Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

2018-02-12 Thread hellekin
On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 03:09:34PM -0200, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > > I think you're speculating. Please state clearly what parts should be > > patched (it's GPL software!). > > I have started a detailed review in [1]. Discourse has a revision > currently approved in the FSD (from 2015, acco

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

2018-02-01 Thread hellekin
On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 07:26:42AM +0100, Florian Snow wrote: > > This may have been mentioned before, but there is a Discourse instance > at community.fsfe.org. > Hmmm, no there is not, only a broken page. Anyway, if it existed when I proposed my services last year, nobody mentioned it. If it is

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

2018-01-30 Thread hellekin
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 05:45:34PM -0200, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > What about upgrading to new Mailman version? > > If I recall correctly, it has forum-like functions and keeps the mailing > list functions too. > > Discourse is somewhat overwork as we would have to patch various parts > of

Re: Free software and open source philosophies differ sometimes with radically different outcomes

2017-11-17 Thread hellekin
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 02:58:29PM +0100, Carsten Agger (@agger) wrote: > > The values are more important than the words. > Hi Carsten, I think precisely the opposite, that words convey values, and the values in turn shape the meaning of words. Now we have a different situation from 1998, and fro

Free Software in Europe -- Position Paper

2017-09-28 Thread hellekin
This proposal was submitted to the Next Generation Internet consulting project at NLnet on 2017-09-27 at 22:27. ## Building a Public Discourse for Free Software We need support to engage with the free software community at European level to fulfill the following agenda. The specific step for whic

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-29 Thread hellekin
insight and for rectifying my original intention in the eyes of others on the list. == hk -- hellekin ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-29 Thread hellekin
o see a hyperbola.info email. -- hellekin ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-28 Thread hellekin
On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:18:56 +0200 Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Hellekin, > > > I'm referring to 'commercial utilization' as used in the context of > > what Moritz quoted. > > Thank you. I think the context is a bit muddled as it somehow seems to > su

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-27 Thread hellekin
On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:52:03 -0400 willi uebelherr wrote: > > Dear Hellekin, > > i support your proposal to Open Sorce Technology, the condition for a > real technical development. And your strong answer to Moritz. > I'm sure Moritz chose the quote I replied to on

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-27 Thread hellekin
ization > of free software, and of GPL licensed software in particular, also leads > to vendor-lockin and anti-competitive behavior, or was that in reference > only to proprietary software? > I'm referring to 'commercial utilization' as us

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-26 Thread hellekin
oduce code; considering public code as infrastructure, like language. Nobody would argue that limiting access to language is a genuine business practice (although promoters of 'intellectual property' would certainly disagree.) == hk -- hellekin ___

Re: Public Money - Public Code: Helping with the campaign

2017-08-25 Thread hellekin
hnoscape/333 [1]: https://ps.zoethical.com/t/good-bye-open-source-hello-free-software/344 [2]: https://ps.zoethical.com/ -- hellekin ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion