Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Help with JavaScript

Debian hamradio is still maintained too, as a dedicated distro as a packages set, and offers free/non-free/contrib insulation, in opposite to ubuntu (derived) distros : https://packages.debian.org/stable/hamradio/ Le 21 mars 2019 22:48:18 GMT+01:00, Arthur Torrey a écrit : >Suggestion on the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software is not trusted software

Nothing would prevent an LGPL code to be modified "almost silently" by a proprietary software author in order to obtain that kind of anti-features generally needed by proprietary software authors. Moreover, proprietary software authors, including firt the largest companies, /will use copyright

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Direct data and derived data: chance for a data GPL?

f a écrit : >On 08/28/2018 05:37 AM, bill-auger wrote: >> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:43:06 +0200 Thomas Harding > wrote: >>> Databases are "a set" of informations, and copyright applies on that >>> collection as whole, and moreover on its structure. >> >&

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Direct data and derived data: chance for a data GPL?

(Sorry for top-posting, due to handeld appliance) Databases are "a set" of informations, and copyright applies on that collection as whole, and moreover on its structure. Just take a look at OpenStreetMap and its licence. Regarding personal data, it *should* be owned by individuals themselves

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What's the best URL shortener?

Le 20 mars 2018 12:39:44 GMT+01:00, "Steven D. Brewer" a écrit : >On 3/20/18 2:12 AM, Don Saklad wrote: >> What's the best URL shortener? > >Buy a short domain name and write short URLs An RRDB with an eight bytes key + a small front-end to generate an HTTP redirect

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Global Legal Hackathon 2018-02-23

Le 10 janvier 2018 23:58:07 GMT+01:00, Pen-Yuan Hsing a écrit : >Hi all, just to have it in our collective minds, here's this year's >Global Legal Hackathon: > >http://globallegalhackathon.com/ Well, well, well... I expect a kind of black highs hats libertarian lawyers

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ? For an RYF desktop computers infographic would it be appropriate to use https://piktochart.com

Le 16 décembre 2017 02:40:33 GMT+01:00, Don Warner Saklad a écrit : >Would it be appropriate to use https://piktochart.com/ >for an infographic for municipal governments about the idea of >RYF Respects Your Freedom desktop computers? Nope. While a brain is mandatory. There

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Imagine rms gets a new computer, what manufacturer's model does rms get?...

Le 14 décembre 2017 03:48:53 GMT+01:00, Don Saklad a écrit : >Imagine rms gets a new computer, what manufacturer's model does rms >get?... At least a RYF enlisted model (if I remain correctly my readings, that's currently the case) :

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] 7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source?

Le 4 décembre 2017 20:02:41 GMT+01:00, Chad Larson a écrit : >On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 09:06:10AM -0600, Caleb Herbert wrote: >> On Sun, 2017-12-03 at 21:12 -0500, Chad Larson wrote: [...] >> > that the code implements the requirements correctly >for each >> >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] 7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source?

Le 4 décembre 2017 03:12:55 GMT+01:00, Chad Larson a écrit : [...] >> * Reason #1 – Lacks a traceable software development life cycle >> >In embedded project context, "traceability" refers to a matrix >of requirements on the integrated product (e.g. "must

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] 7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source?

Le 3 décembre 2017 05:45:12 GMT+01:00, Mary-Anne Wolf a écrit : >This >https://www.designnews.com/content/7-reasons-open-source-software-should-be-avoided/100858102757881 >says, "As much potential as open source software can provide, there are >several reasons why embedded

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] How do you get a new desktop computer fitting FSF LibrePlanet principles?...

Le 10 octobre 2017 02:34:46 GMT+02:00, Don Saklad a écrit : >Good qualities of the sale transactions are important for consumers at >a) what store/dealer you choose to get your respects your freedom >ryf new desktop computer from > >and b) how well the ryf store/dealer is

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GPL for physical object

Le 7 octobre 2017 20:51:05 GMT+02:00, Julian Daich a écrit : >Hi there, > >I received several opinions and comments and see the best option for >me is to seat with a lawyer in person. Institutions resulted to be no >so responsive. Somebody can recommend a

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GPL for physical object

Le 7 octobre 2017 20:51:05 GMT+02:00, Julian Daich a écrit : >Hi there, > >I received several opinions and comments and see the best option for >me is to seat with a lawyer in person. Institutions resulted to be no >so responsive. Somebody can recommend a

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GPL for physical object

In France, that stuff, including design but not patents/anteriority, is handled by the "Bureau des dessins et modèles". As for patents, you must renew (and afford), but unlike patents that renew is unlimited. To protect worldwide, amount is just huge. And that's also an ethical problem (how

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] helping newcomers start blogs - but where?

