Re: Should Canoeboot become GNU Canoeboot?

2024-05-13 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
I agree LibreBoot makes sense as a name,  and makes it clear what it does.  One of the issues with Free (and some open source) software the name has nothing to do with what the program does,  hence people can  sometimes never remember the name of software. Makes it more of a barrier to

Re: Solutions to help organisations mirror their antisocial media posts to mastodon?

2023-12-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 26/12/2023 23:16, Abe Indoria wrote: On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 2:55 PM Yuchen Pei <[1]i...@ypei.org> wrote: Not really. There are plenty of people with reasonable things to say on xitter who for whatever reason stayed there. Amusingly, when I was setting up a firefish instance

Re: Solutions to help organisations mirror their antisocial media posts to mastodon?

2023-12-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
I have been using fediverse for a number of years, so maybe to address a few points here: 1. To me, the purpose of a bot account is to usually facilitate the sharing of say a blog post to the Fediverse services. However those posts still need interaction. You can follow my blog

Re: Are websites closing down en masse?

2023-12-05 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
Hi I am not too sure if my experience counts here,  but yes I agree there are a fair number of broken links out there. I have maintained my own website / blog for a number of years. For a long time this ran on Wordpress, until the person who maintained the hosting was no longer able to

Re: Solutions to help organisations mirror their antisocial media posts to mastodon?

2023-11-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
One of the nice things about posting to Mastodon is the fact people interact and comment on posts.   This is a two way process. If you sell a product or offer a service and I ask about this on Facebook then surely someone would reply,  as a Mastodon user I would expect the same or similar

Re: Truth Social as an example of the limits of free software

2023-09-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: GPL on AI generated code

2023-02-16 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: What search engine best at "Freedom-Respecting"?

2022-12-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: Rough times for Twitter

2022-11-07 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 06/11/2022 22:44, Akira Urushibata wrote: Twitter, now owned by Elon Musk, is going through a major upheaval. According to Musk the company is losing 4 million dollars a day. Half of the workforce will depart in a massive layoff, raising concerns that there may not be enough staff left to

Re: Book Introducing Free Software to Laypeople

2022-07-07 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: Book Introducing Free Software to Laypeople

2022-07-07 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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7" netbooks from MNT Research

2022-06-28 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
ailability. -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 OpenPGP_0x8EA91B51E27E3D99.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital

You Have 24 Months To Get On TikTok -LinkedIn article - can we apply points raised to fedi ?

2022-06-28 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
media when you don’t have a lot if time. * Why LinkedIn still matters in a TikTok world. Could be a few takeaways from this article. Regards Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99

Re: Domain Registrar to Recommend

2022-05-20 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: Introducing My (Future) High School into Free Software

2022-05-16 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?

2022-05-03 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
May 3, 2022, at 17:02, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote:  On 02/05/2022 22:42, Yasuaki Kudo wrote:    Just like the 'Occupy Wall St.', can we have continuous digital    assemblies where ideas can be discussed all the time (people have    different schedules and live in various tim

Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?

2022-05-03 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 02/05/2022 22:42, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: Just like the 'Occupy Wall St.', can we have continuous digital assemblies where ideas can be discussed all the time (people have different schedules and live in various timezones anyway) for the digital transformation we are seeking?

Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?

2022-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 01/05/2022 23:23, Thomas Lord wrote: You sparked what I think is a really good idea in my head. Of course, I can't judge if it really is a really good idea. :-) I think/guess many people discover that twitter is a fun and informative way to track some subject of interest. Four examples:  

Re: The growing insistence of Mobile Services Manager (DT Ignite) on Android devices

2022-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
etter) will run what they want, replacemetn OS may be better for freedom but if that gets in the way of their work, we won't get people to move. E,g a lot of transit systems have apps for tickets, so unless that app is available they won't move system. Just a thought Paul -- Paul Sutt

Re: thank you elon musk

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 26/04/2022 20:38, Adrienne G. Thompson wrote: Hi Thomas: If the FSF is not now going very hard on promoting Mastadon, they should never be trusted to anything right again. Why take such a negative approach? Why not, instead, propose a campaign to promote Mastodon?

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-01 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
/my-appointment-as-the-fsfs-new-executive-director> -g Excellent news, Congrats zoe :) Paul ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss -- Paul

Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?

2022-02-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
planet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss -- Pau

Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?

2022-02-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: Not "open source" hardware, "free design" hardware

2022-02-03 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
ld kind of assume that we would be looking here at consumer level hardware. In terms of non disclosure agreements, surely the FSF has policies on what happens in board meetings, what is discussed and what can be disclosed out side of that meeting. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (

Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

2022-01-30 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 29/01/2022 15:09, Jacob Hrbek wrote: > It is nice that that exists -- but I am not going to make my own LED bulbs. I don't have the know-how or the time. -- RMS > So I buy commercially made LED bulbs in a store.  Their designs are not free, but I don't see that as an issue _for this kind

Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

2022-01-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
ist libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 Pronoun : him/his/he Fedi: @zl...@qoto.

Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

2022-01-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
you soldered together, just with a modern twist, we would need a major education shift to being reprogrammed with the maker (or more hacker) mindset, we are rebuilding that, just slowly. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ Pronoun : him/his

Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

2022-01-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
copy the arduino chip / board design, or in fact make their own board and just use th chip. The IDE is also fre download and under gpl. I think the design is open source, Hence the official Arduino boards cost $20+ but I can pick up clones much cheaper from companies such as banggood in C

Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

2022-01-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
if Leah's idea is to work, the oshwa could take over the RYF list and be a one stop shop for all open hardware information, while the fsf just focuses on software, but the collaboration is close enough to be truly complementary. Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca

Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

2022-01-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
-- Snip-- All of this leads me to a conclusion: We should no longer call it the Free Software movement. No, we need a new term instead that combines both hardware and software. We need robust ideological leadership that is currently lacking from the FSF, when taking hardware into account.

Re: RE : Ideas to promote making and using free hardware designs (was Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware)

2022-01-21 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 21/01/2022 01:05, Arthur Torrey wrote: An excellent post by Paul Fernhout, but I see one really HUGE problem, namely that I don't know of ANY Free Software tool or tool-chain that can get a person from 'beer-mat' to 'g-code' (For those not familiar with the CNC world, g-code is the

Re: A mathematical, non-corruptable, algorithmic, democratic and free system of government and society

2022-01-10 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
fore are tied in to the non free software / devices they have. We need to break that cycle, perhaps one way is to take people who are already using free software and use their examples of how it is used in the real world how a business or school can run on free software. Paul BTW

Libreboot.Org Urges Support for Proposed 'Free Software' Law in New Hampshire - Slashdot

2022-01-09 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
-in-new-hampshire Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 Pronoun : him/his/he Fedi: @zl...@qoto.org https://joinmastodon.org/ OpenPGP_0x8EA91B51E27E3D99.asc Description: OpenPGP public key

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-07 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
to all of them, example the Mastodon apps. If we want to build a game for free software systems, how can we target as many systems as possible easily? So writing games, will teach people skills they can use elsewhere too. Lets do more brainstorming on this. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci

Re: Libre games jam - a proposal

2022-01-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
this is somewhat useful. Roberto On 6 Jan 2022 18:20, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: Hi all Following on from the thread LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament! I think the general consensus is, that this is a good idea. The question is, how do

Libre games jam - a proposal

2022-01-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
if things go wrong they can usually find someone locally who can help.The RYF issue becomes a talking / education point at least. Just a few thoughts Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99

Re: [FSFLA] LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On itch.io I believe the only thing you can do is make it "pay what want". Pay what you want or perhaps what you can afford, if you are a developer on that model surely any income is welcome. Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP :

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 05/01/2022 05:06, Michael McMahon wrote: In my response I wrote, "The purpose of a jam is education, socialization, and friendly competition while gaining functional experience through creating something in an area that they are interested in." From what I gathered, most game jams

Re: Global Game Jam

2022-01-01 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 01/01/2022 12:01, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: Hi Following on from the suggestion of a Libre Game Jam, there is an event coming up https://globalgamejam.org/ This appears to be along similar lines to what was suggested, so may be good for some ideas. Paul Quick reply

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-01 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
eedom issues. So by Libre Game development tournament! are we talking about a competition to see who can come up with the best game ? Just asking for clarity Regards Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ Pronoun : him/his/he OpenPGP : 4350

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2021-12-30 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 30/12/2021 08:34, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: Hello! I was just casually glancing through my email inbox and this caught my attention! Recently, I have become convinced that a viable way to start a new collaborative society is through community efforts in having fun, developing our own video

Libreoffice - license

2021-12-12 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
. Is this still free software in the way the FSF define it? Thanks Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 Pronoun : him/his/he Fedi: @zl...@qoto.org https://joinmastodon.org/ OpenPGP_0x8EA91B51E27E3D99.asc

Re: federated free software movement

2021-11-30 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
movement? Best, Yuchen Possibly so that anyone who does have non-free hardware can be supported so they feel part of the community, but also feel supported in their next purchase so that is more free software friendly. Lets help people to transition. Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open

