Notices tagged with freesoftware, page 35

The Freedom Network ♻ (librenet@social.librenet.co.za)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 07:18:45 EDT The Freedom Network ♻

Support #matrix
https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/07/a-call-to-arms-supporting-matrix/
#freesw #freesoftware #opensource #commons #community

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2017 12:54:58 EDT Free Software Foundation

#seagl Seattle GNU/Linux conference is TODAY! Friday night #freesoftware folks will be back at McMenny's, w/@mmillions & @drobertsoniiii https://u.fsf.org/2c4

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Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Oct-2017 16:51:22 EDT Bob Jonkman
in reply to
- stig atle
- Yaics
@stigatle Wow. I've used !Yaics for less than four hours, and already the developer is fixing things for me. I love #FreeSoftware and Free Software developers!

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The Freedom Network ♻ (librenet@social.librenet.co.za)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Oct-2017 13:57:50 EDT The Freedom Network ♻

"We want freedom. As a way to use computers in freedom, Windows is a non-starter"
- Richard Stallman
#rms #windows #gnu #freedom #freesw #freesoftware #foss #floss

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2017 11:57:26 EDT Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Directory needs YOU! This important #freesoftware resource needs more volunteers. Join the “new friends” themed Directory IRC meetup Friday, September 29, starting at 12 pm EDT/16:00 UTC. https://u.fsf.org/2bz

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victorhck (victorhck@quitter.no)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2017 04:30:13 EDT victorhck

Richard Stallman says Microsoft's Linux love-in is a ploy to 'extinguish' #freesoftware

https://quitter.no/url/1442143
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  Richard Stallman says Microsoft's Linux love-in is a ploy to 'extinguish' free software | TheINQUIRER
  
  from http://www.theinquirer.net
  
  But Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth doesn't agree,Friction ,Microsoft,Linux,Open Source,Windows,windows 10,Software
Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2017 14:23:55 EDT Free Software Foundation

Everyone looks good in black – and #LibrePlanet 2018 tees show your #freesoftware pride. Place your pre-order today! https://u.fsf.org/2bl

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2017 09:52:30 EDT Free Software Foundation

Celebrating #freesoftware: some pics from the Software Freedom Day party in Curitiba, Brazil! https://u.fsf.org/2bq

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Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2017 18:10:18 EDT Sean Tilley

I wonder if you can pretty much reconstruct most of #Unity in Gnome Shell these days? It would be interesting to see the core functionality fully translate over to the native #Gnome environment.

So far, the dock and indicators are supported, and can work in a Unity fashion. I guess at this point, you'd just need a Global Menu and a way for notification bubbles to be rendered in a corner? I'm curious how the new Ubuntu release will take shape, given their recent work on the dock plugin.

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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2017 15:16:41 EDT Free Software Foundation

Reminder: Apple products are still defective by design! Join the other #freesoftware supporters who have emailed Apple CEO Tim Cook to let him know why you won't be buying an #iPhoneX: https://u.fsf.org/1w8

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2017 04:18:15 EDT bes
- Politik
Die Grünen atworten auf Public Money? Public Code! mit einem offenen Brief und bekunden ihre Unterstützung https://www.gruen-digital.de/2017/09/public-money-public-code-wer-es-nicht-glauben-mag-schaue-sich-die-software-zu-den-bundestagswahlen-an/ !politik #FreeSoftware #Gruene #pmpc #PublicCode
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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2017 12:32:35 EDT Free Software Foundation

Nominate your #freesoftware heroes for the Free Software Foundation Awards – accepting nominations through November 5! https://u.fsf.org/2bm

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Ana TA (gacela@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2017 10:43:10 EDT Ana TA

#introductions
I'm Ana, web designer and roller derby player from #Mexico.
I was active in #Grassroots organization and the #FreeCulture and #FreeSoftware movements when I was a student and I'm hoping to get involved in projects related to these topics.

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musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2017 19:20:04 EDT musicman

Any good North American #freesoftware conferences in the winter?

