In the long run, the Parliament seeks the use, promotion and migration to Free Software and #OpenStandards throughout all public administration's processes.
"There is no trust in a world where anyone can invent their own definition for #OpenSource, and without trust there is no community, no collaboration, and no innovation." So true, way to many companies tries to trick you today by pretending, that Open Source just mean that you can see the source code. That's neither Open Source, nor #FreeSoftware, don't get fooled! https://opensource.org/node/966
Quote of the day: "In a world defined by software, #access to software decides who has access to our #culture, to our communication tools, about our possibilities in education and at work. #FreeSoftware makes sure that #everyone has the same possibilities to #participate in today’s #society. It fosters collaboration and participation in contrast to proprietary software which divides people and make sure that everyone is on his own."
thanks to the awesome team behind the Open Infrastructure Orbit the video of my talk about #fdroid, its main features and some of the best #FreeSoftware apps (imho) for #Android (or fork) is now online <3
#UNICEF wants to invest in #FreeSoftware "The Fund provides investment-style funding for early-stage, #OpenSource technology solutions that address the most pressing challenges faced by children and young people", further "UNICEF requires that all code, content or hardware developed and tested be open source and be publicly available."... Great initiative! https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/82482
I love the undraw.co project - a designer illustrated a bunch of use cases for tech projects to be used however people see fit. It even has a color toggle to adjust the illustrations to a particular color scheme.
Are there similar projects out there? I'd love to use and support designers contributing to #freesoftware / #freeculture
Would you please be so kind to respond to this no only here but also on your own website as this merits a well-written article in my opinion. Thank you!
Fellow Fediversian, I've been offered the possibility of giving a talk about free software at the Faculty of Engineering to students of mechanical engineering (I'm a mechanical engineer myself).
What would you thing is the most appropiate approach?
I'd like to talk about ethics and privacy, but maybe a more practical point of view can attract them more to our universe, I don't know...
#GNU#Jami (formerly #Ring) update: a few days ago, I got the #program to work over a #LAN and today I now know it works over a #WAN (home to work) both for #messaging and #video#calls. Good job and thanks to the developers.