(If you are reading FSFE's newsletters [1] (and you should when you
have not yet given me feedback what I could improve ;) ), and you
already use one of our banners [2], you can skip this post because I
copied and pasted it. Else please continue.)
Let us admit it, the Free Software community is often very critical.
Wewrite bug reports, tell others how they can improve the software, ask
them fornew features, and to not spare with criticism. Sometimes we
forget to say "thank you, for all your work". As in the last years, we
want to change this, at least for one day. So on Tuesday the 14th of
February we will celebrate the "I love Free Software" - Day [3].
Get active, buy your favourite developer a drink or give them a hug (ask
forpermission first), write an e-mail/letter [4] expressing your
feelings, create nice pictures, donate to a Free Software initiative,
use another of our suggestions [5] or be create yourself to show how you
appreciate people, working hard to enlarge or defend our freedom.
Beside that help us to promote the activity with our banners [6], by
e-mail, (micro)blog or in your (distributed?) social networks.
New this year is a whole day event in the Unperfekthaus in Essen
(Germany) [7] and that all our Fellows automatically get an
login(a)ilovefs.org e-mail alias.
So let's make sure that on February 14th there are more love reports,
than bug reports!
All the best,
Matthias
1. http://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html
2. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
3. http://ilovefs.org
4. http://blogs.fsfe.org/thomaslocke/2012/01/18/why-i-love-free-and-open-sourc…
5. http://ilovefs.org
6. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
7. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.html
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Yeah, I don't expect there will be much GNU in Firefox OS. Personally I would love to see a mobile GNU distro that stipulates software freedom, but compared to the utter jail that is iOS and the mirky grounds of Android/Linux I can only praise Mozilla's efforts.
They might be talking about the "open web" instead, which is somewhat conflicting with the Free Software point of view, but their take on apps do give the opportunity to give the users the freedom they deserve. I could for example host my own apps, licensed under the AGPL and there won't be any shitty App Store rules preventing this.
But still, I would love to have a GNU in my pocket :)
Jelle
-------- Original message --------
From: "Andreas K. Foerster" <list(a)akfoerster.de>
Date: 27/02/2013 19:33 (GMT+01:00)
To: discussion(a)fsfeurope.org
Subject: Name of the system (was: Firefox Mobile + Geeksphone = Awesome)
Hello,
i think, it would be great if Firefox OS gets adopted.
One aspect, that I don't like however, is the choice of the name.
It uses Linux as it's kernel, and which libc does it use? The GNU libc?
Well, it was always unfortunate that most people don't mentioned GNU.
Now they stop even mentioning "Linux". They call it "Android", "ChomeOS",
"Firefox OS"... whatever.
Even large distros like Ubuntu and even Debian stopped to name it on their
frontpage!
Most people think GNU/Linux is an odd system, because barely anybody uses it,
they think. However that is not the reality. GNU/Linux is almost everywhere.
The real problem is not that it is barely used, but that those, who use it,
very often are not aware that they do.
I think, what we really need is, a better "marketing" for GNU/Linux.
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It seems Sony has already released a Firefox OS ROM for the Xperia E:
thenextweb.com/mobile/2013/02/27/sony-releases-experimental-firefox-os-rom-…
Jelle
-------- Original message --------
From: Jelle Hermsen <jelle(a)fsfe.org>
Date: 27/02/2013 18:41 (GMT+01:00)
To: discussion(a)fsfeurope.org
Subject: Re: Firefox Mobile + Geeksphone = Awesome
It's great to see this many companies showing interest in Firefox OS. The main website already shows a nice list of partners: www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/#
Keeping my fingers crossed :)
Jelle
-------- Original message --------
From: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org>
Date: 27/02/2013 17:54 (GMT+01:00)
To: discussion@fsfeurope.org,manchester@lists.fsfe.org
Subject: Re: Firefox Mobile + Geeksphone = Awesome
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Sony To Launch Firefox OS Smartphone In 2014
http://www.muktware.com/5287/sony-launch-firefox-os-smartphone-2014
Getting serious :)
Sam.
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It's great to see this many companies showing interest in Firefox OS. The main website already shows a nice list of partners: www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/#
Keeping my fingers crossed :)
Jelle
-------- Original message --------
From: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org>
Date: 27/02/2013 17:54 (GMT+01:00)
To: discussion@fsfeurope.org,manchester@lists.fsfe.org
Subject: Re: Firefox Mobile + Geeksphone = Awesome
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Sony To Launch Firefox OS Smartphone In 2014
http://www.muktware.com/5287/sony-launch-firefox-os-smartphone-2014
Getting serious :)
Sam.
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Campaign Manager
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Please do not forget about that tomorrow!!
Regards,
Matthias
= FSFE asks to show your love for Free Software! =
[Read online: http://fsfe.org/news/2013/news-20130212-01.en.html ]
On February 14th Free Software Foundation Europe asks all Free Software
users to show their appreciation for Free Software. FSFE suggests to
take this day as an opportunity to say "thank you" to one of the
dedicated hard-working people in the Free Software community.
"Every day, we use Free Software and often take it for granted. We write
bug reports, tell others how they should improve their software, or ask
them for new features - and often we are not shy about criticising. So,
to let the people in Free Software receive a positive feedback at least
once a year, there is the 'I love Free Software day'." says Matthias
Kirschner, who initiated the FSFE's#ilovefs campaign[1].
For the"I love Free Software Day"[2]the FSFE has several suggestions how
to show your love to the people behind Free Software, including:
- write an e-mail/letter, (micro-)blog post, to contributors expressing
how much you like what they are doing
- buy your favourite contributor a drink. Or buy someone else a drink
and while enjoying it, tell her/him about your favourite Free Software
application!
- give a contributor a hug (ask for permission first)
- take a picture of yourself showing your feelings for Free Software,
and post them online.
- Donate to FSFE[3]or another Free Software initiative[4]to express your
gratitude. They depend on your contribution to continue their work. So
check out your favourite organisation and make a donation. You can be
sure they will love you back.
- Finally you can help spread the love by sharing the campaign
banners[5], by e-mail, (micro)blog or by spreading through any social
network (please use the hashtag #ilovefs for this).
"We want you to help us, to make this day the day where everybody
says*'thank you'*to the people behind Free Software", adds Matthias
Kirschner.
1. http://ilovefs.org
2. http://ilovefs.org
3. http://fsfe.org/donate/donate.en.html
4. http://wiki.fsfe.org/DonateToFreeSoftwareProjects
5. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.en.html
== About the Free Software Foundation Europe ==
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit
non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in
the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the
furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,
modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people
Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues
of the FSFE.
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A few people have asked me for clarification of my comments about the
non-free nature of communications in Australia, and some of the extreme
consequences (e.g. the `domestic rendition' program)
I've gathered some details and links together here in a blog entry:
http://www.pocock.com.au/fosdem-looking-for-freedom
Hello all, this Saturday Free Software activists will determine the easiest
ways of chatting using Free Software audio and video programs. We'll be
testing out a variety of applications, including Pidgin, Empathy, and Kopete.
The core group of testers will be in Madlab Hackerspace in Manchester, but
*anyone can participate* - join the #FSFE IRC channel on Freenode to find
people to test chatting with, and see what still needs testing (email
manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org if you need help getting access to IRC).
The aim is to publish the results as a compatibility chart that will show at a
glance the easiest way to chat. As many Free Software users still use Skype
due to confusion surrounding Free Software alternatives, our research will
hopefully be very useful to a variety of individuals and organisations.
*Activity outline*
- Testing takes place on 15.09.12 at 14.00-17.00 UK time (15.00-18.00 CEST)
- Use a grid of Free Software chat programs for collecting our findings
- Test as many chat clients as possible (eg. Pidgin, Psi)
- For each combination of programs test whether voice chat and video
works (people without webcams can still test voice chat)
*Optional additional tests*
- Try connecting to other people at madlab, and also try
connecting to people in other countries
- Test the Free Software clients with different operating
systems if people bring them installed on laptops
- Test different versions of chat clients (not just the latest release)
*Requirements*
- Bring your own laptop (some older laptops will be available to borrow)
- Your laptop should have either a built in microphone, a separate microphone,
or mic headset
*Optional Requirements*
- Built in, or stand-alone webcam
Three separate Free Software and GNU/Linux groups will be meeting in MadLab on
Saturday: Manchester FSFE Fellowship Group, Manchester Free Software, and
ManLUG. Other activities will likely be available in addition to chat testing,
so feel free to come along and see what you fancy.
MadLab event page: http://madlab.org.uk/content/fsfe-manchester-free-software-
and-manlug/
"See" you there (one way or another :) ),
Sam.
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We had a discussion on fsfe-de@ and a participant wrote to archive.org
about the non-free video player (they used a free one in the past).
http://archive.org/post/556906 is the reply. Anyone here, who can talk
with them about the issue?
Thanks,
Matthias
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Some months ago there was a discussion about the licensing strategies of
OpenERP, which released the server and the GTK client under AGPL and the
web client under a somehow restricting license (can't remember exactly
the restrictions, mainly branding, IIRC).
Can't find the link to the discussion in the archive now, since it's
private (unfortunately) and the password reminder is not working.
I recall someone talking about "open core strategy", since the web
client is way better than GTK client.
I've just learned that since version 7 the GTK client has been
discontinued and only the web client will be actively maintained and
developed.
Good news: it's released with AGPL (as the server), as far as I can see
here:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openerp/openerp-web/trunk/view/head:/LICENSE
Cheers,
Federico