Free in Free Software is referring to freedom, not price. Having been used in this meaning since the 80s, the first documented complete definition appears to be the GNU's Bulletin, vol. 1 no. 1, publi...
I see lots of people on #Jolla blog complaining that Jolla is announcing stuff too early, then has to step back because reasons and by doing that it hurts its own credibility. I say that's the very spirit of being open instead, and I'd hate to lose this aspect of Jolla. Closed companies take all decisions behind closed doors and piles of NDAs that sometimes prevent even employees from talking to each other (I'm looking at you #Microsoft), then after several internal failed iterations you get presented to the final product and all you can do is open your wallet or shut up. More often than not they just scrap products midway and you'll never even hear about those.
Imo, that's not how it works in the #OpenSource world. Failed iterations are part of the development of the final product, and I believe that getting feedback from the wide public at that stage is the brave thing that Jolla is trying to do. Yet years of closed development spoiled users into thinking that either a company (or person, like myself with my home projects) gets something right immediately or they suck, no matter how much you try to explain that's an early release. Version 0.1? Who cares, it's glitchy, u suck. Prototype? Omg so slow u suck plz refund. Early access? But play mode XYZ is missing, u suck scammer!
The very same people criticizing Jolla for "not keeping promises" are also seen complaining about Jolla not being more open. To that, I say WTF. Stand back a second and ask yourself what being open even means. Is the codebase of 2mil bug-free lines of code magically appearing overnight what you'd call open development? Or is it you being involved in chats and being presented with options at early stages of development?
German City of Göppingen builds on Free Software
"Contrary to common belief, free availability and low costs are not the main arguments for choosing open source," Rettberg said. "For me, the reliability of the software comes first. I can set up a Linux proxy server in half an hour and I won't have to come back to it for the next ten years."
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/160370
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Politics #Germany #Göppingen #pmpc
"Contrary to common belief, free availability and low costs are not the main arguments for choosing open source," Rettberg said. "For me, the reliability of the software comes first. I can set up a Linux proxy server in half an hour and I won't have to come back to it for the next ten years."
GitHub | Translatedandelion* - v0.2.5 update released
We are happy to announce the release of the v0.2.5 update of #dandelion!General
This is an unofficial webview based client for the community-run, distributed social network diaspora*. It's currently under development and should be used with that in mind. Please submit any bugs you might find.
- Download (F-Droid, Release Archive)
- Watch Changelog
- See Screenshots
Changelog
- Introduce minimalistic Markdown Parser
- Show LICENSE at first start
- Show CHANGELOG after update
- Convert existing Markup files to Markdown
- Update existing markdown files
- Update AboutActivity to use new Parser
- Added Korean and Danish as translation options
What’s next?
Visit https://github.com/Diaspora-for-Android/dandelion/milestone/8 to see whats planned for the next update.Contributions
If you want to contribute translations to the project, visit: https://crowdin.com/project/diaspora-for-android/invite. If the language you want to translate into isn’t listed, please contact us. Currently our core team consists of 2 developers, and we do most stuff on GitHub and Telegram.
You can help us, even if you don't know how to code: * Artwork * Design ideas * Infrastructure/Hosting/Services * Translations * Share this post or create a new one * Blog about your experience
* We'd like to know what you think
We are also happy about any other kind of contributions, visit our GitHub Page for more informations.Credits
(posted by @gsantner)
- Maintainers (@gsantner, @vanitasvitae)
- Contributors
- Blowball image
Sharing welcome!
Tags: #diaspora #android #app #android-dev #DiasporaForAndroid #dfa #diasporaAndroid #diasporawebapp #foss #freie-software #freesoftware #opensource #translation #translator #release #diasporaapp #mobiledandelion* - unofficial diaspora* android client
Wie abhängig sind Behörden von Microsoft? Ein ehemaliger hochrangiger Beamter der Bundesregierung und andere Experten kritisieren jetzt die Beschaffungspolitik der öffentlichen
dandelion* - unofficial diaspora* android client
A study by the European Commission concludes that Free Software is a driving force for innovation in Europe:The argument that established revenue models of the software industry were being eroded by open source software being available for free can no longer be upheld. Instead, there are many examples of successful OSS applications that are generally viewed as innovation drivers. Furthermore, working business models have been developed and have proved to be successful.
Read the whole study: The economic and social impact of software & services on competitiveness and innovation
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #EU #Europe #innovation #economyFinal report
The argument that established revenue models of the software industry were being eroded by open source software being available for free can no longer be upheld. Instead, there are many examples of successful OSS applications that are generally viewed as innovation drivers. Furthermore, working business models have been developed and have proved to be successful.
Final report
Moritz Bartl informed the #FSFE community on the disscussion@ Mailinglist about his side project www.fossjobs.net
Posting job offerings there is free and the site is also Free Software itself.
Job categories so far are: #Administrators #Editors #Marketers #Designers #Managers #Testers #Consultants #Programmers #Researchers #Translators #Support
Good luck! :)
#FreeSoftware #Jobs #developer #fossjobs #foss #opensource #work
Blog post by FSFE's Executive Director @jonaso@diasp.eu :Policy, why's that?
"... but as Schneier puts it: it's no longer a question of it, it's a question of when. As free and open source software gets into health care, automotive and other safety critical areas, it's getting further into areas of software regulation, and those areas will only expand over time.
To meet this need for regulation, we must ensure regulatory agencies and governments are getting the support and knowledge they need to create good policies and regulation, rather than bad ones.
Advertisement: This is something the FSFE is already doing, but we could use your support to do more."
#FSFE #Policy #FreeSoftware #OpenSourceIn November 2016, Bruce Schneier wrote about the need for increased regulation in the software sphere. If we want to secure our increasingly computerized and connected world, we need more government involvement in the security of the "Internet of Things" and increased regulation of what are now critical and life-threatening
"... but as Schneier puts it: it's no longer a question of it, it's a question of when. As free and open source software gets into health care, automotive and other safety critical areas, it's getting further into areas of software regulation, and those areas will only expand over time.
To meet this need for regulation, we must ensure regulatory agencies and governments are getting the support and knowledge they need to create good policies and regulation, rather than bad ones.
Advertisement: This is something the FSFE is already doing, but we could use your support to do more."
In November 2016, Bruce Schneier wrote about the need for increased regulation in the software sphere. If we want to secure our increasingly computerized and connected world, we need more government involvement in the security of the "Internet of Things" and increased regulation of what are now critical and life-threatening
Als Forscher können wir selbst kein fertiges Produkt herstellen, aber wir möchten die Basis für einen Detektor bereitstellen – sowohl Hardware-Prototypen als auch die Algorithmen, um die Signale auszuwerten. Wir müssen zum Beispiel die Bewegungen des Nutzers berücksichtigen, wenn er das Gerät über den Boden führt. Unsere Arbeit wird als Open Source und somit patentfrei veröffentlicht. Wir wollen humanitär arbeiten und nicht auf Profit zielen.
Wie deutsche Forscher Kolumbien dabei helfen, sich von einer tödlichen Bedrohung zu befreien.
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology....
#dandelion announcement
GitHub | Translate (posted by @gsantner)
Thanks for your feedback on the previous post regarding app download source. The results are obvious - 100% of votes for F-Droid. Well, we expected a high percentage for F-Droid, but this is very clear.
Based on the results:Does this mean the project is dead?Absolutely not.
- We won't publish releases of dandelion* signed by our key anymore
- We will wait for F-Droid to build dandelion* and attach the app signed by them to our GitHub page
- This way there will be just one signing key used - for you users - this means you can update your dandelion* installation regardless if downloaded from us, or from F-Droid store
- If you download an *.apk telling a wrong key error at installation, you can be sure it's not done by F-Droid - so don't install
- In the last versions, there was an "secondlion*" apk attached on our GitHub Release page. This one has a different package id and can be installed beside dandelion*. In future updates this won't serve the only purpose - to just allow a second account - anymore. secondlion* will be our dandelion*-fresh/beta version from now on, signed by us, which can be installed alongside dandelion*.
- This will affect all future releases - we won't update or change previous releases
- It's up to you - you can go for the F-Droid release, the faster published secondlion* - or install both
What if my current installation came from the GitHub page?Just uninstall the app, and install the latest build from F-Droid:https://f-droid.org/repo/com.github.dfa.diaspora_android_12.apk
Who has access to future used signing keys
- dandelion*: Just F-Droid has access to the key
- secondlion*: Maintainers (@gsantner, @vanitasvitae)
Support the project
- Leave us a star on GitHub
- Provide Translations
- Send some Bitcoin to keep us motivated - contact us
- Report or fix bugs, send PR's
Credits
- Maintainers (@gsantner, @vanitasvitae)
- Contributors
- Blowball image
Sharing welcome!
Tags: #dandelion #dandeliondev #diaspora #diasporaforandroid #diasporaandroid #diasporaapp #app #fdroid #freesoftware #opensource #app #android-dev #foss #freie-software #freesoftware #opensource #translation #translator #release #mobiledandelion* - unofficial diaspora* android client
dandelion* - unofficial diaspora* android client
diasporist wrote the following post:Tor at the Heart: Qubes OS
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-heart-qubes-os Qubes OS is a security and privacy-oriented free and open source operating system that provides you with a safe platform for communications and information management. Its architecture is built to enable you to define different security environments (or "qubes") on your computer to manage the various parts of your digital life, including safely using Tor. #qubes #qubesos #tor #torattheheart #privacy #opensource #OS #security #edwardsnowden #anonymity #whonix #vm #virtualization
#vakanz
Aufstehen und es lieben in die Arbeit zu gehen?
♲ Nextcloud GmbH (104036748063781940910@plus.google.com):Want to sell #opensource ?? join #nextcloud https://nextcloud.com/jobs
Jobs – Nextcloud
[l] #vakanz
Want to sell #opensource ?? join #nextcloud https://nextcloud.com/jobs
Jobs – Nextcloud
More than 30 years ago Richard Stallman founded the GNU Project to enable people to continue to use their computers without giving up their freedom. Today, Nextcloud tries to do the same, we want to enable people to continue to sync and share their data without losing their freedom and privacy. Providing such a solution based on free software is a challenging but also extremely motivating task.
In the land of ManageIQ where the heisenbugs lie. One blog post to rule them all, One blog post to find them, One blog post to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the land of ManageIQ where the heisenbugs lie
Endlich mal ein interessanter Adventskalender http://www.qemu-advent-calendar.org/2016/ #qemu #linux #opensource
Vorstellung des Werkzeugkasten Freie Software
...Der Werkzeugkasten wird am Abend des 13. Dezember in Berlin öffentlich vorgestellt. Außerdem wird es eine Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Titel „Braucht Bildung technische Offenheit? – Potentiale und Herausforderungen von Freier Software in der Schule“ geben. Jeder/Jede Interessierte ist herzlich eingeladen daran teilzunehmen.
#fsfe #seitz #freie #Software #schule #opensource #Lehrer #Berlin #Bildung
Last Friday was the 6 month anniversary of Nextcloud, a good opportunity to look back and reflect on what we have achieved since we started. I also have some interesting news to share, including that Nextcloud GmbH is a profitable company already!
Browse through a few of our favorite open source wearable projects from 2016, which feature 3D printing, Arduinos, and more.
Kick off the holiday shopping season by checking out these 10 great gifts for open source enthusiasts.
Santiago Roland wrote the following post:#pine64 #laptop #opensource https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707
I'm using #Nextcloud thanks to #JollaIt community. How about you?
"Introducing #Jolla Community Cloud" http://jollacommunity.it/introducing-jolla-community-cloud/
#SailfishOS #opensource #securedataWe at Jolla Community Italia love Nextcloud. That’s why we decided to give you a secure dock to store all of your files. Jolla Community Cloud by Nextcloud makes easy to access your files,...
I'm using #Nextcloud thanks to #JollaIt community. How about you?
"Introducing #Jolla Community Cloud" http://jollacommunity.it/introducing-jolla-community-cloud/
#SailfishOS #opensource #securedataWe at Jolla Community Italia love Nextcloud. That’s why we decided to give you a secure dock to store all of your files. Jolla Community Cloud by Nextcloud makes easy to access your files,...
We at Jolla Community Italia love Nextcloud. That’s why we decided to give you a secure dock to store all of your files. Jolla Community Cloud by Nextcloud makes easy to access your files,...
Since the start of the FSFE 15 years ago, the people involved were certain that companies are a crucial part to reach our goal of software freedom. For many years we have explained to companies – IT as well as non-IT – what benefits they have from Free Software. We encourage individuals and companie...
Free Software is a real feature & everybody deserves it, not only home users! This is a good reason to switch from #ownCloud to #Nextcloud like the Danish research and education network https://nextcloud.com/blog/the-danish-research-and-education-network-moves-from-owncloud-to-nextcloud/ #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Enterprise