(French) Chomsky a émis une théorie du langage qui ne souffrait pas d'exception (en gros, les langages humains permettent obligatoirement de dire au moins "demain, j'irai pêcher cinq ou six poissons pour nous nourrir, moi, ma femme et mes 3 enfants"). Quelqu'un a découvert une peuplade, et a

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] resources about mailing lists vs. forums (e.g. Discourse)

Le 5 août 2017 21:21:18 GMT+02:00, John Sullivan a écrit : > Daniel Pocock writes: > > > I've seen various communities having debates about whether to adopt > > Discourse of similar forum software instead of a mailing list. > > > > Has anybody already

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] OpenAg: Open Agriculture Initiative

Le 13 mai 2017 00:19:53 GMT+02:00, Daniel Pocock a écrit : >On 12/05/17 04:32, Aaron E-J wrote: >> >> In terms of solving world hunger – this is not a technological >problem >> but a socio-political one. We can produce many times the necessary >> nutrients to sustain life

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ISPs that block port 80

That's obviously stupid, as any malware deposit on any location would provide same effect. No MIM is needed, that's as exactly as Threatened(trusted) Computing. Le 01/05/2017 à 20:39, Kees Epema a écrit : In my opinion there are other solutions for ISP's to prevent malware/viruses than

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Why medical technology often doesn't make it from drawing board to hospital

Why hospital doesn't fund computing researchers / research centers to make their tools usable daily in an hospital, instead of waiting for private/commercial compaignies/corporations to integrate it, most likely in a complete new(again) very costly equipment and not as an upgrade or

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

On 14/06/2016 00:43, coadde wrote: fyi Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:28:29 -0400 From: Julie Marchant Reply-To: Workgroup for fully

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Update on freeyourstuff.cc (content/user liberation)

(unsure who writed) : >That said, I wholly agree with al3xu5. While I do believe in some >aspects >of the free culture movement, specifically that copyright is too >restrictive in its current form and the viewers should have some >rights, I >do not believe that viewers should be able to

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What do you think about calling free systems as "GNU" systems (even if there is no GNU or Linux-libre)?

(Sorry for top posting) Currently there are 2 options: * running a fully Free/Libre system, then accepts hardware runs partially. * running an half Free/Libre systemthen accept hardware would likely runs "foolish". A third option would be to build a complete Free/Libre hardware design

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Buying the rights to proprietary programs to free them

Sorry for top-posting. I think cc-by and GPL are ways to spread your work (in case of orignal work). If printing or packaging can enhance it, the factor to avoid in publisher contract clauses is "exclusivity" : you allow her to publish with profit for both (and additionnally can ask

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free Software Games for babies

Maybe "gcompris", which is a framework and a set of educational games designed to be easily extended. Le 17 février 2016 01:14:37 GMT+01:00, Lori Nagel a écrit : >Hi, I have a just turned 2 year old and I would like to find some >simple press any key game geared for babies

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Properly attributing free fonts?

On 04/11/2015 20:25, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote: Wow the font situation sounds like a big mess!! Thanks for explaining a complicated situation as clearly as you can. What do you think about using fonts in free software and free culture works under the CC-BY-SA 4.0? Should I go for fonts under certain

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Suggestions for a coding club that is just starting?

Le 18/09/2015 00:50, Pen-Yuan Hsing a écrit : Thank you Brendan and Thomas for your replies. I see that (1) to start it is nice to think about something you could benefit from coding, and (2) CoderDojo is a nice organisation to join. Both sound good! I'll past this information along, and I

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Suggestions for a coding club that is just starting?

Le 18/09/2015 10:36, brendanpmur...@gmail.com a écrit : Teaching coding doesn't involve explaining licences: that is something that should be instilled by practice and leading the kids to use solutions that have the appropriate licence. From my experience, those approaching coding for the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Microsoft and a version of R

On 27/06/2015 01:24, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: So MS excel is looking to imitate gnumeric which already consults with R project to get accurate statistics? Why would they need to buy company to do this? Or did I miss something? BOTH Microsoft AND Tibco twisted something (and here Tibco

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Microsoft and a version of R

On 24/06/2015 22:37, Algot Runeman wrote: I stumbled across this post: http://spotfire.tibco.com/blog/?p=29291 and felt compelled to write a comment. It sounds as if Microsoft should just buy TIBCO. The result won't be R, perhaps. R is important because it is not buried cryptically in

