Re: Is there a small hacker friendly firewall for home use?

On 6 September 2016 09:33:58 BST, Miguel Tavares wrote: > >Hello Max, > >Thx for the reply. APU2 looks interesting more for a home server than >just to serve as a firewall to the home IoT and multimedia devices. > >I was actually looking more into a small router/firewall. I found out >that there's

Re: On receiving an interview request from Uber

On 16/12/16 18:34, Charles Cossé wrote: > It's even worse than that: Uber's self-driving fleet >

Re: On receiving an interview request from Uber

in the elevator and the service charges would potentially be lower. > On Dec 17, 2016 8:55 AM, "mray" mailto:m...@mray.de>> wrote: > > > > On 17.12.2016 07:56, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > > Elevators used to have drivers before computers were inv

Re: On receiving an interview request from Uber

On 17/12/16 20:36, Carsten Agger wrote: > > > On 12/17/2016 08:29 PM, Charles Cossé wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Daniel Pocock >> <<mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: >> >> >> If you own an apar

Re: FSFE: Replicant needs your help!

On 06/04/17 23:27, Joseph Graham wrote: > On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 09:16:00PM +, Kurtis Hanna wrote: >> >> Here's the issue, Wolfgang is in need of more devices in order to port >> them to Replicant 6.0. >> > > Not on your list but I have a good condition Galaxy S5 I could send. > Would it

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

On 10/04/17 16:16, Paul Boddie wrote: > Now, reading the candidates' statements, only one of the candidates mentions > volunteering and really only in the context of more of it being required, > which doesn't necessarily make sense if volunteer activities end up not being > particularly effic

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

On 10/04/17 19:20, Albert Dengg wrote: > hi, On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 06:41:52PM +0200, Paul Boddie wrote: > ... >> I understand that things do get mixed up, but I think it was >> pretty unfortunate that an event was announced and then occurred >> at another time. I found out about it on the wiki

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

On 11/04/17 22:21, Joe Awni wrote: > Paul, > > The husting (singular) was the occasion for an interesting discussion > with candidates. But, as others have indicated, we don't need a > special occasion to upload IRC logs to the wiki. Alot of interesting > ideas are coming up in this email thread

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

On 12 April 2017 13:52:54 CEST, Stefan Umit Uygur wrote: >Sorry to hi-jack the general assembly thread to reply to the article on >planet. > >I personally tend to disagree with any extremist idea and have to say, >even >though I'd love to be in the world described in Daniel's article, I >still >am

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

On 12/04/17 15:31, Stefan Umit Uygur wrote: > I am perfectly aware they are strong words (and sorry if I had to use > them) but if I have differentiate the 2 point of views (between yourself > and Jonas) I am inclined to say I see more compromises and flexibility > in Jonas's side:-) > > You kin

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

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 word extremism in double quotes to make it clear I wasn't

Re: FSFE General Assembly Fellowship Representative Election

On 12/04/17 19:28, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, Stefan, Paul, > >>> If somebody cleaned their home every day to the same standard as a >>> hospital, most people would consider it extreme. But in the context of >>> the hospital it would be desirable behavior. >> >> On the other hand if you c

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 25/04/17 13:00, Erik Albers wrote: > Hi list, > > the Fellowship elections 2017 are over and the winner is Daniel Pocock. > > https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170425-01 > > I like to thank all candidates for bringing life into this years election and > every

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 25/04/17 18:26, Erik Albers wrote: > Hi André, > > On 25.04.2017 17:13, André Ockers wrote: >> Op dinsdag 25 april 2017 13:00:51 schreef Erik Albers: >>> However, former elections with only one (!) candidate and without reminders >>> and no public hustings (2016 and 2014) have had more partic

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 25/04/17 19:07, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> Is there a list of all the words that have been considered or links to >> any discussions about this? > > I was running that process and the words that came up for discussion > were: > > - Patron > - Donor > - Member > - Supporter >

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 25/04/17 19:32, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> If there were new words to consider, could the discussion be re-opened? > > I would be hesitant about having a new discussion, at least one which > we would need to spend staff time on. If there would be a more complete > proposal made for

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 25/04/17 23:08, Paul Boddie wrote: > On Tuesday 25. April 2017 22.16.16 Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> How soon did you want to implement the change from Fellow to Supporter? >> Could this be deferred for another 3 months, for example, to let more >> Fellows give

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 26/04/17 08:36, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> I wonder if FSFE could get a summer intern to look at this specific >> question, look at the models used by other non-profit organizations, >> survey volunteers and donors and prepare a shortlist of options? > > That's a good idea. In a se