Re: federated free software movement

2021-11-23 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 23/11/2021 21:05, Dennis Payne wrote: On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 18:02 +, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: Hi I think this may be it https://stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=/articles/encyclopedia.html=encyclopedia=norm=0  From https://stallman.org I can't help but feel

Re: federated free software movement

2021-11-23 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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Re: federated free software movement

2021-11-16 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
blue button is designed for teaching, Hope this helps Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ Pronoun : him/his/he OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: federated free software movement

2021-11-15 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
ibreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https:

Re: federated free software movement

2021-11-14 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
l movement to give users back control, Regards Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 Pronoun : him/his/he Fedi: @zl...@qoto.org https://joinmastodon.org/ OpenPGP_0x8EA91B51E27E3D99.asc D

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 26/10/2021 02:22, jahoti via libreplanet-discuss wrote: On 10/25/21 2:31 PM, Greg Farough wrote: On Mon, Oct 25 2021, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: Could the fsf not perhaps adapt the tool to work alongside freedom ladder? I think that's a good idea, as the current FSDG

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 25/10/2021 05:03, Jean Louis wrote: * Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss [2021-10-24 20:28]: Hi All I just found this on Mastodon, a really useful tool to help people find a good linux distribution based on their needs. https://distrochooser.de/ I don't agree it is even relevant

Linux distro chooser

2021-10-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
Hi All I just found this on Mastodon, a really useful tool to help people find a good linux distribution based on their needs. https://distrochooser.de/ Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E

Re: Is Telegram or Signal acceptable for harm reduction?

2021-08-07 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
ss tempted to join other rooms in the unethical network. Regards -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ Pronoun : him/his/he OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 21st Debian Conference August 22 to August 29, 2021. DebCamp from Augus

Re: Were Intellectual Property to be abolished altogether, would you or FSF support it?

2021-07-13 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 13/07/2021 08:18, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: Il 13/07/21 00:37, Yasuaki Kudo ha scritto: In a worker cooperative, there is one-person-one-vote democracy.  So I cannot just dictate that the Software Licensing we use will be GPL. You can if you put it in the articles of incorporation or

Re: Were Intellectual Property to be abolished altogether, would you or FSF support it?

2021-07-11 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 11/07/2021 00:44, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: This is a thought experiment: Would you or FSF support the idea of abolishing the concept of intellectual property altogether, making any form of 'Software Licensing', including GPL, null and void. Gone also will be any form of Patents and

Re: Freedom ladder call for participation

2021-07-08 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
iling list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss Sounds interesting, I'll keep an eye on the IRC chat etc. Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E

Re: MS Teams and Windows 11

2021-06-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 26/06/2021 08:04, Jean Louis wrote: * Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss [2021-06-26 10:02]: In the mean time, https://test.bigbluebutton.org/ is a useful link to allow people to try out Big Blue Button, lets promote the alternatives, of course there is also jit.si but BBB

MS Teams and Windows 11

2021-06-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
this. If a barrier to people using free and open source software is a perceived lack of tools, is it due to the lack of tools or lack of awareness of alternatives. Most people have never heard of Big Blue Button or Jit.si for example. Hope this helps Regards Paul Sutton -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont

Re: Latex freedom issues

2021-06-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
of people would miss it if removedl Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ Pronoun : him/his/he OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 21st Debian Conference August 22 to August 29, 2021. DebCamp from August 15 to August 21, 2021

Re: Blind user complaining on Adobe web site

2021-05-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
n in menus or dialogue boxes. Paul Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (O

Re: Blind user complaining on Adobe web site

2021-05-06 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 06/05/2021 07:11, Greg Knittl wrote: Hi Ali, I'm sighted and have plenty of trouble interacting with the world through my computer. I can't imagine how I would manage to even get as far as going through all the steps to convert pdfs to text if I were blind. My hat is off to you. As a

Re: Overlap between the Software Freedom movement and the Right to Repair?

2021-04-29 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 29/04/2021 18:06, Greg Knittl wrote: Hi Lars, The various GNU licences rely on copyright. I'm not sure if this is just trying to make the best of a bad situation by hacking copyright into it's opposite or whether belief in copyright is intrinsic to Software Freedom. Whatever the

Re: Support RMS

2021-04-13 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
attacked just for supporting RMS. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 Pronoun : him/his/he OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Support RMS

2021-04-12 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 12/04/2021 19:17, Jean Louis wrote: * Adrienne G. Thompson [2021-04-12 20:34]: As the lies are still being told and not-at-all-proven accusations go on, I thought it's good to mention the [1]https://stallmansupport.org site. It has a link to the support

