Notices tagged with freesoftware

today is the #freesoftware day and I want to thank the #gnome people

I've been using Gnome for years, I lost the count of how many.

On Fedora, OpenSuse, Ubuntu and even Guix !

I installed Linux for many people who were previously using windows

Gnome has been a costan presence in my life and I feel their mission is catering to me and people like me

💪

In almost all cases (except for a few handful of exceptions), people call the same underlying software as #FreeSoftware, #OpenSource, FOSS or FLOSS or in any name in different languages like Libre Software or Swathanthra Software or Mukt Software. The name shows what characteristics of the software they want to highlight and promote. Free Software wants to highlight ethical choices of being in control and sharing and Open Source highlights practical benefits to creating better software.

The real question is which of those characteristics are important for you and you want to highlight and promote. #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

The real reason why people associate with one or the other term is philosophy. So the answer to "why #OpenSource is important" will be different from "why #FreeSoftware is important". You can think of it like the story of some blind people describing an elephant. They all saw the same elephant but different parts of it and hence their descriptions were different. There are different characteristics for software developed collaboratively and shared/improved as digital commons. (2/2)

This was a question raised in #ICFOSS matrix group today.

> Is there a community promoting a "Free " software that is not "Open Source" ?

That is not the real question. If you strictly look at software using licenses approved by Open Source Initiative and not approved by Free Software Foundation, they are a negligible number for any practical purpose. #FreeSoftware #OpenSource (1/2)

@fscamp

@bady writes

"What makes it unique is the strong focus it gives to the Free Software philosophy of sharing and caring instead of just focusing on the technical aspects as usually seen in the hackathons and other events that promote the pragmatism of 'Open Source'. The camp will last for more than three months starting from October 2020 and aims to build a strong relationship between learners, mentors and the #FreeSoftware community." #fscamp

https://bady.miraheze.org/wiki/Blog:Happy_Software_Freedom_Day,_Happy_Hacking

A mentoring programme created with the intention of bringing more people to Free Software with strong focus on philosophy. More at https://camp.fsf.org.in/ #fscamp #FreeSoftware

The summer special continues with Daniel Stenberg, Mr Curl, and the #fossnorth crew. Listen to it here: https://youtu.be/lKCmMFpV8UM

#patents #opensource #freesoftware #rust #emacs #vim #summer

I just finished @nayafia latest book "Working in public", which addresses "the making and maintenance of #opensource software".

Ideas are expressed with simplicity, yet facts and problems are explored in their complexity.

Anyone interested in #freesoftware will learn from it!

@clacke Some #FreeSoftware packages indeed have “industrial” status—think of the huge C/C++ code bases: LibreOffice, Firefox, GNOME, etc. But others do try to blur the producer/consumer distinction: that’s the “Emacs thesis”, that Guix (among others) tries to follow.

https://gnu.org/s/guile/manual/html_node/The-Emacs-Thesis.htmlhttps://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/the_emacs_of_distros/

Konrad’s post overlooks the notion of “collective control”, which for complex software stacks is important too.

Do they interact with the fediverse?

Do they post alternative video links to sites other than youtube?

Do they include links to non-corporate platforms on their sites?

If not, tell them to walk the walk! The more they hear this, the more likely they are to change their behaviour.

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#decentralization #opensource #hypocracy #freesoftware

After the city of #Barcelona and the Parliament of #Asturias now the Municipality of #Benigànim, #Spain, commits to the principles of our #publiccode campaign by publishing any publicly financed software development as #FreeSoftware. They also plan to gradually switch to Free Software in all municipal facilities.

http://www.beniganim.es/noticia/lajuntament-beniganim-utilitzara-programari-lliure-dispositius-mobils-produits-duna-forma-etica-sostenible

There's some crazy internal US politics right now that threatens #OpenTechFund, who funded #LetsEncrypt, #CertBot, @torproject , #NoScript, TLS ESNI/ECH, #DNSPrivacyProj, #ReproducibleBuilds, #Wireguard, #DeltaChat, #OpenKeychain, #pypi, @guardianproject , @signalapp , and more. Looks like a couple proprietary software companies are trying to take over this #FreeSoftware money. Please sign on to the campaign to try to stop it: https://saveinternetfreedom.tech

Hello World! 👋

Greetings from the OONI-verse! 💫 🐙 💫

#ooni #ooniprobe #freesoftware #censorship

#xubuntu has migrated to #github for development and #transifex for translation.

This is disappointing to see such unethical move by leading #FreeSoftware projects. This happens while #gitlab and #gitea are very much mature and even far ahead of github. For translation also #weblate is a very much capable #FLOSS platform.

Let's react and change their mind to remain ethical.

https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-is-now-on-github/

I've just discovered #Pattle a great #android and #iOS IM app. It's really nice, looks like WhatsApp or other "pro" IM clients/service. Difference is it's #FLOSS #freesoftware based on #matrix, just like #Riot. It's great, check it out! Especially if you're trying to get friends&family to switch from Facebook's WhatsApp or Messager to Matrix.Source code: https://pattle.dev/pattle/app#fdroid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.pattle.app/It's also on Google Play.Matrix "channel": https://matrix.to/#/#app:pattle.im:blobaww: :owi: