Re: Is there a bank that is usable with a Google-free phone?

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:37:23 +0100 Jure Varlec wrote: > First, am I the only one who was caught unawares by this situation? I > mean, I admit that I don't read *every* single Free Software related > piece of news, there's too much going on in our community for that. > But I fancy myself far from

FSFE and the war in Europe

Perhaps a statement about this pending legislation would be relevant and on topic for FSFE: https://www.coincenter.org/new-crypto-sanctions-bill-targets-publishing-code-facilitating-transactions/ ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org

Re: October Newsletter /Summit

d as “lessons learned” for future summits. Do we already have a process for that? Best, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | mi...@kde.org | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellow, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specialist Request a meeting: https://doodle.com/mirkoboehm __

Re: Implementing a code of conduct?

d I think it is important to make it easier for people who feel harassed in some way to speak out about it. Best, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | mi...@kde.org | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellow, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specialist Request a meeting: https://doodle

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

supporting free software. That's why I prefer the dual > license solution. The only problem is who should own the copyright and sell > commercial licenses? > > I have asked the FSF, but they are not willing to sell licenses, and frankly > they are quite difficult to communicat

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

Hi! > On 27 Feb 2017, at 14:40, Agner Fog wrote: > > On 27-02-2017 11:06, Mirko Boehm (FSFE) wrote: >> You will need permission/license from the other contributors to sell >> proprietary licenses. >> You need a scheme that fairly distributes the licensing reven

Re: A dual license system for code libraries?

Hi! > On 28 Feb 2017, at 10:11, Agner Fog wrote: > > Mirko Boehm wrote: >> I cannot speak for FSFE, but I think the setup can be made simpler: Anybody >> can donate to FSFE. Just ask them to provide proof of the donation, and then >> you give them a license. This

Re: UK to "end" encryption?

cted member of our community. David Icke is a well-known conspiracy theorist. D’s comment indicated that your emails fit better into a forum with him than to a FSFE mailing list. I politely agree with that. Let us please keep the lists’ focus on-topic, which means directly related to matters of

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

t we wish the world would be, instead of based on what the present world is like. In the perfect world, everybody would be using free software, and everybody would know that it is about freedom, not free beer. There would however not be a need for FSFE in this scenario. Our mission is to advocate so

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

Hi, > On 22. Jun 2017, at 21:31, Roland Häder wrote: > >> Based on this, I would argue that FSFE needs to be present on >> proprietary platforms to be able to achieve the second part of it’s mission. > > There is an idea circulating in the fediverse about writing a

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

, and >> everybody would know that it is about freedom, not free beer. >> > > Does a man who is overweight lose weight by continuing to eat donuts? > > Or does he lose weight by going to the gym and acting like the man he > wants to become? > > >> There wou

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

e? This information surprisingly seems to be less transparent, we know less about it than about proprietary platforms. I am looking forward to a data driven discussion. Best, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | mi...@kde.org | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellowship Representative, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specia

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

rom gmail.com <http://gmail.com/> While this would be perfectly reasonable from an individual perspective, it also indicates the same dilemma this discussion started with, at the micro level: You are a fellowship representative, and need to be accessible to fellows who support FSFE, but for

Re: negative campaigning?

than this. Especially because we have a clear, freedom focused message that explains itself pretty well. Best, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | mi...@kde.org | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellowship Representative, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specialist and Trainer Request a meeting: https://doodle.com/mirkoboehm

Re: European Commission Event "Open Source beyond 2020" (DG CNECT/DIGIT)

Hello, I will be at the event and speak on two panels. I am not going to represent FSFE, though. Best, Mirko. > On 7. Oct 2019, at 14:56, Harald Welte wrote: > > I recently heard about the event "Open Source beyond 2020" by the European > Commission [1] and was wonder

Re: Free Software for live streaming

Hi Erik, On 02.07.20 13:56, Erik Albers wrote: > there is the interest of a medium-sized German city to stream its city council > meetings to the internet. They would like to use Free Software, are willing to > spend some money for it and are looking for help now. > > Apparently there is OBS Studi