Re: Helping new contributors

2021-04-09 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 09/04/2021 12:39, Jean Louis wrote: * Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss [2021-04-09 14:08]: Hi All In an effort to try and recruit and importantly help find more developers at all levels I am trying to reach out to people locally. I think what is needed here, is a clearly laid out

Helping new contributors

2021-04-09 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
. It raises the profile and promotes alternatives through usage, rather than us just saying the are better platforms. Just a thought. Can the FSF / GNU help me develop this idea further? Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6

Re: easy CoC solution: permanently end in-person conference

2021-04-04 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
be conscious of the impacts and costs of our choices, but we should also not sacrifice our effectiveness as a movement. In harmony, Aaron Wolf On 2021-04-04 12:33 a.m., Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: On 04/04/2021 03:54, Thomas Lord wrote:   Good programmers inevitably learn

Re: easy CoC solution: permanently end in-person conference

2021-04-04 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 04/04/2021 03:54, Thomas Lord wrote: Good programmers inevitably learn, somewhere along the way, the following lesson: When you encounter a very hard problem to solve, don't spend all your time just on the problem. Also question whether it really needs to be

Re: Support RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
they are implemented, used and if there are any biases within the programming (being free software would help that to be audited, and even help the software AI improve over time. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944

Re: Support RMS

2021-03-30 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
. I am from the UK so maybe work place culture is different here. Lets just move on, build a community where people can work together, feel safe and feel they 'can' continue to speak up. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4

Re: Support RMS

2021-03-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
Just to say thank you and I appreciate the fact my comments are welcome, and hopefully this is a small part of a bigger picture. Just having the safe space policy may be enough, may be a few tweaks but it pretty much covers everything. Paul -- -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https:

Re: Support RMS

2021-03-27 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
_ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99

Re: Support RMS

2021-03-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 26/03/2021 18:25, Thomas Lord wrote: No "path forward" is needed in reaction to people repeating the same accusations that don't stand up to scrutiny. Where we need paths forward is in strategic and tactical decisions about what free software to try to bring into existence,

Re: Support RMS

2021-03-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
, drm, etc, Right to repair or which ever it is, We have a safe space policy for libre that states certain things are not tolerated. Just a few thoughts Hope it helps Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944

Re: Support RMS

2021-03-26 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 26/03/2021 14:03, Ali Reza Hayati wrote: On 26/03/2021 18:19, Deb Nicholson wrote:     An interesting thing about men who harass women is that they usually     don't do it to men. Men who let the community know that they "don't     believe in harassment" are the last people to find out it's

Re: suggestions for leading a free software organization

2021-02-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
to the advice given, the Qoto Mastodon instance is STEM focussed, please feel free to grab an account there and share what you are doing, I can help share https://qoto.org/invite/xpayLWv6 My ID is @zl...@qoto.org Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert Cont Sci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca

Jitsi mailing list help

2021-01-28 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
playback. 2. Some sort of Mic / Speaker test facility like there is with Big Blue Button (zoom etc) I have issues with sound sometimes, but I have no way of testing before entering the room. Thanks for any help Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton

Re: New animated video: Fight to Repair

2021-01-19 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 16/01/2021 10:14, quiliro wrote: "Paul D. Fernhout" writes: Hi Greg, Thanks for making this video. It makes an important point about risk and proprietary software in a persuasive way. As mentioned previously (2020-08-08) I did not like the last 30 seconds of "The University of Costumed

Re: How do you advocate a City agency use libre software?

2020-12-24 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
MS Office - LibreOffice , LaTeX, Abiword, etc we moved this to codeberg to help with collaboration. Hope this helps. Paul Sutton (zleap on IRC) -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 ht

Free Software directory and Solarus game engine

2020-12-20 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
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 Directory https://www.solarus-games.org/ Hope this helps Regards Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton

Re: How do you advocate a City agency use libre software?

2020-12-20 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 19/12/2020 09:02, Paul Sutton wrote: On 16/12/2020 23:26, Don Saklad wrote: How do you advocate a City agency use libre software? For example at https://www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP/programsforadults/seniorscouncilonaging  I'll start looking at video conferencing Switching from zoom

Re: How do you advocate a City agency use libre software?