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 27/04/17 06:23, Florian Snow wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > > Daniel Pocock writes: >> Another pattern is for people to be full members of a local or national >> association and then each of those associations sends a delegate to a >> peak body such as FSFE. In t

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 27/04/17 06:46, Florian Snow wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > I appreciate your effort here, but I would advise to perhaps not re-open > this topic again already. The change away from Fellow to some other I'm not suggesting to re-open it immediately, rather, to put it on hold while the bigger questi

Re: Fellowship elections participation

On 27/04/17 13:13, Joe Awni wrote: > > Because the last two years elections have been anomalous! > You mean the process or the result is anomalous? Elections are always run by humans (or by machines built by humans and hacked by humans) and consequently any large enough election will have a fe

ideas for laptop selection

Hi all, I'm currently looking at replacing my X220 tablet and hoping to choose something new without spending too much time. The main reasons for replacing the X220 tablet: 1. weight - I'd like to get something under 1.5kg, the lower the better and there are plenty of models between 1.0 and 1.

Re: ideas for laptop selection

On 30/04/17 17:00, Steven R. Baker wrote: > I've spent a lot of time thinking about this lately. My next machine > will be a Purism Librem, I think. But I've been a life-long fan of > ThinkPads. I currently have a W550s, an X250, and an X1 Carbon. Cannot > recommend enough. > I've also been on

Re: ideas for laptop selection

On 30/04/17 20:59, Steven R. Baker wrote: > > > On 30/04/17 20:05, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> On 30/04/17 17:00, Steven R. Baker wrote: >>> I've spent a lot of time thinking about this lately. My next machine >>> will be a Purism Librem, I think. Bu

Re: Crowdfunding a NAS device that respects your freedom

On 02/05/17 12:21, Christian Pietsch wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thankful to the FSF for its RYF campaign and certification. > One thing that is missing in the list of certified devices > is a NAS (network > attached storage) device. Crowdfunding f

Re: Crowdfunding a NAS device that respects your freedom

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/05/17 13:57, Christian Pietsch wrote: > Hi Daniel, hi all, > > just two comments: > > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 01:41:03PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 02/05/17 12:21, Christian Pietsch wrote: >>> http

Re: ideas for laptop selection

On 02/05/17 16:54, Paul Boddie wrote: > On Tuesday 2. May 2017 15.45.38 Evaggelos Balaskas wrote: >> Here is my suggestion: pinebook >> >> https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707 > > Does that use the same Allwinner SoC as the Olimex laptop...? > > https://olimex.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/fosdem-an

Open Agriculture / Free (as in Freedom) Food

If you are not comfortable putting non-free software in your computer, have you ever thought about the non-free nature of the food you put in your body? A group at MIT's Media Lab have started the Open Agriculture (OpenAg) initiative and there was a TED talk (video[1]) about it in Geneva that mak

Re: Open Agriculture / Free (as in Freedom) Food

On 11/05/17 08:17, Antonello Lobianco (not reply) wrote: > Hello, I didn't understand what is it all about... sorry to look rude, > but could you provide a small document that introduce the topic? In > general, I don't like/have the time to watch videos, and I can't judge > from your email if it is

Re: Open Agriculture / Free (as in Freedom) Food

On 11/05/17 10:00, Carsten Agger wrote: > > That said, the ideas behind the food computer are interesting. It might > be the most rational way to source some plants (rather than exploit > vulnerable ecosystems and have them shipped across the globe), and in > terms of sustainability it might be mor

accounting software used by FSFE and other associations

Hi, Which accounting software is currently used by FSFE? Which solutions are other free software organizations using? There is currently some discussion about choosing something for the Open Labs hackerspace in Tirana[1] Regards, Daniel 1. https://forum.openlabs.cc/t/open-labs-hackerspace-a

Re: accounting software used by FSFE and other associations

On 18/05/17 16:36, Reinhard Müller wrote: > Hi, Daniel! > > Am 2017-05-18 um 16:25 schrieb Daniel Pocock: >> Which accounting software is currently used by FSFE? > > FSFE currently uses plain CSV files which are to a very large > extent automatically filled from various

UK to "end" encryption?

