Discussion January 2014

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English version of the tool leaflet to comment on
by Lucile Falgueyrac 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

Hi everyone, The new English version of the tool leaflet is almost done. It is quite different from the original German one. --> the language needs to be proofread --> the text (actual content) needs to be checked Ideas / critics / remarks welcome! Since I sent the source file to designers@, I'm just attaching the pdf here to have less conflicts. Just tell me if you need them. I sent the following points to designers@, but your are also welcome to comment on it: --> colours are slightly different --> I couldn't arrange the text nicely -> word breaks are very bad and non consistent, as is justification. The little boxes look terrible if justified, the big texts look messy if not justified --> the third box of the third inside panel is special, if know how to make it look better please tell me Any other advice? Feedback? Thanks! Best, Lucile -- Lucile Falgueyrac - Free Software Foundation Europe FSFE, Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin XMPP : lucile.falg(a)jabber.fsfe.org Support FSFE! https://fsfe.org/

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fsfe.org SIP service?
by Daniel Pocock 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Can anybody comment on whether FSFE has SIP or is planning to use SIP? I notice an SRV record exists for _sip._udp.fsfe.org but no TLS record (there should also be _sips._tcp.fsfe.org) I've recently proposed SIP service for debian.org and it would be fairly easy to replicate this for other free software communities, here are the details: https://wiki.debian.org/UnifiedCommunications/DebianDevelopers As I'm quite involved in the development of several of the necessary packages I'd be happy to help FSFE get them into use

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BibOS Admin at FOSDEM
by Carsten Agger 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Hi all I hope to see people at FOSDEM. I've submitted at couple of lightning talk proposals, and they have accepted one, namely about BibOS Admin, which a remote administration system for GNU/Linux systems which was built as a substitute for Canonical's Landscape product. The system currently doesn't have its own home page, only a production site which you can only see if you have a login, but the code and documentation is on Github: https://github.com/magenta-aps/bibos_admin Best, Carsten

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FOSDEM 2014
by Fernando Reis 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Hi all, I've become recently a fellow of the FSFE and I'm looking for opportunities for meeting other fellows. I would like to understand better how I can contribute to the "cause". I'm considering going to FOSDEM (it will be a first for me) and I'm wondering if FSFE people get together at the occasion. Are there other more experienced fellows going to FOSDEM 2014? Fernando

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FSFE position on "open core"
by Florian Weimer 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Kern Sibbald recently wrote this: | While I was consulting with the Free Software Foundation Europe | (FSFE) on the Bareos copyright violations, Bacula Systems and I | began discussions with the FSFE on how to guarantee the long term | survival of Bacula. These discussions, extremely positive on both | sides and all points, recently lead to a formal written agreement | between myself, Bacula Systems, and the FSFE. There are a number of | points in the agreement, but probably the most important of all is | that Bacula Systems has now put in writing that it is an Open Source | company (at its heart), as it has always proclaimed, and will | contribute all the Enterprise code it creates to the Bacula | Community code base within at most a 5 year period. One exception | is that Bacula Systems is legally unable to contribute certain code | encumbered by third party proprietary license. The 5 year delay | gives Bacula Systems the chance to develop Enterprise features that | differentiate it, but ensures the continual growth of the Bacula | Community code. This model can possibly be used across the industry | to ensure the future of open source software in an environment where | development costs, particularly for hardware to do testing, are | prohibitive to the standard models of today. (It's currently available at <http://bacula.org/en/?page=news>, but this doesn't look like a stable URL.) I find this quite surprising. Does FSF Europe really think that this model is a good way to fund free software development, absorbing the leftovers from proprietary software?

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Re: Blu-ray quality with free formats
by ilias.k.cs＠freemail.gr 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Thanks for your answers! :) By free format, I meant a format with an open specification, and by `same image quality` I was somewhat informal there :) but I won't bother you anymore with this. I was asking because I'm in the process of replacing everything I'm doing on the computer with free equivalents, and I guess I'll be using vp8 and vp9 as you suggested in order to convert my proprietary stuff, whenever possible(I already use Vorbis for audio, and it works like a charm). ;) Thanks again!

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Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament to use Debian for email encryption
by Felix C. Stegerman 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 For those who don't read Debian Project News: > Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament to use Debian for email > encryption > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rebecca Harms [11], co-president of the Greens/EFA Group in the > European Parliament, announced a project to use trustworthy > encryption [12] in cooperation and dialogue with European > Parliament IT services and Debian. Recognising that we "live in a > digital environment polluted by pervasive surveillance", she sees > encrypted software as a small first step to ensure nobody but the > intended recipent of an email can read it. Greens/EFA will use a > selection of Free Software from Debian running on regular consumer > laptops. "As Greens in the European Parliament we are very pleased > that we are supported by Debian [...], a community of programmers > and developers abiding to a social contract [13] to share and > maintain their common resource which they call Free Software", she > said. > > 11: > http://www.rebecca-harms.de/index.php/lesen/trustworthy-encryption-a-small-… > > 12: http://www.greens-efa.eu/software-procurement-11372.html > 13: http://www.debian.org/social_contract - - Felix - -- Felix C. Stegerman vice-coordinator, dutch fellowship group of fsfe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJSzK1wAAoJELIY/ywn/GzGnPgP/1RhwOZjRGwXzv0XFXnddW9z QXbh3wCMaWinmm4ijbVoM5Iuwj3aq8cbbIeQH0DtOLEHuD29GXr3YXLYdiQCGy2P ezarxoMS6c7hvzmeI34IQgxpbEolR+1Bl5muG7WO0jpgHjQZ0/DOd0DOq33xXFw0 zpK0tJsqj8fQmCZMFi4+NSzYAfb3i9iLD+LEvc4QUC8luNs7hKCnnLe+0VVlqSbm mulmjJ3ORFNXKxQHpraQxsvOGgW/xUlu4xs/4HJ9uRkcm9MWkBxSqD39SshAkZe2 qJsSZHPgDIo2cTVg56UkIhWfYdXKbdG2rRy0pccqwGXIYhE4AmNjpVmc1uihLpxS e+RJaaKqDqnVHmntAUYu0nDIneGbHdFbCzKy3YKEDMCrIk9o/s2h7GRkN93xWWhc 0XtICYsbR82lmPLsrOGYCWo+BXbKpEguxAtVodMStDkJq7AWmvk9+Qtg8DmpFAdr zl70MY2ohvJnL99U8SympkbjpYrSfHe6dXPyh8+SKaqdXmOd8iuPNmeiC6xqQWOv So9yoU/o3bIvsB4+zYccydDmqcvmcxSuybTeNw+OPoeGZgVRPWrX3M+GAc6PO9/+ vaI8RAb/7dBm3c1VsHnhv2HIJSk/T+Ca54o1FR8VzuO1RWWZAdVtgtQCZpjZ1gfH uE4dXtydX2w4/jyz2e+g =9Vyp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Christmas Gift Discussion
by Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Dear all, I ask your pardon if this message annoys you, but to find out what this thread is all about you have to read our January newsletter, which will be sent out on Jan 3 at the latest. Sincerely yours, -- Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild FSFE Fellowship Representative mailto:repentinus@fsfe.org xmpp:repentinus@jabber.fsfe.org http://blogs.fsfe.org/repentinus/

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timeline for 2014? (Re: FSFE Newsletter – January 2014)
by Bernhard Reiter 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

On Sunday 05 January 2014 at 19:02:15, Free Software Foundation Europe wrote: > [Read online: http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201401.en.html] Thanks Heiki, for a nice FSFE newsletter! :) > == From Yuletide to Full-Blown Winter == > Hence, it is only > fitting to begin with a short review of what 2014 has got in store for > us during the next few months. When reading this section it just occurred to me: How nice would it have been to see a fancy graphical timeline? Maybe like the fairphone schedule, though theirs only works as pdf. http://www.fairphone.com/2013/11/29/production-update-delivery-schedule/#mo… Just an idea, Bernhard -- www.intevation.de/~bernhard (CEO) www.fsfe.org (Founding GA Member) Intevation GmbH, Osnabrück, Germany; Amtsgericht Osnabrück, HRB 18998 Owned and run by Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner

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Freedom in computing - is (A)GPL enough?
by ilias.k.cs＠freemail.gr 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Hello and thank you for your efforts, I'm a software developer from Greece. With the Snowden leaks, my worst suspicions seem to be true.Ever since then, I've been trying to replace all of "my" proprietary software with free software (and all of the services and formats I've been using with free equivalents). It was very easy to commit to this decision as I know that with free software I can do everything I did before and in many cases better. However, its realization can be a little tricky sometimes, as for every software package (and format or service) I'm interested in, I've got to make certain that it is actually free. Being open-sourced or licensed under a permissive license, even under GPL, is ofcourse a good pointer but does not seem enough, as for example Linux itself contains blobs. Checking at the fsf directory for the package is something I always do, but if is not there, this doesn't mean it's not free. And for formats, I mostly check FSF and Wikipedia. As you know, services make the situation much more complex. For example, I'm interested in distance learning and MOOC services like http://www.complexityexplorer.org/ are a gigantic temptation for me. But I want to know what systems are being communicated when I make a request to such a service. EdX is open sourced under AGPL, but is this enough for me to know? In short, how can I know what a system I am using actually does, in a legal way, besides sticking to the systems I know for certain that are free? How do we deal with uncertainty? Many thanks and sorry for the long post. Ilias K.

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