play's license terms conflict with the GPL?

2013-07-08 Thread John Sullivan
Robertson has been working on this question at the FSF, and will be putting up a blog post very soon. :) -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [Drm-elimination-crew] DefectiveByDesign.org translation Re:

2013-07-17 Thread John Sullivan
website. Best regards, We would like to have translations on DBD itself. In particular, of often-used resources for general understanding, such as the definition of DRM and the DRM FAQ that is now being worked on. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Jobs in free software?

2013-10-08 Thread John Sullivan
consulting or development. Thanks http://fsf.org/resources/jobs http://fsf.org/resources/service -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Software tools for scholars

2014-03-10 Thread John Sullivan
-discuss is a good place to discuss them further. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at http://www.fsf.org/register_form

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] April members will be at LibrePlanet

2014-03-14 Thread John Sullivan
has been doing some very important free software activism work in Europe and I'm glad it'll be discussed at the conference. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software

[libreplanet-discuss] Mozilla AMA on Reddit today at 3pm EDT (one hour from now)

2014-09-09 Thread John Sullivan
-restrictions-management http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5 -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at http

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Thursday night?

2015-03-10 Thread John Sullivan
Fabián Rodríguez magic...@member.fsf.org writes: On 06/03/15 12:19 PM, John Sullivan wrote: Deb Nicholson d...@eximiousproductions.com writes: Hi all, I was wondering if there are enough folks in town on Thursday night to warrant setting up an early dinner or something? Cheers, Deb I

[libreplanet-discuss] LibrePlanet wiki updated!

2015-06-19 Thread John Sullivan
Many of you have been waiting patiently for this for a very long time. libreplanet.org is now finally on a current version of MediaWiki, thanks to some hard work by our sysadmin team, especially Stephen Mahood, and kosa, who volunteered his help and did much of the work! -john -- John Sullivan

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Edit the libreplanet wiki

2015-11-12 Thread John Sullivan
return you to libreplanet.org, and show your username in the upper right? If not, hit shift refresh. Which specific page are you wanting to edit? -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] The GNU ethical repository criteria will only harm free software.

2015-10-29 Thread John Sullivan
se, given the purposes of the program. I also know of no cases where this has been a deciding factor in certification. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donat

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] RollApp: proof that we need to deprecate GPL for AGPL for everything

2015-09-14 Thread John Sullivan
out of their way to hide it -- they call things by their common names, like Inkscape and GIMP. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://my.fsf.org/join>.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software and disabilities

2015-12-15 Thread John Sullivan
learn how to do it. It's 12pm to 3pm EST (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) in #fsf on Freenode. > PS: Thanks for #fsfbulletin Happy to hear that you received it, thanks! -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software and disabilities

2015-12-15 Thread John Sullivan
p with paperwork it could give interesting results and > it may indirectly benefit other parts of the free software ecosystem. The FSF certainly has people and willingness to help with such grant/funding applications, if someone can bring them to our attention. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive D

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software and disabilities

2015-12-10 Thread John Sullivan
for is where all these options are listed as well as the stand > alone faif packages that can be used in proprietary platforms. > You can try the categories/properties at https://directory.fsf.org. If they aren't sufficient, then I'm sure directory-disc...@gnu.org would like to hear sug

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] WTFPL Worse License Ever?

2015-12-21 Thread John Sullivan
s shine really fast. > Fuck those people. > This is not appropriate tone for this list. There's a good chance some of "those people" are on this list, but even if not, it's not the way we want to talk here about the differing points of view we encounter while advocating for free soft

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

2016-06-06 Thread John Sullivan
pyright, but it also uses copyright to protect users against non-copyright aggression, including EULAs and patents. If copyright went away first, we would have no GPL (in its current incarnation), and proprietary restrictions on software and its distribution could still be enforced using EULAs (con

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fw: Article on GRSecurity, RMS, etc.