Hi all, There is speculation in the UK press that the government there will take further steps[1] against encryption, using the Manchester bombing as an excuse. "Government officials appear to have briefed newspapers that they will put many of the most invasive parts of the relatively new Inves

Re: Please help us spread the word on Roundcube Next

On 06/06/15 12:13, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > Direct link for your convenience: > > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2/x/4658765#/story I > notice XMPP chat and WebRTC are mentioned in the list of 10 features: can you confirm if the WebRTC calling feature (#4) will use XMPP

anybody going to TÜBIX (Tübingen statt), near Stuttgart?

Hi, Is anybody going to TÜBIX on 24 June? Regards, Daniel 1. http://www.tuebix.org/ ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion

Re: anybody going to TÜBIX (Tübingen statt), near Stuttgart?

On 30/05/17 08:56, Reinhard Müller wrote: > Hi, Daniel! > > Am 2017-05-30 um 08:52 schrieb Daniel Pocock: >> Is anybody going to TÜBIX on 24 June? > > At least there will be no FSFE booth, since all three people who > would have been willing to organise it just have oth

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

On 21/06/17 12:22, Erik Albers wrote: > Now I would be interested what you think? Do you think that - although the use > of proprietary platforms is ethically not supportable - the chances of > convincing new people to use and further Free Software are worth the > punishment? > Or do you think

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

On 22/06/17 20:51, Mirko Boehm - FSFE wrote: > Hi everybody! > >> On 21. Jun 2017, at 17:20, Federico Bruni > <mailto:f...@inventati.org>> wrote: >> >> Il giorno mer 21 giu 2017 alle 16:47, Daniel Pocock > <mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>> ha scri

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

On 23/06/17 09:47, Mirko Boehm - FSFE wrote: > > I am glad you asked. Overall global GNUsocial users rank in the > 1000s-100.000s, as far I know. Maybe somebody has better statistics on > that. Here is a good overview of proprietary social media > reach: > http://www.smartinsights.com/social-media

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

On 23/06/17 10:05, Mirko Boehm - FSFE wrote: > Hi, > >> On 23. Jun 2017, at 09:59, Daniel Pocock > <mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>> wrote: >> >>> I am glad you asked. Overall global GNUsocial users rank in the >>> 1000s-100.000s, as far I know. Maybe

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

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 agree. We have suggestions for a group of the m

Fwd: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally

rded Message Subject: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:19:50 +0200 From: Daniel Pocock To: LibrePlanet Discuss One of the biggest concerns people have about leaving platforms like Facebook and Meetup is that they fear

Re: Fwd: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally

On 28/06/17 09:45, Matthias Kirschner wrote: > * Daniel Pocock [2017-06-28 09:19 +0200]: > >> I recently posted this on LibrePlanet and in response people shared >> various resources[10] tracking events. Are there any more examples >> people could share? > >

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

On 06/07/17 17:28, Erik Albers wrote: > I think you get the point. Metrics in the real world are pretty hard to > interpret. However, like it or not, metrics in the digital sphere and on > (proprietary) social media platforms seem easier to access and to make > connections. For example when our

Re: Ethical phones

On 17/07/17 20:51, Decarraig wrote: > I have been following various discussions on andr...@lists.fsfe.org and I am > wondering if FSFE has any policy on ethical issues with mobile phones e.g. > Conflict mining, cobalt mining etc ? When we start to see ethical cigarettes and honest politicians, y

dual FSF and FSFE membership

(this was also queried on the FSF LibrePlanet list[1]) Does either organization (FSF or FSFE) have a position on dual membership, being a member of both organizations? Was this contemplated when the relationship between the two organizations originated? Has there been any discussion about a redu

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

On 23/07/17 09:03, Evaggelos Balaskas wrote: > Social media are now part of our life (I am not debating if they > should or not), but diminish them to cat videos is a strong opinion. > 90% of email is SPAM, should we stop using email? Lots of people have > their email to a proprietary platform. Sho

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

On 24/07/17 11:48, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote: > > What I mean is maybe we _should_ debate if social media should or not > be part of our life (or which social media or whatever). And once > there's a position on that it'll be easier to decide whether to use it. Why don't we go through all the mes

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

On 24/07/17 14:18, Reinhard Müller wrote: > Hi, > > Am 2017-07-24 um 14:14 schrieb Daniel Pocock: >> Why don't we go through all the messages in this thread and replace the >> words "social media" with "mass surveillance"? > an interesting point

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

On 24 July 2017 14:33:04 CEST, Nikos Roussos wrote: > > >On July 24, 2017 2:24:31 PM GMT+02:00, Daniel Pocock > wrote: >>On 24/07/17 14:18, Reinhard Müller wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am 2017-07-24 um 14:14 schrieb Daniel Pocock: >>>> Why don&#x

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

On 24 July 2017 15:05:51 CEST, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: >Indeed. > >I also agree with this. > >As a subject for another topic, here are other analogies that don't >quite work as we'd expect: > >- "Non-free software is like slavery". However, it isn't, because the > user still has the ultimat

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

On 25/07/17 14:19, Max Mehl wrote: > # Paul Boddie [2017-07-25 12:58 +0200]: >> On Tuesday 25. July 2017 11.41.48 Max Mehl wrote: >>> >>> I would love to live in a world where we could abolish all proprietary >>> tools. But unfortunately the carefully dosed usage of some proprietary >>> networks

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

On 25/07/17 14:56, Max Mehl wrote: > # Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: >> What is the value of 1000 new followers though? >> >> Are people actually switching to free software, or are the followers, >> shares and likes more like monopoly money which is never

Fwd: [English] The municipality of Tirana goes free open source by using NextCloud

Visited the Open Labs team in Tirana last week, it is really good to see everything they are achieving there. Forwarded Message Subject:[English] The municipality of Tirana goes free open source by using NextCloud Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:05:52 + From: Redon S

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

On 26/07/17 10:53, Max Mehl wrote: > Hi Jonas, > > # Jonas Oberg [2017-07-26 10:37 +0200]: >>> Some services are Free Software unfriendly and harm your privacy. >> >> Are there any services we list which don't work with Free Software? If >> so, >> I think it's best to state that: >> >> Some s

negative campaigning?

This was raised by Jonas in the thread about proprietary software, but it is a completely different topic, so I'm starting this thread about it: "we also don't do negative campaigning overall. We tell people they should use Free Software; we don't tell them what software they should not be using."

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

On 26/07/17 15:46, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > About this phrase: > > "Are there any services we list which don't work with Free Software?" > > I would extend it to: > > "Does they make the visitor/guest/user use non-free software through > JavaScript?" > > If the answer to the above ques

Re: negative campaigning?

On 27/07/17 00:36, Federico Bruni wrote: > It looks like your opinion is the opposite of Daniel's opinion. > He's saying that we, as free software activists, should do _more_ > negative campaigning. Why? Because a positive attitude, like caring for > the privacy of the users, may be perceived as

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

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 another example: Greece's government successfully mobilized >> enough of their citizens to vote ag

Re: negative campaigning?

On 30/07/17 11:26, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > And even if you are at a conference on the stage with your "opponent", > by attacking you usually shows you have no arguments. It's what our > most unsuccessful politicians do all the time. > Well, Brexit was all about negative and they "won". Not

FSFE financial transparency

Hi all, I've been looking over the information about FSFE donors[1] and total revenues[2] I feel there is a bit of a gap between these two pages and it does not reveal how fellowship contributions relate to other revenue. The donors page says the top 5 donate over EUR 12,000 per year each and l

Re: FSFE financial transparency

On 14/08/17 11:25, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> I feel there is a bit of a gap between these two pages and it does not >> reveal how fellowship contributions relate to other revenue. > > That's surprising to me, because if you click down to 2016 as an example, > you will find the answer

Re: FSFE financial transparency

On 14/08/17 12:00, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> Is there a strong reason not to publish that? > > When we started reporting the number internally, the question was about > the benefit of reporting this with some feeling that publishing the (then > low) number of fellows would deter peop

Re: FSFE financial transparency

On 14/08/17 15:04, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> It is already public in the report[1] on the fellowship elections. > > Yes, you may be able to find occasional references to it and numbers which > you may infer from other information given. > >> Then it will be much easier for fellows t

an FSFE hackathon?

Hi all, Has there ever been an FSFE hackathon? How would people feel about having such an event, or even a few small hackathons in parallel? Are there tasks that would be useful to FSFE and can be completed in one or two days, either by an individual or small teams? Would anybody have ideas ab

FSFE in Outreachy?

Hi all, Has there ever been any discussion about FSFE being a mentoring organization in Outreachy? Are there any projects specific to FSFE that would be suitable for a 12 week internship? Are there any projects that could be done upstream in free software that FSFE depends on? Also, regardless

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

On 26/07/17 01:28, Guido Arnold wrote: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 03:10:59PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 25/07/17 14:56, Max Mehl wrote: >>> # Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: >>>> What is the value of 1000 new followers though? >>>> >>&

Re: FSFE in Outreachy?

preference to applications from suitably qualified female >> candidates. > from https://fsfe.org/contribute/internship.en.html > > I'd personally be a little bit disappointed if this carried any > significance in my being selected as intern, because I do believe that I >

Re: FSFE in Outreachy?