2020-12-19 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 16/12/2020 23:26, Don Saklad wrote: How do you advocate a City agency use libre software? For example at https://www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP/programsforadults/seniorscouncilonaging I'll start looking at video conferencing Switching from zoom to say big blue button, should not be

Re: Someone is auto-replying with no reply content (was: Planned Obsolescence)

2020-12-16 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
to the discussion. Paul Sutton OpenPGP_0x8EA91B51E27E3D99.asc Description: application/pgp-keys OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org

Re: Free software presentation

2020-12-16 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
Hi Jean It is work in progress and designed just to introduce 4 freedoms and the licenses mentioned on the fsf website. It is creative commons and is on gitlab so can be downloaded and expanded or key points can be expanded on. Paul On 16/12/2020 18:13, Jean Louis wrote: * Paul Sutton

Re: Colonizing education

2020-12-09 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
full screen anyway or they can. My main reason for doing this is that having them on a physical dvd I can play anywhere, the iso the same, right click, open in vlc. Hope this helps Paul Sutton On 09/12/2020 14:47, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote: Can you upload it to the Internet Archive? (https

Re: Colonizing education

2020-12-09 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
/) And if you can upload the "source" of your videos that would be even better! :D On 09/12/2020, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: On 09/12/2020 03:53, msunet wrote: Do you have that iso available somewhere that you can share? I'd be curious to check it out. Hi Happy to share j

Re: Colonizing education

2020-12-08 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
ld indeed :) On December 7, 2020 10:36:30 AM PST, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: On 06/12/2020 22:59, Marc Sunet wrote: https://instituteforpubliceducation.org/monopoly-technology-platforms-are-colonizing-education/ <https://instituteforpubliceducation

Free software presentation

2020-12-08 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
and GNU websites. Both are created using LibreOffice 7 impress (odp) https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/freesoftwarepresentation Hope this helps Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99

Re: [OT] : Liberapay

2020-12-07 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
to promote the project and ask for donations. Signing up on a platform won't get that much attention in itself. Hi Aaron Thanks for this, I am more confident at looking further in to this now. Regards Paul Sutton On 2020-12-03 12:48 p.m., Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: Hi Sorry

[OT] : Liberapay

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
it could be something the Liberapay team could perhaps be invited to talk about at LibrePlanet. Raise their profile but would also be something that can directly benefit developers. Thanks Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350

Re: Possible promotional article

2020-11-23 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
gards Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-sutton-5737171b8/ MiniDebCamp :19+20 Nov 2020 MiniDebConf : 21+22 Nov 2020 https://mdco2.mini.debcon

Possible promotional article

2020-11-16 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
://libreplanet.org/2021/ 2. https://www.fsf.org/ 3. https://www.gnu.org/ 4. https://www.raspberrypi.org/ --- draft wording --- -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul

Re: Free Software Logo

2020-10-29 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss That looks neat, thanks Paul -- Paul Sutton, Cert ContSci (Open) https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ OpenPGP : 4350 91C4 C8FB 681B 23A6 7944 8EA9 1B51 E27E 3D99 https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-sutton-5737171b8/ OpenPGP_0x8EA91B51E27E3D99.asc Descript

Re: Sacrifices made for Free Software

2020-07-30 Thread Paul Sutton
t is probably quite expensive too. Paul > > ___ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > -- Paul Sutton https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ CertCont Sci (Open) https://www.linkedi

Re: OS for schools (was Re: Practicality of GNU project and libre movement)

2020-07-29 Thread Paul Sutton
iling software for beginners. If you can get for example 10 computers, ideally the same spec, maybe approach a summer camp as an activity leader with a solid plan, usually some are specialist. You may have a good range of ages, so start with the youngest, teach scratch and maybe python, and mo

Re: OS for schools (was Re: Practicality of GNU project and libre movement)

2020-07-28 Thread Paul Sutton
recommend it. I still have a burn mark from when I used one >for a school project several years ago. > > > ___ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/lis

Re: Free software video conferencing tools advocacy call to action

2020-06-18 Thread Paul Sutton
ll really support the cause, We won't get anywhere with ONE >> person doing this, it needs a combined effort. >> >> Also a good way to cite that the community held the whole of libreplanet >> 2020 via free software, which will help push back against any argument >&

Free software video conferencing tools advocacy call to action

2020-06-15 Thread Paul Sutton
held the whole of libreplanet 2020 via free software, which will help push back against any argument about it not working properly. Thanks for any help, lets spread the word. Paul -- Paul Sutton https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D Get

Linked in Alternative - free / privacy respecting

2020-05-15 Thread Paul Sutton
to be an easy for developers to sign up and find where others need help. Thanks Regard Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list

Re: virtual meetings

2020-05-11 Thread Paul Sutton
its first Jitsi meeting this > Saturday and I thought they did a wonderful job on it. > > ___ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/lib

Re: Sharing your free software / quarantine success story

2020-04-22 Thread Paul Sutton
, than just having likes. Ok that is sort of manipulation of things but no where near as much as the mainstream social media networks manipulate things. Anyway just thought I would share this, Regards Paul Sutton On 15/04/2020 21:44, Greg Farough wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > As you know

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