With partners, I am currently trying to start a "digital commons movement", if
you will, a community where people learn together and rebuild a new
collaborative society based on partnership of the equals, and I stress this
term equal partnership - zero hierarchy, zero "come back later when you
I mentioned something similar in a Guix mailing list but my opinion is this,
quoting what I heard from someone else:
Ideas divide us but necessity unites us.
If Free Software is indeed indispensable (which I think it is), then we do
everything to fulfill it. I understand now that there are
No, not at all, the whole point is to gather perspectives (positions, stance,
"attitudes", whatever the appropriate noun) from various existing Free Software
projects and hopefully, see the light. A comparative study, not particularly
about Guix. (Although I was originally surprised and
and the immediate
fix comes from the manufacturer in a proprietary BLOB?
> On May 17, 2022, at 22:48, lkcl wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 1:51 PM Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
>
>> - Guix runs on Linux, the unabridged with all the proprietary bits and
>> pieces for the
the contradiction can be explained by the former based on Optimism and the
latter, Pessimism?
-Yasu
> On May 17, 2022, at 21:05, lkcl wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:38 AM Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just wanted to follow up that I meant to ask:
projects? Or is it the case that Richard Stallman is rather uniquely
more generous than others?
Sorry I should have been clearer.
-Yasu
> On May 17, 2022, at 18:54, lkcl wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 2:00 AM Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
>>
>> If this is the case, a few mor
Hi Jean!
So my original question of the seemingly different attitudes toward making it
clear and easy for people who want to run Free on Non-Free on (or with)
software remains, and I am excited to get more clarification!
> You seem to have an opinion that community should talk about
>
the
knowhow, is shunned - perhaps with some of the participants even declaring to
leave the project unless it is?
-Yasu
> On May 17, 2022, at 03:27, lkcl wrote:
>
> (apologies i am using a really quirky libre mail client, this might not
> go as expected)
>> On 22/05/1
Now I think it is becoming clear that the main point of my question is indeed
this seeming contradiction:
>> * Emacs runs on Windows. Instructions and reasons are stated clearly
>> (as you quoted)
>
> Which I am indeed questioning why it is handled by GNU, too.
>
>> * Guix OS technically
Hi Andrew!
> Can you elaborate on what technical knowhow is related to nonfree
> software in Guix?
>
Oh this is quite simple -
When someone installs a Guix OS, there is a high chance that vital components
of the computer won't work (unless "work" includes severely hampered
performance)
And
Hello!
I have a sincere question concerning FSF (or GNU?)'s position on the subject.
While I really like and use GNU Guix as my primary Linux OS, the integration of
'Proprietary' (as far as I know, even the regular Linux Kernel package with
proprietary device drivers is considered proprietary
Oh man, I am so inspired to do this thing that I have been proposing
for some time, including most recent discussions with friends around
me!
Together, we can start to compile a Free Software collection for the
New (Ultimately Non-Exchanged-Based) Economy based on Commons.
, Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
Oh man, I am so inspired to do this thing that I have been proposing
for some time, including most recent discussions with friends around
me!
Together, we can start to compile a Free Software collection for the
New (Ultimately Non-Exchanged-Based) Economy
of development that scales to
thousands of programmers
-Yasu
On 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
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?
We can use something like:
s.
>> That'd be information rich, low-distraction, naturally inclined
>> to be more civil and friendly twitter.
>> Also, the whole system would "scale down" to smaller local interest
>> groups that, even though they aren't celebrities, can set up
>> those
I think Free Software licenses are great and the rest is just pure competition
of merits.
We can reduce the activity to just being better than proprietary.
For this, we need to be really creative. Just Replacing twitter with something
else is one simple idea but certainly just a beginning of
To me, Free Software also means direct action. If you don't like twitter,
just don't use it, make alternatives and enjoy all the benefits in Free
Software, if one likes to use such platforms to begin with.
No offense but Mr. Musk's actions are pretty much irrelevant - just the latest
You know, 'twitter' seems to be about tweeting or speaking, whatever that comes
to your mind.
Can we have some kind of a reverse system that is more about listening and
discovery?
Finding out what matters to people, who are allied with your current state of
thinking, etc.
I think this is
[2]https://youtu.be/OfOI9TlZ8_U
On Apr 26, 2022, at 19:41, Jean Louis wrote:
* Yasuaki Kudo [2022-04-25 12:59]:
So I have been thinking for a long time how to change the tide and
make the workplace democracy (one worker one vote and zero
shareholder votes, or worker
Hi,
So I have been thinking for a long time how to change the tide and make the
workplace democracy (one worker one vote and zero shareholder votes, or worker
cooperatives) more of the norm rather than exception, as well as how to start
one
In that vein, I thought about the sort of market
Hi,
(I have just 'replied all' from my (God forbid, proprietary!) IPhone so forgive
me, the addresses in To or CC are pretty arbitrary)
I am very sympathetic to everyone who live in authoritarian regimes.