On 02/09/17 10:45, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote: > >> Treating these efforts as >> discrimination means that we ignore the fact that we live in a world >> where not all people have the same opportunities and that people of >> certain gender or color are privileged. > I personally find this brush a li

Re: FSFE in Outreachy?

On 02/09/17 12:27, Nikos Roussos wrote: > On September 2, 2017 11:45:20 AM GMT+03:00, Carmen Bianca Bakker > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Saturday, 2 September 2017 09:51:36 CEST Nikos Roussos wrote: >>> I don't see any discrimination here, and in general in any initiative >>> that tries to help min

separate GA and community meetings

Hi all, There are upcoming meetings of the GA (October) and FSFE community (November) I want to raise the question of why these happen separately. For example, the GA weekend only includes a brief formal meeting of GA members, the last time this happened, it took just 15 minutes[1]. The rest o

community feedback on GA meeting agenda?

Hi all, A draft agenda was recently circulated for the GA meeting with a deadline of 1 October for any changes. As one of the fellowship representatives, I have put forward a number of proposed motions that attempt to gain consensus on some of the issues discussed on FSFE mailing lists recently.

Re: community feedback on GA meeting agenda?

On 27/09/17 20:28, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote: > Hello Daniel, > > On Mittwoch, 27. September 2017 11:24:36 CEST Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Does anybody have any topics they would explicitly like to draw >> attention to for the GA agenda? > I don't know if it fits the

Re: community feedback on GA meeting agenda?

On 28/09/17 11:31, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> This year the draft agenda includes a far more controversial topic, I'm >> surprised it hasn't been made public already. > I don't know which controversial topic you refer to, but to be clear, aside > from the common topics, this years agenda,

Re: community feedback on GA meeting agenda?

On 28/09/17 14:06, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> Notice that in that proposal, the word "remove" is the only possibility >> in the first sentence and the word "remove" is the leading option in the >> second sentence. > So we can ask Matthias to rephrase that perhaps. It's factually true > so

Re: community feedback on GA meeting agenda?

On 29/09/17 12:00, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Carsten, > >> In practice I think it would be fair to say that the (previous) Fellows >> or (current) Supporters *are* the community - specifically, the paying >> part of the community, those who identify enough with the FSFE to invest >> an annual amount.

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

On 21/06/17 12:22, Erik Albers wrote: > Now I would be interested what you think? Do you think that - although the use > of proprietary platforms is ethically not supportable - the chances of > convincing new people to use and further Free Software are worth the > punishment? > Or do you think tha

improving fellowship communication (GA motion)

Regards, Daniel 1. https://fsfe.org/about/legal/constitution.en.html Forwarded Message Subject:improving fellowship communication Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:53:27 +0200 From: Daniel Pocock To: g...@fsfeurope.org Hi all, As I've been elected as a fell

"joining" the FSFE

Hi all, Whenever I'm discussing FSFE with people at an event, somebody inevitably asks me about the joining process or what it means to be an FSFE member. There has actually been some ambiguity about this.  The main page of the web site has a "Join the FSFE" button, it is very prominent. It lin

Re: "joining" the FSFE

On 02/10/17 14:13, Cornelia.sulzbach wrote: > This is shameful! There ist no reason to not let everyone become a > member. I have read today. I have read a lot, and it is clear the FSF > should be ashamed of themselves. I am glad there are people like you > Daniel who can change this! Just read: >

Re: an FSFE hackathon?

This might be a good topic for discussion at the community meeting this weekend. On 25/08/17 13:53, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has there ever been an FSFE hackathon? > > How would people feel about having such an event, or even a few small > hackathons in par

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

On 30/11/17 16:26, Gergely Székely wrote: > Hi! > > I think it was not a good idea at all to change the "Join the ..." to > "Become a supporter". > Asking people to join means they should have an equal status. The current constitution doesn't treat all members equally (a GA member has a diff

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

On 30/11/17 16:55, Jonas Oberg wrote: > As has been pointed out before, the FSF doesn't have this problem with "Join" > implying equal status. So I'd trust them on this, as native speakers :-) This page has a link to their articles and bylaws: https://www.fsf.org/about/financial http://stati

