Notices tagged with freesoftware, page 31

Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2017 10:57:11 EST Free Software Foundation

It's #GivingTuesday, the international day of generosity! Put your dollars towards a cause you care about: help us create a better world with #freesoftware. http://www.fsf.org/appeal

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Lohan G (lohang@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2017 01:46:22 EST Lohan G

A happy day. For the first time EVER I heard from a client that I should send everything in .odt format. He further stressed, 'send everything in Libre Office! Libre, Libre... you know, that's easier'. And then he emailed me an #odt file. \o/ #FreeSoftware #FreeFormats #foss #opendocument

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musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2017 13:51:29 EST musicman

Anybody have good resources on learning #ApacheJelly? #freesoftware

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musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2017 23:42:56 EST musicman

Any good #freesoftware jobs out there these days? I'm not getting excited about anything at weworkremotely.com, although it's way past my bedtime, and I suppose it's hard to be excited about anything. I'm trying to stay up since I can't really get up and do stuff here. I mean, I could take the laptop out into the living room, but it's incredibly hot here and apparently you aren't supposed to wear shorts, and even with shorts the laptop actually on your lap is too hot. It's 44F outside, and I am in shorts and no shirt on...because old people. Marvin (our cat, who we brought) probably likes it though.

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Free Software Foundation Europe (fsfe@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 18:01:25 EST Free Software Foundation Europe
- Friends of FSFE
FSFE Newsletter - November 2017 !fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201711.html #news #fsfe #FreeSoftware
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  FSFE Newsletter - November 2017
  
  from FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
  
  The FSFE's Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA) was initially introduced in 2002, to address the challenge of managing rights and content within a Free Software project over long periods of time. The FLA...
rgggn_old (rgggn@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 17:44:05 EST rgggn_old

I was just pointed to the paradox of tolerance which I didn't know before. I see some similarity to the discussion of protecting vs non-protecting Free Software licenses. https://t.co/ugP4e1l6dc
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #copyleft #philosophy https://t.co/ZiyucrKAIL https://twitter.com/schiessle/status/931464065867804672

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Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 06:36:00 EST Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺
- Simon Phipps
"Public domain is a local conclusion, not a global license" - Some good reasons why Free Software projects should be careful with public domain code. https://meshedinsights.com/2017/03/16/public-domain-is-not-open-source/ by @webmink #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #PublicDomain
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  Public Domain Is Not Open Source
  
  By Simon Phipps from Meshed Insights Ltd
  Open Source and Public Domain are frequently confused. Here’s why it’s a mistake to treat the two terms as synonyms.
  
  Plenty of people assume that public domain software must be open source. While it may be free software within your specific context, it is incorrect to treat public domain software as open source or indeed as globally free software. That’s not a legal opinion (I’m not a lawyer so only entitled to layman’s opinions) but rather an observation that an open source user or developer cannot safely include public domain source code in a project.
  
  First let’s look at the two terms and what they mean to individuals.
  
  “Open Source” describes a subset of free software that is made available under a copyright license approved by the Open Source Initiative as conforming with the Open Source Definition. Having a standards body for licenses — one which ratifies the consensus of an open community of license reviewers — saves individuals from needing to each seek out a legal advisor to tell them whether a given license does in fact give them the rights they need to build or deploy the software they want. By providing easy certainty, open source gives people permission in advance to meet their own needs and innovate with technology.
  
  “Public Domain” means software (or indeed anything else that could be copyrighted) that is not restricted by copyright. It may be this way because the copyright has expired, or because the person entitled to control the copyright has disclaimed that right. Disclaiming copyright is only possible in some countries, and copyright expiration happens at different times in different jurisdictions (and usually after such a long time as to be irrelevant for software). As a consequence, it’s impossible to make a globally applicable statement that a certain piece of software is in the public domain. Public domain is a local conclusion, not a global license.
  
  The community goes to great efforts to ensure things called “open source” are under an OSI-approved copyright license even though some regard it as obstructive bureaucracy. Many would prefer to simply say their code is “public domain” but that doesn’t deliver the key benefit open source offers: certainty over the core freedoms of free software. That leaves doubts about there being sufficient permission-in-advance for some collaborators.
  