Pre-1945, someone like me, (an anarchist, pacifist, democrat, an apologist for
enemy
If there isn't one already, maybe what it means is we need a sister mailing
list (or anything else) for peripheral topics or general community building at
large I see this often (and this is not just for LibrePlanet) where natural
human interactions are blocked due to the intensional focus
(disclaimer: if there is a better mailing list for this subject, someone please
let us know but here we go)
In Tokyo and its surrounding metro area where I live, things are pretty much
back to normal except for the voluntary (meaning not legally mandated but some
supermarkets, etc make
NPM unaccountability is an issue of its own I think, but yes, you are
absolutely right!
> On Mar 22, 2022, at 12:48, Jim Fulner wrote:
>
> Well,
> It looks like all this nonsense went somewhere.
> [1]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-n
>
Hello!
I have been flabbergasted to see how the computer User Interface has evolved or
devolved. After being laid off by a bank many years ago, my hands have been
forced to work for a small software contractor and man, I have seen
gazillions of do-it-all-over-again User Interfaces.
Back
No allowing xyz to use Free Software seems totally besides the point.
How about Political Software?
* Governments have horrible monopoly power - Ukrainian men to allowed to leave
country? Russian Conscripts? Where is the list of such outrageous practices?
* How do the Russian demands compare
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 games together and by extension, creating
Hello!
I remember that last time I asked about Free Software "CRM" systems and we had
a valuable discussion.
Since then my thinking has evolved during countless hours of discussions with
my friends and colleagues in cooperatives and associates groups.
At this time (it will probably still
Cards and others dominated by the
Capitalists!
> On Jul 13, 2021, at 16:33, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 13/07/2021 08:18, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
>> Il 13/07/21 00:37, Yasuaki Kudo ha scritto:
>>> In a worker cooperative, th
ote:
>
>
>
>> On 7/12/21 8:29 PM, Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
>> 'Voluntarily' , as in this:
>> http://dklevine.com/papers/ip.ch.2.m1004.pdf
>> Meaning, I would prefer something like GPL citing the benefits described in
>> the link
>
> I'm still not qu
Platform Cooperatives... is a word invented and used by people who advocate
cooperative alternatives to on-demand employers like Uber. I would prefer
GPL-style license and I dislike server-side black boxes. In a worker coop
however, we only have one-vote-per-worker so I would have to have a
'Voluntarily' , as in this:
[1]http://dklevine.com/papers/ip.ch.2.m1004.pdf
Meaning, I would prefer something like GPL citing the benefits
described in the link
On Jul 13, 2021, at 04:42, jahoti wrote:
On 7/12/21 12:48 PM, Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
My personal
gt; On Jul 12, 2021, at 14:44, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
>
> Il 12/07/21 02:04, Yasuaki Kudo ha scritto:
>> the spirit of abolishing the Intellectual Property
>>would perhaps also need to be stated
>
> If you mean abolishing the *term*, see the link I sent earl
leading up to it, will be regarding software
licensing and Intellectual Property at large.
-Yasu
> On Jul 12, 2021, at 09:50, quil...@riseup.net wrote:
>
> Yasuaki Kudo writes:
>> My original motivation of this inquiry is that my partners and I are
>> in the process of s
inversion of
Capitalistic values. We will probably need to make software licensing
decisions sooner or later and I wanted to get a wholistic view of this
matter .
-Yasu
On Jul 12, 2021, at 03:27, quil...@riseup.net wrote:
On 2021-07-10 4:44 p.m., 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 Copyrights.
Just curious
-Yasu
.
For many applications, It might be the time consider adopting CUI
> On May 21, 2021, at 23:23, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
>
> On 2021-05-20 06:37:35 Jean Louis wrote:
>> * Yasuaki Kudo [2021-05-20 05:33]:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for your replie
a
partially CUI interface.
Cheers,
Yasu
> On May 18, 2021, at 02:57, Jean Louis wrote:
>
> * Yasuaki Kudo [2021-05-15 02:40]:
>> So my friend and I are considering starting a worker cooperative,
>> providing customized data management (such as CRM) tools for
>> c
Hi!
So my friend and I are considering starting a worker cooperative, providing
customized data management (such as CRM) tools for cooperative enterprises, etc.
It seems many existing "modern" web applications are just facelift of what used
to be Microsoft Access custom forms - the pages may
Who Cancel Culture Really Serves:
[1]https://youtu.be/3zdyWmiagm4
References
1. https://youtu.be/3zdyWmiagm4
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I would really like to hear broad philosophical arguments concerning this.
Although I am no expert, it seems the crux of the problem is "intellectual
property" itself?
I wonder if there are arguments for nullifying or limiting the extent of the
"copyright holders' terms and conditions" in the
Hi,
I think this thread definitely explores many good points - I am new
here but is there any structured discussion system for Free Software
movement? For example, this site runs a discussion software called
"Discourse" [1]https://community.coops.tech/
I have been asked by a
In a way, I think money is not even a big issue.
I recently came across this article:
[1]https://newrepublic.com/article/121832/pleasure-do-it-yourself-slow-
computing
Applying the "Slow Food" analogy, our point would not be pouring money
so that it becomes "Less Slow"
I
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