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] freedom #0

On 01/06/2015 19:43, klez wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Most proprietary software made in the US forbids its use for military purpose, or if you are a citizen of a foe country (North Korea, Cuba, Iran and others, IIRC). See the end of this[0] (section g) for example.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives]

On 28/05/2015 14:41, Logan Streondj wrote: Also, the evolution of language and Shakespeare etc. is a false argument because, while it is a long time, 70 years after author's death is not enough time for language to evolve that greatly. It does make older works have a different character, but not

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] The FSF Allows No Derivatives,

On 26/04/2015 20:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: Will, the Creative Commons licenses do not permit false endorsements. Talking about dishonesty is irrelevant here. The ND license term has no effect on anyone who would ignore the license and be dishonest. So, it only blocks derivatives from people who

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Libre Business for the Planet

On 17/04/2015 19:41, Logan Streondj wrote: [...] Even mostly translated, any of flavour of is not a native natural language but one more language to learn *completely*. C language needs for 20 hours lessons regarding a book title (I'm unsure it needs so short time to learn

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Teaching Programming with Computational and Informational Thinking | Michaelson | Journal of Pedagogic Development

Le 28/03/2015 10:06, Andrés Muñiz Piniella a écrit : https://journals.beds.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/jpd/article/view/81 I think we discussed this at length with the 'esperanto' programming language. It goes over my head but in case someone can find it useful. The literature review was very

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Libre Business for the Planet

On 14/03/2015 23:35, Logan Streondj wrote: (snip) We have a Babel problem. Regards, TSFH.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Art Libre Software

On 15/09/2014 21:01, Joel Kahn wrote: I'm now a member of the Art Sync Gallery, run by the Polk County Artists Association (PCAA) here in southwest Missouri. Most of the artists in this gallery work with traditional subjects and media; so far, I'm the only one focusing heavily on digital stuff.

[libreplanet-discuss] Printer Working Group: dangers?

the actual reproduction control (that sentence is obviously never typed on documents). If anyone wants to conduct more investigations, their url is : http://www.pwg.org Best Regards, Thomas HARDING

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GFDL with Invariant Sections or other unmodifiable parts. Was: Final Thesis: H-node

Le 19/05/2013 15:40, Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak a écrit : How can we get the FSF to recognise this and so change the licence it uses for its manuals to be a free one? This is one historical point of disagreement between Debian(FSGuidelines)/FSF, and has been highly discussed. Unfortunately...

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] DRM in HTML5

Le 19/03/2013 08:24, Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak a écrit : Such scheme would not work. Read on. An assymetric key whose public one is published by the user is peer to peer and there is no way to restrict content on the peer who receiveid it (the content) other than law. A possible triple

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] DRM in HTML5

Le 18/03/2013 21:30, d.dn a écrit : Hi all, HTML5 will be a pressure to which the free Software will be confronted, but expect to see the results of the work of the W3C, and seeing the guidelines that will be taken. Considering DRM as an obligation, the only way such a DRM would be acceptable

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] DRM in HTML5

Le 14/03/2013 00:16, Richard Stallman a écrit : The FSF is going to campaign against W3C support for DRM. However, the BBC will be able to impose DRM with or without the W3C's support. /agree/ [my English is tedious, sorry in advance] the data-xxx attributes scheme allows any kind of

[libreplanet-discuss] [OT] php::print::ipp library, calling for a new maintainer

Hello, I'm the author of a little PHP library named php::print:ipp, which purpose is to implement an IPP1.1 protocol print client. My primary work is sysadmin, so it is very badly written, but works good enough. Also, code is not well documented. I authored that library aroud year 2003,

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Opinions, please: proposal for Parabola GNU/Linux's new logo

Le 08/01/2013 19:25, Ian Bryant a écrit : On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 09:47 -0600, Jorge Araya Navarro wrote: #2 proposals are perfect. I suppose the four versions would be used depending the background page color, including black printings (also, this is cheaper, eg. by sewing techniques on

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Why I consider cloud-dependent packages as non-free software ?

