Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] AMD petition

2017-03-13 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Jim, Could you clarify the relationship with Wikimedia on this? I'm missing the link. Best, Lodewijk 2017-03-13 23:03 GMT+01:00 James Salsman : > Please join me in asking AMD to open-source the PSP (backdoor) in > their chips -- a chance to regain secure x86 hardware. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] AMD petition

2017-03-13 Thread James Salsman
Recent leaks suggest almost all commercial x86 processors have been compromised by closed-source back doors which enable eavesdropping and DRM copy protection which in turn inhibits fair use. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:41 PM Lodewijk wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Could you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] AMD petition

2017-03-13 Thread James Salsman
The Foundation is suing the NSA over preventing remote surveillance using such techniques and has taken positions protecting fair use. More information: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/5z4phx/petition_for_amd_to_opensource_the_psp_backdoor/dev81rx/ On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 7:45 PM Craig

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] AMD petition

2017-03-13 Thread Craig Franklin
Hi James, Again, could you clarify how this is related to Wikimedia? If there's a direct connection I am not seeing it. Cheers, Craig On 14 March 2017 at 09:49, James Salsman wrote: > Recent leaks suggest almost all commercial x86 processors have been > compromised by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Lëtzebuerg User Group

2017-03-13 Thread Biyanto Rebin
Congratulations to Wikimedians of Lëtzebuerg User Group Best, 2017-03-07 23:38 GMT+07:00 Kirill Lokshin : > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized > the Wikimedians of Lëtzebuerg User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User

[Wikimedia-l] WMFr's position about the movement strategy

2017-03-13 Thread Emeric Vallespi
Dear movement fellows, Wikimedia France held a board meeting the last week-end and, as we discussed about the movement strategy process which is on-going, we thought that it can be useful and important to share our point of views with you all. It will be our baseline for our participation in

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [GLAM] Possible editing outages during April

2017-03-13 Thread Pine W
FYI Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder Date: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [GLAM] Possible editing outages during April To: "g...@lists.wikimedia.org" , Wikimedia Education

[Wikimedia-l] AMD petition

2017-03-13 Thread James Salsman
Please join me in asking AMD to open-source the PSP (backdoor) in their chips -- a chance to regain secure x86 hardware. https://www.change.org/p/advanced-micro-devices-amd-release-the-source-code-for-the-secure-processor-psp ___ Wikimedia-l mailing