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

On 01/12/17 10:28, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote: > (Re-sending this e-mail because I wrongly addressed the first) > > Op 30-11-17 om 16:26 schreef Gergely Székely: >> I think it was not a good idea at all to change the "Join the ..." to >> "Become a supporter". >> >> My point is that "being a memb

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

On 01/12/17 13:20, Matthias Kirschner wrote: > * Daniel Pocock [2017-12-01 11:32 +0100]: >> Another idea that was raised: keep the "Join" buttons and the "Join" >> page, but make it very clear on the page what people can do, e.g. give >> them boxes they

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

On 01/12/17 16:06, Florian Snow wrote: > Hi Carmen, > > > Carmen Bianca Bakker writes: >> However, I would be in _full_ support of reinstating the usage of >> "fellow" for volunteers who contribute time and effort. But then, >> maybe "volunteer" also cuts it? > > We discussed this choice of

forums, mailing lists and other tools

One issue arising out of the Swisslinux/GULL situation is the question of communication tools. Swisslinux has been operating with a forum while GULL was using a mailing list.  Representatives from both groups are now talking about how to join forces and merge these communities. I've also observe

model for local groups

We've received a lot of positive responses to an email sent to community members in Suisse Romande recently. Unlike big metropolitan areas like Berlin, the population of Suisse Romande and the FSFE community there is divided between many smaller cities like Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg and Neuchate

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

On 15/01/18 20:45, 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 it to either remove

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

On 16/01/18 16:29, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > I don't know if packaging the JS into Debian would be enough. If I > recall correctly, Discourse depends on client-side JS, so the issues are > more immediate in the client-side where the client is the one more > vulnerable. > > There are other

breaking bad habits like Doodle and Facebook with plugins?

Hi all, Habits are a tough thing to break, this is obvious if you know a smoker. I've heard many anecdotes about habits but I never really understood any of the psychology or neuroscience about habits until I recently read the book "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg (Random House, 2013) htt

Re: breaking bad habits like Doodle and Facebook with plugins?

On 17/01/18 18:20, André Ockers wrote: > Dear Daniel and list, > > Op woensdag 17 januari 2018 11:56:21 schreef Daniel Pocock: >> Nasty things like Doodle, Meetup and Facebook keep popping up throughout >> FSFE and the wider free software community. Even when we discuss th

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

On 18/01/18 10:13, Mirko Boehm wrote: > Hello there! > >> On 16. Jan 2018, at 13:57, Max Mehl > <mailto:max.m...@fsfe.org>> wrote: >> >> # Daniel Pocock [2018-01-16 13:43 +0100]: >>>> Discourse is somewhat overwork as we would have to patch vari

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

On 18/01/18 10:38, Mirko Boehm wrote: > Hello, > >> On 18. Jan 2018, at 10:28, Daniel Pocock > <mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>> wrote: >> >>> The client-side Javascript to me is not a >>> relevant issue anymore since JS is an open st

Re: breaking bad habits like Doodle and Facebook with, plugins?

On 18/01/18 11:30, Mat Witts wrote: >> [...] >> help people avoid visiting or linking to things like Facebook, Meetup, >> Twitter and Doodle? >> [...] > >> As well as blocking, does it give the user any encouragement to use > alternatives? > >> is there a way a plugin could reward people for d

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

On 18/01/18 12:14, Carsten Agger wrote: > 2. However, I find containers to be black magic. How can you trust them > to be 100% free software if you don't build them yourself? I honestly > don't know if Debian's packaging model is a perfect fit for distributing > JavaScript, which is, I suppose,

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

On 18/01/18 13:10, Carsten Agger wrote: > > > On 01/18/2018 12:45 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> If an organization like FSFE wants to know that the software, >> dependencies and build tools are all really free software then the >> "shortcut" to take is

Re: forums, mailing lists and other tools

eer for an FSFE booth or talk at either of those events? Kamailio World CFP closes 10 February. On 17/01/18 08:33, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 16/01/18 16:29, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: >> I don't know if packaging the JS into Debian would be enough. If I >> recall co

free/open technology for home heating systems

There are government grants in Ireland for heating controls, I put more details on my blog[1]. Is anybody aware of technology for this purpose that is running free software and interfaces with free/open standards? Can this be achieved using a custom solution with Raspberry Pi or similar devices

impact of Gmail's "promotions" tab on free software communities

There was a discussion in one community recently about essential emails not reaching new contributors because they get stuck in the Gmail "promotions" tab. This is quite concerning, for example, when Debian sends out the yearly announcement for DebConf travel grants / bursaries, if only the regul

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