Le 02/12/2012 13:24, Alexey Eromenko a écrit : On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Michał 'rysiek' Woźniakrys...@fwioo.pl wrote: The easiest solution, I guess, would be to set-up a Friendica/Diaspora account on one of the pods/servers and publish there - it's decentralised and federated, and

[libreplanet-discuss] software patents in Europa: this is discussed tomorrow

Hello, Bonjour. the European Union JURI (juridic) commission will discuss tomorrow on 3 points about patents, this is well-known and there is a campain lauched for /a while/ by FSF-Europe. La commission JURI (juridique) du parlement européen à à son programme de demain la discussion de 3

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Android without Google

[top-posting] I no almost all that information. What I complain on is: * this is not centralized nor hosted by FSF (while it supports and advertises on H-node, and ported its hardware database to that last org.) * there is no counter-advertising from FSF (unbiased information campaigns on

[libreplanet-discuss] EU /unified/ patents, software patents Once again? [Was: Re: Android without Google]

Le 09/10/2012 22:33, Thomas Harding a écrit : Lobbying may work on politicians[1], advertising (seems to) work on masses. Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past. /George Orwell, 1984/ [1] software patents are /again/ on discussion

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fw: [school-discuss] Re: need advice on building multimedia software

Le 04/10/2012 13:51, Joel Kahn a écrit : By sheer coincidence, this recently appeared at SchoolForge. It should be a nice big hunk of raw meat for you folks to chew on. Enjoy. Joel --- On Wed, 10/3/12, LMlme...@gmail.com wrote: From: LMlme...@gmail.com Subject: [school-discuss] Re: need

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] help with FSF incompatible but community oriented licence(s)

[copy to poster] Le 03/10/2012 23:54, Patrick a écrit : My posts are confusing because I have two projects. Let me just stick to the charity one for now. I don't want parents of autistic children to have to pay for the software I am going to write to try to help them. Right now the only way

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] help with FSF incompatible but community oriented licence(s)

Le 04/10/2012 19:33, Patrick a écrit : Thanks so much for taking the time to put together this detailed email. This will take some time to analyze. I really appreciate your time-Patrick You're welcome. I forgotten: my opinion on (any, but especially that) kind of project is that

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] French Prime Minister issued a circular letter in favor of the use of free software by government

On 29/09/2012 19:26, d.dn wrote: Le 29/09/2012 01:03, Thomas Harding a écrit : [please forgive my English] French Prime Minister issued a circular letter in favor of the use of free software by government entitled Guidelines for the use of free software in government, the short letter from

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] review respect of code of conduct on Manchester FAQ

On 24/08/2012 22:01, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: El 24/08/12 14:45, Thomas Harding escribió: On 24/08/2012 17:32, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: Please read this: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:About LibrePlanet is an event organized by FSF. libreplanet.net is owned by the FSF. The code

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] review respect of code of conduct on Manchester FAQ

On 24/08/2012 17:32, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: Please read this: [sorry for dual post Quiliro] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:About LibrePlanet is an event organized by FSF. libreplanet.net is owned by the FSF. The code of conduct at libreplanet.org is defined by the FSF. [URI] :

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [fossil-users] [OT] Who's interested in project management collaboration tools? And...

On 10/08/2012 07:23, Thomas Harding wrote: [...] Maybe a user-preference intelligent javascript file you describe above, sent by mail each time needed on user will to turn on/off intelligent embedded javascript, together used with a dedicated intellgnence embedded mail/nntp/whatever client would

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [fossil-users] [OT] Who's interested in project management collaboration tools? And...

On 10/08/2012 18:53, Miles Fidelman wrote: But I think what you are actually saying is : For $25, the user receives binaries *and* source-code for the 'client' component, but does not recieve binaries nor source-code for the 'server' component.. I think I understand the confusion. Ahhh... -

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] free email

On 08/08/2012 08:27, Ramana Kumar wrote: Thomas's reply (below) wasn't sent to the list originally. It seems like in the right direction, but I feel the difficulty is still quite high. Not so : * all you need is an ISP which offers for free or as a non free option a fixed IPv4 address (my

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [fossil-users] [OT] Who's interested in project management collaboration tools? And...

On 07/08/2012 01:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: Hence the project :-) Seriously, this started with some work on distribution of military operations orders - currently distributed largely as text and attachments, by email - and asking if we could simplify handling of follow-up messages by sending

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] patents/drm/fs hardware compliance lawing/lobbying stuff will be done on wiki [was: Re: review respect of code of conduct on Manchester FAQ]

On 03/08/2012 08:36, Ramana Kumar wrote: I think your other comments (which I didn't cite here) are very valuable and I consider that each topic you cover should be placed in a separate wiki page to allow for the collaboration of ideas from others. Your ideas

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free as in Freedom Access to Hardware

On 07/07/2012 19:44, Richard Stallman wrote: I am not opposed to capitalism as such, and I don't think that the surveillance imposed of ISPs is the result of their capitalistic nature. It comes from the state, sometimes at the behest of the copyright companies, sometimes for other state

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software and open hardware

G. W. Serup -- Thomas Harding