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:46:09 EDT bes

Thanks to all the people working so hard to drive software freedom forward! Happy Software Freedom Day! #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SFD2017 https://io.schiessle.org/attachment/53807

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Hem Haisse (hemhaisse@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 07:43:50 EDT Hem Haisse
in reply to
- Enoch Balthasar
@enochbalthasar
I don't work with closed solutions. I want to keep my data. So I use #Nextcloud

#Privacy
#Dataprotection
#FreeSoftware

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2017 05:32:52 EDT bes
- Free and Open Source Software
- Politik
Imagine all publicly funded software were under a free license: Everybody would be able to use, study, share and improve it. Sign this open letter if you agree that publicly funded software should be Free Software: https://publiccode.eu/ #…
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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 15:14:00 EDT bes

Open Source Means Choice Of Insurance

"The flexibility that open source permits – and which is taken away from you by proprietary vendors – is more important than ever." Very nice article by Simon Phipps: https://meshedinsights.com/2017/09/11/choice-of-insurance/

#FreeSoftware #business #enterprise
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  Open Source Means Choice Of Insurance
  
  By Simon Phipps from Meshed Insights Ltd
  
  No, using open source doesn’t automatically mean going it alone.
  
  Some say that companies don’t want open source because they want the security of a relationship with a big business. But this outlook reflects misunderstandings of the real values of open source. It’s yet another consequence of the “price frame”.
  
  There is an overall price-related message-frame that proprietary software companies like to use around open source. In each instance, an idea completes the phrase “open source may come with free licenses but…” in creatively manipulative ways. In many cases, the resulting statement conceals a weakness of proprietary software by casting it as a weakness of open source.
  
  In the case of software investment protection, the phrase gets completed “… but you need a proprietary vendor for long-term investment protection”. That’s a deceptive statement that embodies an incorrect view of open source as a “knock-off copy”. The open source model – done well – offers more security than the proprietary model.
  
  It’s a powerful and persistent myth because it builds on at least two misconceptions:
  
  No need to walk alone
  
  It may reflect a belief that using open source software means you’re on your own, and that “open source” is the antonym for “supported”. But that’s not true. While you have the liberty to use open source software any way you want without needing to ask permission or buy the “right to use”, all significant enterprise open source software has companies ready and able to provide all the same protections as are available with proprietary software.
  
  It’s just unbundled, giving you the flexibility to decide who you buy from, how much you pay and how long to continue. Of course, that’s incredibly threatening to proprietary vendors who want to lock you in to their product. They would rather you believed that optional service and support means no service and support.
  
  It also means you can proceed without any form of support or assurance if you want to. Just check that’s not hubris before you do, and don’t blame the community whose software you’re using if you get caught out – open source is a collaboration, not a product.
  
  Small Can Be Beautiful
  
  It may reflect a belief that using open source means trading with small companies, and that trading with large companies is safer. That’s partly true. Building a multinational software corporation may be impossible without proprietary lock-in.
  
  The first part has a positive dimension; having a choice of supplier gives you more control of your negotiations. But the second part – that large companies are safer – is not necessarily so. In today’s economy, even large companies can fail or be acquired. Companies can change strategy after getting a new CEO or making a large acquisition. If you’re dependent on proprietary software, the size of your supplier will be little help when this kind of change happens.
  
  But with open source software, the flexibility to use, study, modify and distribute the software without further permission means any community member can take over the lead. As long as the business opportunity exists, someone will be there to “rehost and carry on“.
  
  It may once have been the case that “no-one got fired for buying $large-vendor”, but today’s economy means the flexibility that open source permits – and which is taken away from you by proprietary vendors – is more important than ever. If you hear this investment protection meme, it’s worth asking why it’s still believed so strongly and why a choice of where to buy insurance for your software is bad.
  
  (An earlier version of this article was published by ComputerWorldUK in 2011. This version comes courtesy of Patreon patrons)
Björn Holmer (comradefox@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2017 10:17:38 EDT Björn Holmer
- I love Free Software
"Tesla Model S 70 is the first car to have premium DLC" – https://www.geek.com/tech/tesla-model-s-70-is-the-first-car-to-have-premium-dlc-1654466/ !ilovefs #FreeSoftware #Tesla
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  Electric car maker Tesla is more heavily reliant on software updates than any other company in its industry. When it needed to mitigate the risk of damage to the battery while driving at …
bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2017 10:36:18 EDT bes

The Free Software Foundation Europe and Open Forum Europe published a white paper about the impact of the European copyright reform on Free Software. Especially article 13 seems to endangers our code sharing platforms. Learn more: https://savecodeshare.eu/

#ofe #fsfe #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #policy #europe
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