  It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the details of the many open source licenses, losing sight of the reason they are important. They’re important because every open source license guarantees the freedom to innovate without seeking permission first. OSI approval means you have the unconditional right to use the software in question for any purpose (sometimes called “freedom zero”). You also have an unconditional right to make new software based on that software for your own use, and a conditional right to share the software — modified or not — with other people. That final case comes with some complexities, but they are considered elsewhere.
  
  Public Domain software may come with the rights delivered by those “four freedoms”, but you can’t be sure. It will depend where the software was written, where you are located, who the author is and where the people you are sharing the software with are located. A deployer or developer will need to at very least ask for advice before proceeding, and most likely will need to secure the services of a legal professional with experience in copyright law in each affected country. Even asking the author is unlikely to be conclusive. That’s why public domain software may be free software but is not certain to be.
  
  A solution would be to create a form of words to be used by the author to dedicate something to the public domain. It could simply disclaim ownership for the jurisdictions where that is possible, and then grant a copyright license that has the same practical effect as a public domain dedication for jurisdictions where ownership of copyright can never be disclaimed. Such a formulation has been published by the Creative Commons. They call it “CC0” and it is widely used and well respected.
  
  There’s an issue though; it has not received OSI approval. Many reviewers believe it should, but its authors withdrew it from the approval process during a complex discussion about patent rights and it remains unapproved. The matter has recently been re-opened; lets hope OSI and CC can work together to bring the certainty on which open source thrives. In the mean time, it’s probably safer to use a license like MIT instead.
  
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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2017 15:08:50 EST Free Software Foundation

"If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal." - RMS Support the goal of #freesoftware for all: http://www.fsf.org/appeal

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2017 10:27:47 EST Free Software Foundation

@storjproject is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer and two Senior Software Engineers. Get paid to work on #freesoftware! https://u.fsf.org/8h

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 13:51:09 EST Free Software Foundation

Continuing with the four freedoms of #freesoftware: Freedom 1 is the freedom to study how your program works, and change it. http://www.fsf.org/appeal https://status.fsf.org/attachment/40314

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 12:15:07 EST Free Software Foundation

Let's talk about the four freedoms of #freesoftware! Freedom 0 is the freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose. http://www.fsf.org/appeal https://status.fsf.org/attachment/40305

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Free Software Foundation Europe (fsfe@quitter.no)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 08:01:27 EST Free Software Foundation Europe
- Friends of FSFE
Welcome supporters (and goodbye smartcard) !fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171116-01.html #news #fsfe #FreeSoftware
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  Welcome supporters (and goodbye smartcard)
  
  from FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
  
  Earlier this year, after a public consultation, we took the decision to change the name of our supporter program, the Fellowship of the FSFE, and talk about our supporters by their true name: Supporte...
Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2017 17:46:30 EST Free Software Foundation
- Free Software Foundation
Use #GNU/#Linux? You're already supporting #freesoftware! Take the next step by becoming a member of the @FSF http://www.fsf.org/appeal

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Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 17:50:39 EST Bob Jonkman
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Sees #FreeSoftware license. Regains interest.

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Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 17:27:10 EST Bob Jonkman
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Just realized #Wire is not #FreeSoftware. Lost interest...

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André Ockers (ao@quitter.no)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 14:23:39 EST André Ockers

Back from #Free-Software #education at #T-Dose. Went to:
- Social engineering (http://t-dose.org/node/1104);
- Pandora's box (http://t-dose.org/node/1106).

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André Ockers (ao@quitter.no)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2017 14:32:03 EST André Ockers

Back from a day of #Free-Software #education at #T-Dose. Went to:
- Starting with embedded programming using an Arduino board (http://t-dose.org/node/1126);
- Bring your own bash shell (http://t-dose.org/node/1095);
- Small bits of data, big impact (http://t-dose.org/node/1122);
- LibreOffice from 5.3 to 6.0 (http://t-dose.org/node/1098)

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Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2017 04:46:03 EST Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺

I was just pointed to the paradox of tolerance: "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance I see some similarity to the discussion of protecting vs non-protecting #FreeSoftware licenses. #OpenSource #copyleft #philosophy

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2017 16:21:42 EST Free Software Foundation

Did you know that you can now register as a #DMCA agent without using nonfree JavaScript? Find out how to register the #freesoftware way: https://u.fsf.org/2db

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2017 11:34:10 EST Free Software Foundation

Major disappointment: Munich is reverting to Windows. Technology paid for by citizens should belong to citizens - all government software should be #freesoftware! https://u.fsf.org/2df

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