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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 05:29:19 EDT bes

@masoud I agree in general. I also think it is nothing Free Software specific. But I think it is a difference if we talk about any consumer device you run by your own and only for yourself or if it is a server accessible in the Internet for everyone. Basically what we are talking about in this case, if you want to have it supported in a way that the user don't have to care, are managed servers for everyone on their phone or their pluggable devices and we know how expensive this is.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 05:17:38 EDT bes
- Annah
- univalence electron
@masoud @maiyannah @amsomniac I fear that "building software and hardware that never breaks" it is a dream which will never become true.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 05:15:25 EDT bes
- Majestyx (((redRat)))
@majestyx not everybody has to do everything by its own to live in freedom. For example I prefer to go to a craftsman if i have something complicated to build/repair, to a hairdresser to cut my hear to a garage to fix my car, etc. I also don't write and fix all my software, even if everything is Free Software. It is important how things are build, who has control over it and whether I can do it by my own if I want to and have the knowledge + time. But saying that everyone runs their own servers on their own phones or at home isn't really a positive outlook in my view. On the other hand saying that everyone will be able to, is positive. But I thing the reality will (hopefully) never be that everyone does so or even have to.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 05:02:06 EDT bes
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@maiyannah @amsomniac @masoud Additionally there is all the stuff not strictly security related but still relevant. What do you do when the hardware breaks? What do you do when the software breaks after an update? How to handle backups? Move to a new device? and so on... Everybody who already run his own server know what I'm talking about. I don't thing that this is something you can put in the hands of everyone. That's why I thing it makes a lot of sense to have federated services where experience people can run the nodes for their family, sports club, whatever.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 04:51:22 EDT bes
@amsomniac @bes @masoud @maiyannah if you run such services on your mobile phone your phone will be accessible for everyone like any other web server. If one of the components on the phone (web server, the service you run, etc) is not secure, risk is high that a lot of phones will be hacked and used for botnets, etc

I see a similar problem for ideas like the freedombox and pluggable pc's. All this is nice in theory but in practice, you also have to administrate and maintain such devices. It is not done be buying such a device pre-installed, plug it in and done. Having a lot of control also means a lot of responsibility, knowledge, interest in doing all this stuff and last but not least time.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 02:08:24 EDT bes
- Annah
@masoud @maiyannah it is not only the network technology. I also don't see how you should be able to run something like GNU Social, your Nextcloud or whatever on a mobile phone. And then, if all this is solved I fear that this would lead into a security nightmare. Most of the people will just don't know (and don't care) how to keep such a server secure, update regularly, handle incidents, etc.

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rugk -> ⚠️ Follow me at https://social.wiuwiu.de/@rugk (rugk@gnusocial.de)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2017 10:22:31 EDT rugk -> ⚠️ Follow me at https://social.wiuwiu.de/@rugk

"Public Money! Public Code!" – Support @FSFE's new campaign for #FLOSS software w/ tax money https://publiccode.eu https://youtu.be/iuVUzg6x2yo
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1. Public Money, Public Code
  
  Public Money, Public Code - A campaign for releasing publicly financed software as Free Software
2. Public Money Public Code
  
  By FSFE from YouTube
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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1. 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)
bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 14:57:19 EDT bes
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- lnxw48a1
@lnxw48a1 I read a article a few days ago which mentioned that Mastodon will remove OStatus with Mastodon 2.0. But I can't find the article anymore, so maybe this was wrong.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 13:03:37 EDT bes
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@mmn @grmpyoldman @oxenfree @cybermeow @elizafox @cyberpotato @cajun @thatbrickster @lain @heluecht @mmn @cwebber @gargron just to get a better understanding about the overall situation. As far as I know Mastodon will stop OStatus support with v2.0. Are there any concrete plans from you or any other GNU Social developer to implement the new protocol or do we have to expect that both GNU Social and Mastodon will become incompatible?

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 09:09:50 EDT bes

Digitale Bildung und Medienkompetenz in Schulen? Absolut! Aber bitte nicht als Produktschulung und zwang zu vorgegebenen sozialen Netzwerken! Schüler müssen Chancen und Risiken kennen, Quellen bewerten können und vieles mehr. Dazu brauch es aber keine WhatsApp Gruppe oder Facebook im Unterricht. Der Artikel enthält in meinen Augen so viele falsche Aussagen und Vereinfachungen, dass ich gar nicht weiß wo ich anfangen soll... Leider will der Autor auch nur Kommentare über WhatsApp :/ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/democracy-lab-soziale-medien-gehoeren-in-die-klassenzimmer-1.3657141
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1. Soziale Medien gehören in die Klassenzimmer
  
  from Süddeutsche.de
  
  Instagram, Snapchat und Facebook sind Teil der Lebenswelt Jugendlicher und können den Unterricht bereichern. Drei Forderungen - über die wir mit Ihnen per WhatsApp diskutieren wollen.
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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1. HTTP_Request2 needs an absolute HTTP(S) request URL, 'img/logo.png' given
  
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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2017 02:11:05 EDT bes
- victorhck
- platano
@platano @victorhck thanks, I will have a look at it.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 17:49:25 EDT bes

Interesting thoughts by @joaquimrocha on how to make it easier to pay for Free Software https://www.joaquimrocha.com/2017/09/05/paying-for-foss-apps/ #Gnome #TrinkGeld
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  Paying for FOSS apps
  
  By Joaquim Rocha from Joaquim Rocha's Web Page
  
  tl;dr: TrinkGeld is a proposal for a GNOME project (but should be usable in most free desktops out there) that uses monthly donations and distributes them to app developers based on how much their …
bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 14:04:45 EDT bes
- victorhck
- platano
@platano @victorhck yes, I was looking for solutions, do you have a suggestion?

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 07:20:57 EDT bes

FSFE launches a new initiative for best practises in Free Software licensing. https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170906-01.en.html

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #licensing #REUSE #fsfe

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2017 09:24:49 EDT bes

Sad news, Reddit is no longer Free Software. I would have hoped that they consult other companies and organizations who have some experience with the challenges they faced and could have helped them to find a better solution than closing everything down
https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2017 07:54:30 EDT bes
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- Tobias
@tobias die AfD wurde auch gefragt, hat aber leider nicht geantwortet. Aus dem gleichen Grund sind sie auch im Digital-o-Mat nicht vertreten.

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bes (bes@io.schiessle.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2017 07:06:19 EDT bes
- Politik
Was sagen die Parteien zu Freier Software? Wir haben nachgefragt: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170905-01.de.html #btw17 #FreieSoftware #fsfe !politik

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