2016-06-10 Thread John Sullivan
concernedfoss...@teknik.io writes: > Damn Jim, why did you u_sub_cribe? > Please respect people's decision to unsubscribe from the list, and don't continue to CC them on list threads. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Building a free/libre platform for reviews

2016-05-27 Thread John Sullivan
re. We used to use that tagging functionality to make important critical/protest points about products (like, "defectivebydesign" because of DRM). I know from Amazon sources that our protest tags were used at least once as examples in an internal Amazon presentation. -john -- John Sulliva

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

2016-02-04 Thread John Sullivan
process will be going forward. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://my.fsf.org/join>.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Best e-reader for free software

2016-02-03 Thread John Sullivan
I use a Bebook running OpenInkpot. All free except the boot loader. No wireless, but SD slot and USB.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Best e-reader for free software

2016-02-03 Thread John Sullivan
ng the wrong >URL or is it something with my browser? > >On 03/02/16 21:19, John Sullivan wrote: >> I use a Bebook running OpenInkpot. All free except the boot loader. >No wireless, but SD slot and USB. They aren't sold anymore -- you'll find them used. But there are others of the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Best e-reader for free software

2016-02-03 Thread John Sullivan
On February 3, 2016 3:20:18 PM CET, Alexander Berntsen <alexan...@plaimi.net> wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA512 > >On 03/02/16 14:19, John Sullivan wrote: >> I use a Bebook running OpenInkpot. All free except the boot >> loader. No wireless

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [Presentation] - Etienne Gonnu

2016-02-25 Thread John Sullivan
to see you here! Looking forward to your participation. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://my.fsf.org/join>.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] consolidating free hardware lists

2016-04-08 Thread John Sullivan
org may also be relevant here. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://my.fsf.org/join>.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Please make available now online video or audio of LibrePlanet 2016 Opening Keynote The last lighthouse: free software in dark times Edward Snowden in conversation with Danie

2016-03-19 Thread John Sullivan
John Byrnes <j...@johnbyrnes.info> writes: > Jim Procter <foreverem...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 19/03/2016 18:24, John Sullivan wrote: >>> Coming soon! :) >> +1 - looking forward to it > > > Me too! Unfortunately the Snowden audio feed on t

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Please make available now online video or audio of LibrePlanet 2016 Opening Keynote The last lighthouse: free software in dark times Edward Snowden in conversation with Danie

2016-03-19 Thread John Sullivan
Coming soon! :)

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Solving the deployment crisis with GNU Guix video

2016-04-04 Thread John Sullivan
Thank you, Kosa! > > Here are the slides for people to follow along with: > https://gitlab.com/dustyweb/talks/raw/master/guix/libreplanet_2016/libreplanet_guix.pdf > It'd be great to get those slides up on the MediaGoblin instance too. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Sof

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] New Group

2016-04-26 Thread John Sullivan
world (that is > one of the fundamental freedoms we want, isn't it?), so is it really > unusual that anybody would fork or compete with FSF too? Um, FSFE is not a fork of FSF. They were started in cooperation with us, to focus more on free software work in Europe consistent with FSF strategy

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] (no subject)

2016-05-13 Thread John Sullivan
(This person has been removed and blocked from the list, my apologies.) -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <h

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [fsf-community-team] Golden Rule Angle for Libre Software Advocacy

2016-08-15 Thread John Sullivan
Hi folks, Could we keep this thread to one list please? I suggest libreplanet-discuss. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] LibrePlanet 2017 and the Trump Police State

2017-02-02 Thread John Sullivan
ng with our ability to bring free software movement members together. We again have a high priority on recording and streaming talks, so I hope that those who can't join us in person will still be able to participate to some extent. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] LP2017 video, live and/or archived?

2017-01-30 Thread John Sullivan
idual channels for each room), and on the conference site announced ahead of time. Recordings will be published at <https://media.libreplanet.org>. Last year we had the recordings published very shortly after the event; we'll be aiming to do that again. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Soft

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] LP2017 video, live and/or archived?

2017-01-30 Thread John Sullivan
aming>, although I believe we may be using only the simpler webcams this year over the Elphels we used some of previously. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Freedom friendly online survey software?

2017-02-20 Thread John Sullivan
vey=Special%3ASearch has some, but not all of these; would be great to see if the rest should be added. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blog

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Freedom friendly online survey software?

