On Tue, 2023-05-09 at 17:32 -0400, John Sullivan wrote:
>
> One way may be to have the software in question be a fully
> reproducible
> build. The state (or whoever) maintains a list of approved hashes
> from
> known reproducible builds that people can install on their own cars,
> and
> there is
On Sat, 2023-05-06 at 16:58 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote:
> Recent news¹ reminds us that back in 2015 a whistleblower exposed the
> VW/Audi emissions scandal, which I guess had been going on since
> 1999.
> The companies executives used closed source, proprietary software in
> the
> vehicles to hide
On Thu, 2022-03-10 at 16:01 +, Jacob Hrbek wrote:
>
> It's just fucking crazy to argue that us writting a software for the
> russian army is somehow a "good thing for freedom" when all rules of
> freedom are being shelled with cluster bombs in ukraine at the time
> when
> even the
On Tue, 2022-03-08 at 11:01 +, Jacob Hrbek wrote:
> > I used the term "help your neighbor" to describe the purpose of
> freedom 2 because "help your neighbor" is a traditional way to refer
> to
> cooperating with your community and with the rest of society. -- RMS
>
> How is that justifying
On Tue, 2022-03-01 at 15:32 -0500, Greg Farough wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> We have some news to share, which is that Zoë Kooyman has been
> appointed our new executive director. I hope that you'll all join me
> in welcoming her, and in thanking John S. for so many years with us.
> :)
>
On January 25, 2022 5:18:17 AM PST, Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss
wrote:
>
>On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:03:20 +
>Leah Rowe wrote:
>
>> It's only in the last 40 years that things have gone down-hill. In the
>> 70s, you could open up your electronics and there would be schematics
>> showing
On Mon, 2022-01-24 at 08:23 +, Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I really can't hold my tongue any longer.
>
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 23:33:57 -0500
> Richard Stallman wrote:
> > RYF deserves its name. It checks for the freedom that users of the
> > computer can take
"I think this whole thread has shown how toxic anything around rms has
become."
I don't think this is a valid conclusion to make.
On April 15, 2021 3:42:13 PM PDT, Steve M Bibayoff
wrote:
Hello,
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:56 PM Thomas Lord wrote:
Maybe you could fire off
On Thu, 2021-04-15 at 12:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote:
> Hi,
> As you know, I've spent many hours in FSF booths and many hours
> running FSF
> events.
Thank you for your many contributions to Free Software, the FSF and
LibrePlanet. LibrePlanet is a fantastic conference and the one year I
was
On Sat, 2021-03-27 at 12:06 +, Robbt wrote:
> I just hope that everyone can try to have some empathy for each other
> and remember that those of us here are on the same side in our desire
> for increasing software freedom and empowering people to have control
> over the technology in their
On Fri, 2021-03-26 at 23:40 +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> 25.7.4 Aborting a Program
>
> Future Change Warning: Proposed Federal censorship regulations may
> prohibit us from giving you information about the possibility of
> calling this function. We would be required to say that this is not
> an
>
On Thu, 2021-03-25 at 12:33 -0700, Danny Spitzberg wrote:
Let me just say that from my perspective this article is non-sense.
I've detailed some points below but damn, I'm not going to spend any
more time with this thing. I think reading through the first portion of
it is enough to get the point
On Wed, 2021-03-17 at 14:42 -0500, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> On 2021-03-17 12:20:34 quiliro wrote:
> > You can also search the FSF free software directory at:
> > https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Works-with-format/pdf
> > I am not sure if that is the best category. But I guess you can
> >
On Wed, 2021-03-17 at 09:08 -0400, John Scott wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-03-17 at 07:57 -0400, Greg Knittl wrote:
> > Evince won't handle it. Any suggestions for how to process on
> > Linux?
> Evince does have some support for filling in fillable forms, but
> lacks
> some advanced features. In general
On Sun, 2020-12-20 at 17:59 +, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
wrote:
> Hi
>
> Just seen this posted to Mastodon,
>
> Solarus game engine
> A lightweight, free and open-source game engine for Action-RPGs
>
> As it is under gpl3, so should be suitable for the Free Software
>
On Thu, 2020-10-29 at 18:59 +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
>
> GNU is also trademark, but GNU never did anything into that direction
> as it opposes in general intellectual rights.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html
--
"Under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family."
On Fri, 2020-10-30 at 10:14 +0100, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote:
> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:26:17 -0700 - Aaron Wolf :
>
> > [...] The FSF is not opposed
> > to legal enforcement of trademarks and copyrights (copylefts in
> > this
> > case).
>
> Sorry but I am very amazed to hear this statement.
>
> I
Software license, who is going to enforce the license? If
a license like this worked to curb war we could just attache a license
to all weapons sold or all boots sold.
Matt Ivie
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"Under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family."
--Bruce Lee
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On Wed, 2020-09-23 at 12:13 +0200, Marinus Savoritias wrote:
> A permissive license absolutely hurts the user. Any company or bad
> actor
> can just take the project, re license it and close source it.
>
An educated developer will see that their freedoms would be robbed were
they to support that
I'm not in a
position to massage that situation.
For you, because you've made the attempt and are getting a lot of push
back I wouldn't risk your job. There may be an opportune time where you
can offer a solution using Free Software and they may be more open to
it at that juncture. In the meantime don't give u
On Tue, 2020-07-28 at 02:24 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> On 7/25/20 3:12 PM, Matt Ivie wrote:
>
> > "And, yes, I rely on a Mac, and MS Office for lots of things -
> > "
> > Hi Miles, this is not an attack bit a practical question. What
> &g
g, but I live in a really rural area and there is a lot of
exposure from going through airports and then being in a densely
populated area like Boston.
I'm going to try and watch the live streams and participate on IRC as
m0dese7en. Thank you to the FSF and everyone that is volunteer
>
> What's a fun, safe, way to greet if not shaking hands? Tapping feet
> or bowing or what is most efficient and polite?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Marcus
>
>
>
You could bow to greet one another.
--
Matt Ivie
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On Fri, 2020-01-17 at 17:29 +, Roberto Beltran wrote:
> > - Engineer concerns about support, not so much security, as we can
> > lock it down
> - Ethics of allowing a machine with patient data outside enterprise
> standards and support.
>
> It looks like the main reservation is ITs
On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 07:32 +, lily via libreplanet-discuss wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to the LibrePlanet community for
> rising up to answer my call for help. Your advice and knowledge
> helped me prepare for presenting my case for why I believe using a
>
route. I like your idea and I really think more libre
games should be made. There are some really great ones out there but it
never hurts to add more.
--
Matt Ivie
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e're all heading in the
right direction as a community and we're trying to mend.
I'd like to echo what someone else said on another thread and just say
that I appreciate the positive tone and the respectful discussion that
everyone is having.
Free Software!
Respectfully
Matt Ivie
> On Wed,
On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 08:33 +0200, Félicien Pillot wrote:
> Matt Ivie writes:
> > There are some things in this situation that are not totally clear
> > to
> > me:
> >
> > 1) Is RMS still going to have any kind of interaction with the
> > FSF?
> &
eat as well. I found the entire
experience to be very positive. This community has really great people
in it.
Thank you
Matt Ivie
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