Internation day against DRM

2019-10-10 Thread Paul Sutton
website to promote what this is all about, as in anti DRM campaigns Paul - -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - https://www.enigmail.net

Targeting women and girls for free software

2019-09-17 Thread Paul Sutton
help develop skills and also in doing so, and in contributing provide meaningful experience, then that would help achieve the aims of these charities. Paul -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/ Twitter : @zleap2018 gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537

Re: [nomination]for Fellowship Council renewal and activism

2019-09-17 Thread Paul Sutton
but then very little in the way of a pathway beyond that, unless you sign up to a local brick college or like me know about the online courses that are available via Open University, edx, codecademy and many many others. I think the learning machine has created resources for teaching the basic ITQ quali

Re: Euro Elections and fsfe

2019-05-28 Thread Paul Sutton
proved, not > destroyed. > > If FSFE takes a stand in this political debate (what to do with EU?), it > will introduce turmoil to the FSFE itself as FSFE members have different > opinion on this matter. > > Den mån 27 maj 2019 kl 23:46 skrev Paul Sutton : > >> Hi &g

Euro Elections and fsfe

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Sutton
ust a thought Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/ Twitter : @zleap2018 gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/ma

Re: free software promotion and local status

2019-05-06 Thread Paul Sutton
eople returning after having had children and many others. What we do needs to be open to ALL ages, do that and we become properly inclusive and leave others behind. Just a thought, Paul On 06/05/2019 13:41, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > On of the digital skills sites is https://www.lea

Re: free software promotion and local status

2019-05-06 Thread Paul Sutton
ake any difference. Paul On 06/05/2019 09:04, Bernhard E. Reiter wrote: > Hi Paul, > thanks for sharing your experiences! > > Helping others to understand Free Software is an ongoing task > and it needs wit and patience. :) > > Am Freitag 03 Mai 2019 13:01:52 schrieb Pau

Re: Unsubscription amusement

2019-05-06 Thread Paul Sutton
On 06/05/2019 00:00, Paul Boddie wrote: > Hello, > > I see that some people are still having fun with the Mailman interface trying > to unsubscribe people from this list, specifically 91.64.208.89 or > ip5b40d059.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de as they are also known. > > Perhaps some actual, re

free software promotion and local status

2019-05-03 Thread Paul Sutton
courses. I am not sure what the solution is here. Paul -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/ gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https:/

Re: Fridays for Free Software ;)

2019-05-03 Thread Paul Sutton
dows on x86 to Debian then to ARM, and still use software such as Libreoffice. Of course old computers can also be stripped for parts (e,g RAM which can then be used to upgrade other old computers) For really old computers operating systems such as ToriOS (torios.top) have

Re: The "rival" discussion mailing list

2019-05-03 Thread Paul Sutton
On 03/05/2019 10:46, Reinhard Müller wrote: > Hi, Paul! > > Am 02.05.19 um 21:45 schrieb Paul Boddie: >> It would obviously have been far more appropriate for Daniel to merely >> advertise that another discussion venue has been set up and for him to >> invite >> those who are interested to si

Re: [Attention] Re: removal from mail list

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton
gt; >> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/options/discussion>, >> <mailto:discussion-requ...@lists.fsfellowship.eu?subject=unsubscribe> > > > Best, >Erik > Thanks for that Erik, it has worked. Paul -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net http

Re: List of email addresses

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton
On 02/05/2019 12:17, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote: > Hi, > > Considering the CoC, I'm refraining myself from talking too much about a > certain individual. > > As there seems to be some confusion as to how Daniel Pocock was able to > access > the subscriber emails of this list: > > The list is

Re: removal from mail list

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton
On 02/05/2019 12:48, Thomas Doczkal wrote: > On May 2, 2019 11:38:22 AM UTC, Paul Sutton wrote: >> Hi >> >> Just sent a message to the fellowship.eu list, with unsubscribe in the >> subject header, I received a reply saying it has been held as the >> message ma

removal from mail list

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi Just sent a message to the fellowship.eu list, with unsubscribe in the subject header, I received a reply saying it has been held as the message may have admin commands. This is what _should_ happen, if this works I will reply here so others can do the same. Paul -- Paul Sutton http

Re: Fwd: Your confirmation is required to leave the Discussion mailing list

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Sutton
On 02/05/2019 11:31, Michael Kesper wrote: > Dear all, > > it gets ever "funnier". Now I received this confirmation for removal of this > list. > (I redacted the hash, obviously) > I suspect it gets created if you click on Daniel's unsubscribe link. > The IP address is not mine. > > Michael H

Re: Talos II (FSF RYF candidate)

2018-09-15 Thread Paul Sutton
-10-eu/ > > ___ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All > partic

Re: Is lack of software freedom a valid reason for refusal?

2017-09-22 Thread Paul Sutton
On 22/09/17 21:24, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi, > >> So the unemployment office would eventually resort to >> offering you one of those > > I think it's important to differentiate between on the one hand the ethical > question, and on the other hand the practical question of how unemployment > be

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-09-01 Thread Paul Sutton
inventing the wheel, why reproduce online learning people, we could direct people to kahn academy and edx too. I think what would be important is to emphasize the fact that the vocabulary is the same, regardless of what you use, so bold is the same in html or latex /texfbf{bold text} or us

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-28 Thread Paul Sutton
On 28/07/17 10:26, Nikos Roussos wrote: > On 07/28/2017 10:07 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> On 27/07/17 14:05, Nikos Roussos wrote: >>> I remain concerned about defining the reason we want or need these followers and then measuring whether that objective is being met. To give

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-28 Thread Paul Sutton
Just decided to post this, as it is sort of related to this thread. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40729737 It seems Google are going to start allowing auto play advertising, This raises a point on how do we counter the big players in the system. or how we use them. We could just say

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-26 Thread Paul Sutton
ing the use of a specific piece of software (which is non free) surely that is also harming my freedom of choice, so perhaps Some services harm your privacy. [Learn more] and in some cases also harm freedom [learn more] You cover 2 areas there, Paul -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-06-23 Thread Paul Sutton
On 23/06/17 09:47, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > On 23/06/17 10:19, Jonas Oberg wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >>> I'd like to see what plan is in place to collect data >>> about the effort being spent and the outcomes achieved (e.g. what >>> metrics will be monitored and why they are good metrics). >> I a

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-06-23 Thread Paul Sutton
Sorry my reply to this went to Theo rather than the list so resending, Paul On 23/06/17 09:10, Theo Schmidt wrote: > Am 21.06.2017 um 12:22 schrieb Erik Albers: > ... >> Now I would be interested what you think? Do you think that - although the >> use >> of proprietary platforms is ethically

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-06-21 Thread Paul Sutton
On 21/06/17 11:22, Erik Albers wrote: > Hi all, > > Maybe you noted in the Newsletter May [1] a pro and contra between our > Executive Director and our Fellowship representative: > > On the FSFE's Planet, we had an interesting dialogue popping up > between our executive director Jon

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

2017-04-12 Thread Paul Sutton
On 12/04/17 17:04, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 12/04/17 16:41, Stefan Umit Uygur wrote: > >> I can be in agreement with most of your comments but strongly disagree >> with some other comments you made, comments like "Sometimes "extremism" >> is simply the right solution.". >> > > I put the

Re: fossjobs.net FOSS jobs board

2017-03-23 Thread Paul Sutton
On 22/03/17 16:03, Charles wrote: > Nice work, any chance you could create another, similar, site to rate > recruiters? RateARecruiter.com? > Great work, I will look in to linking to this from a few websites i am involved with namly the Devon and Cornwall LUG, torbay tech jam and my own per

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

2017-02-28 Thread Paul Sutton
> > Is it common to assign the copyright to FSF, even when FSF has nothing > to do with the project? I can see the advantage of unifying the > copyright, but also administrative burdens on FSF, and potentials for > abuse. > ___ Maybe this helps with enforcement when people don't resp

Re: Project to stimulate Edu-FLS development

2017-01-11 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi Dr Stallman Just had a look at this list, so basically there does not seem to be a full solution out there that does not require some sort of non free software to get it working. What about mentioning Arduino in that list, Granted it is not a single board computer, but if people want solu

Re: Project to stimulate Edu-FLS development

2017-01-11 Thread Paul Sutton
The raspberry pi has also sold 11 million units, granted they are not all being used as devices to teach kids coding as there are also units being used to control devices, cameras to capture wildlife photos, media (kodi) clients for example, but that is one big user base. I think the fact t

Re: France and Germany promote Free Software in indudstry

2017-01-05 Thread Paul Sutton
I think we need to promote the fact that the skills needed to support all this are out there, just finding them is just perhaps a little harder than say finding people with MS skills. what is needed is for the policy makers and employers to know the help is there and where / how to find that hel

Re: Idea: science packs for schools?

2016-12-02 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi all I run the Torbay Tech jam , trying to get in to local schools seems to be a nightmare, slow and frustrating.We could make a pack available to those who visit the Torbay tech jam, or in fact I can see if some of the younger attendees can perhaps feed in to the development of this. I st

Re: Idea: science packs for schools?

2016-11-26 Thread Paul Sutton
Gordon Henderson (see Little man computer link) has also written Return To Basics. which is a basic interpreter for Linux and the Pi, as he also wrote wiringPi libraries, then this is integrated with RTB (and hence the pi gpio pins). If you're familar with Fuze basic then that is based on RTB, l

Re: Idea: science packs for schools?

2016-11-25 Thread Paul Sutton
Further to all this https://projects.drogon.net/lmc/ little man computer, is a simulator i think for assembly language teaching. On 25/11/16 20:11, Paul Sutton wrote: > I think Arduino (or clones) could be really good here, i demoed a few > simple projects at a secondary (11 - 18) scienc

Re: Idea: science packs for schools?

2016-11-25 Thread Paul Sutton
On 25/11/16 19:30, François Revol wrote: > Hello, > > On 25/11/2016 20:23, Roger Sicart Rams wrote: >> Well, that could be part of the course, but I meant something more like >> getting hands dirty hacking the hardware/software kit. >> > > Although the idea is nice (and I did start on old 8bit

Re: Idea: science packs for schools?

2016-11-25 Thread Paul Sutton
I think Arduino (or clones) could be really good here, i demoed a few simple projects at a secondary (11 - 18) science fair and got some interest, things like temperature etc, thing with arduino it is more complex but no oS to worry about so you write, compile, upload, so potentially better fo