2017-02-21 Thread John Sullivan
Pen-Yuan Hsing <penyuanhs...@gmail.com> writes: > On 20/02/17 20:06, John Sullivan wrote: >> Aaron Wolf <wolft...@riseup.net> writes: >>> On 02/20/2017 06:46 AM, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote: >>>> Dear libreplanet, >>>> >>>

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Libre Email Service Recommendations

2016-09-09 Thread John Sullivan
:) http://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems may be of interest. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

2016-09-09 Thread John Sullivan
address that complaint. So while the debate/discussion about the effectiveness of renaming companies and brands toward different free software movement goals is welcome here, the shots at the list's overall standards for respectful communication are not. Please abide that and keep the conversation on

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

2016-09-12 Thread John Sullivan
expectations for topics that are in-scope. Be respectful, and stop the offtopic discussion about whether any such rules at all are appropriate. That decision has been made here. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [Dev] Misleading information in EOMA68 news

2016-08-25 Thread John Sullivan
John Sullivan <jo...@fsf.org> writes: > Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic <t...@ceata.org> writes: > >> Below are more attempts of ThinkPenguin to brainwash people. >> > > This stops now on this list. (By "this list", I mean libreplanet-discuss.) -john

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [Dev] Misleading information in EOMA68 news

2016-08-25 Thread John Sullivan
this *should* be is a discussion among people on the same side to refine text and messaging such that it is accurate, approachable, and effective. Please make it that. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B http://status.f

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

2017-06-27 Thread John Sullivan
cial also has some event functionality. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Libre Quarantine Policy

2017-05-09 Thread John Sullivan
ling list which is meant for discussion of the kinds of issues you're talking about among maintainers and contributors of endorsed distros (or distros applying to be endorsed). -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 96

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Modernizing the Libreplanet Community Infrastructure

2017-06-20 Thread John Sullivan
A couple quick things: 1) have you looked at Mailman 3? Has web forum features. 2) mission of wiki is not just geographic groups. Maybe we need to make that clearer. It's also intended, and has been used for, a space to collaborate around issues and actions.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] A loss to the Free Software Community

2017-05-23 Thread John Sullivan
ieve (but am not sure) > that he may even have worked at the FSF office for a while. > He was a senior sysadmin at the FSF. We're very sorry to hear of this; thank you for sharing the info. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Community feedback is needed on whether Libreboot should apply to re-join GNU

2017-05-28 Thread John Sullivan
Please leave it at this, you've made your point here now twice, and it would be more productively discussed further between the two of you or on the original list. ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Community feedback is needed on whether Libreboot should apply to re-join GNU

2017-06-04 Thread John Sullivan
Everyone: End this thread. No more follow-ups of any kind. Thank you. -john ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss

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

2017-05-01 Thread John Sullivan
ined framework for doing that, but we have done it from time to time. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] How do you get a new desktop computer fitting FSF LibrePlanet principles?...

2017-10-02 Thread John Sullivan
one at the moment). Vikings.net has one at this link: > https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/vikings-d16-workstation > FWIW, the board used in the Vikings workstation is RYF certified <https://store.vikings.net/d16-ryf-certfied>. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Fr

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GPL for physical object

2017-10-04 Thread John Sullivan
design questions. Not sure what trademark under the GPL would be like -- GPL is for copyrightable things. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Videos from LibrePlanet

2018-01-28 Thread John Sullivan
On January 28, 2018 3:03:01 AM PST, Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvort...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 18-01-27 17:00, John Sullivan wrote: >> We're working on that. In the meantime, some of the talks have >> slides linked from the descriptions. For the ones that don't, >> cons

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Purism is not free hardware

2018-03-08 Thread John Sullivan
order to achieve that. All or almost all of the currently endorsed distributions are based on other nonendorsed distributions -- but the changes they make are significant for user freedom. >> I apologize to Todd and the Purism crew, and to everyone for the >> confusion. I'm sorry. > Wa

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Purism is not free hardware

2018-03-09 Thread John Sullivan
Henry Jensen <hjen...@gmx.de> writes: > Am Fri, 09 Mar 2018 01:33:12 +0100 > schrieb John Sullivan <jo...@fsf.org>: > >> "taii...@gmx.com" <taii...@gmx.com> writes: >> >> > Again I still can't understand as to why purism gets so much ai

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Videos from LibrePlanet

2018-03-30 Thread John Sullivan
I think ultimately, people want both overlaid and separate. We're working to improve the system each year, but have been focused on consistency and quality, which is challenging enough. There is probably also a way to take the PDFs and overlay them on the video, if anyone wants to volunteer :)

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Archive files of streams and/or slides?

2018-03-25 Thread John Sullivan
e posting recordings. Last year we had them up in about a week after the conference, hopefully we will meet a similar timeline this year. We're also making a point of trying to collect the slide files to match with the recordings. (They'll be on https://media.libreplanet.org) -john -- John S

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Any Libre Alternatives to Standard Accommodations for LibrePlanet?

2018-03-22 Thread John Sullivan
really enjoy the topic of Mako Hill's closing keynote. :) -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-21 Thread John Sullivan
I do think between the common area (which is quite large) and the Saturday night session, a lot of flashing can get done! -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RS

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-20 Thread John Sullivan
from 19:00 to 21:30). I hope to see a lot of librebooting! -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Help with JavaScript

2019-03-20 Thread John Sullivan
le with JavaScript familiarity can do is to submit patches to popular upstream frameworks/platforms to properly convey the license info of their JavaScript. That will have an enormous impact, as it will fix many sites that in turn use those frameworks and platforms. -john -- John Sullivan | Exe

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] open letter to the Community:

2019-02-14 Thread John Sullivan
Greg Farough writes: > Let's not even joke about suicide or doing violence to people who use the > wrong kind of computer program. > Agreed, and let's let this thread drop. Lyberta is now on moderation, and I'll reach out to them further. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Direc

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] open letter to the Community:

2019-02-14 Thread John Sullivan
My apologies to everyone -- this second message was let through moderation by mistake. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What did you enjoy about LibrePlanet 2019?

2019-04-08 Thread John Sullivan
On April 8, 2019 2:34:27 PM EDT, "taii...@gmx.com" wrote: >Did the pur.idiots show up and peddle their fake "open source" firmware >computers again? > >Any booths for honest companies like raptorcs vikings, minifree etc? or >explanations about firmware and hardware freedom? >

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

2019-05-05 Thread John Sullivan
"J.B. Nicholson" writes: > John Sullivan wrote: >> I'm not aware of any, but I think that's a good idea, since I've seen >> the same conversation many times too. The libreplanet.org wiki could be >> a good place for it? > > I see that > https

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Starting a LibrePlanet group in South Florida

2019-04-24 Thread John Sullivan
events? Any advice or insights? Does anyone happen > to be nearby? > Thanks for starting the group! After the wiki difficulty is sorted out, we could send an email about it to people we know in the area -- if you could draft the text and send it to campai...@fsf.org. That might drum up some interest.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Nepotism, Conflict of interest: Debian GSoC/Outreachy/OSI board

2019-07-22 Thread John Sullivan
This is off topic, and the tone of it is not consistent with the standards here. It has also been cross-posted to other lists many of us are on. Please don't continue it, and others, please resist the temptation to follow up even to dispute. Thank you. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive

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

2019-09-23 Thread John Sullivan
Robert Call writes: >  > >> On Sep 23, 2019, at 8:07 AM, John Sullivan wrote: >> >> Disagreement and discussion here is great. This particular message went >> over the line and violates the list standards. Both because it accuses >> people who disagree

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] non- were you censored too? how to beat it

2019-09-23 Thread John Sullivan
and we'll remove the moderation flag as soon as we can. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF a

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

2019-09-23 Thread John Sullivan
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Re: Libreplanet Canada (satellite conference)

2020-01-22 Thread John Sullivan
USA is financially or otherwish prohibitive, and to give > an opportunity for some who might not otherwise make the trip to meet > up with freedom lovers. > > More details at <https://2020.libreplanet.ca/> if you're curious. > > Thanks everyone for all you do. Awesome! -jo

Re: The sad decline of copyleft software licenses? :(

2020-11-17 Thread John Sullivan
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 06:02:04PM +0800, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote: > (2) WHY do copyleft licenses seem to be in steep decline? What are positive, > constructive solutions to encourage its adoption? Any big success stories > other than the Linux kernel? Sorry I missed this thread, but thought I'd

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2021-12-30 Thread John Sullivan
Years ago, we were a partner in the Liberated Pixel Cup, which was a pretty big success. Might be worth looking back on: https://lpc.opengameart.org/ -john signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list

Re: The role of FOSS in preventing a recurrence of vehicle emissions scandals

2023-05-11 Thread John Sullivan
On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 08:57:22AM -0700, Matt Ivie wrote: > On Sat, 2023-05-06 at 16:58 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: > > Recent news¹ reminds us that back in 2015 a whistleblower exposed the > > VW/Audi emissions scandal, which I guess had been going on since > > 1999. > > The companies executives