Re: newbe question

Adam Kandur via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution. writes: > hi everyoone! is there any example of packed racket code? The Guix repository has a file for racket packages `/gnu/packages/racket.scm`. You can look at this file here https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tr

Free software telemetry and the Guix System

What types of telemetry in free software programs are compatible with the Guix System? This is a general question but Audacity is a current example of a free software program that is in the process of introducing telemetry to some degree. It does not look like Audacity has implemented telemetry y

GPU compatibility with Linux-libre

This message has two parts about GPU compatibility with Linux-libre. 1) Manual Warning 2) Summary # Manual Warning I originally posted the message below on the help mailing list. It is reposted here for two reasons. * It was suggested that the help mailing list may not be the correct mailing

Re: What’s next?

Ludovic Courtès writes: > So, now that 1.3.0 is out the door, what’s next?! > What’s your wish list? What do you feel an urge to hack on? :-) There are two improvements on my Guix wish list. 1) Make the core parts of Guix reproducible ** I do not know if this fits into the 4-6 month time frame

Re: What’s next?

Bone Baboon writes: > 1) Make the core parts of Guix reproducible > > Many core parts of Guix are not reproducible. If more core parts of > Guix were reproducible it would benefit all Guix users. > > There are several core parts of Guix that are not reproducible > includi

Re: Freenode Administration

Bone Baboon writes: > # IRC alternatives / compliments > > Some criteria that I have come up with are: > * Free software > * Can be used without a graphical user interface as many GPUs are not > compatible with Linux-libre and can not run Xorg or Wayland window > managers

Re: Freenode Administration

François writes: >> # IRC alternatives / compliments > > On alternatives you missed Matrix[1] which is federated (like email) > and have several clients includig weechat for text-based interface. > > Several people (and I am one of them) already uses Matrix clients to > access IRC networks with bri

Rust freedom issue claim

laim remains unaddressed by these responses. " the trademarks are now owned by the Rust Foundation rather than Mozilla, but the Rust Media Guide has not been updated to reflect this" " bone-baboon: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53287 is closed by https://github.com/rust-la

Re: Freenode Administration

raingloom writes: > I don't think we can package NPM stuff. > > Both the Dat and SSB cores have non-JavaScript implementations AFAIK, > but Cabal itself is JavaScript-only and so are all the SSB clients that > I've seen, but admittedly I haven't looked at the state of the SSB > ecosystem in a few m

Re: Rust freedom issue claim

Bone Baboon writes: > This is an article from Hyperbola about the Rust trademark. It claims > that Rust has a freedom issue. > <https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:main:rusts_freedom_flaws> > > I searched for this in the Guix bug and devel mailing list archive but &g

Re: Freenode Administration

Bone Baboon writes: > ## Matrix This is supplemental information in regards to raingloom's comment on implementation languages. > > <https://matrix.org> > > * Free libre - yes > * Peer to peer - no yet, currently federated servers > ** > <https://matr

Re: Freenode Administration

Bone Baboon writes: > Here is what I have discovered after some further preliminary > exploration. I have added XMPP and Tox. This is supplemental information in regards to raingloom's comment on implementation languages. > ## Scuttlebutt > > <https://scuttlebutt.nz/&

Re: Freenode Administration

Bone Baboon writes: > # IRC alternatives / compliments > > Some criteria that I have come up with are: > * Free software > * Can be used without a graphical user interface as many GPUs are not > compatible with Linux-libre and can not run Xorg or Wayland window > managers

Re: Rust freedom issue claim

Ludovic Courtès writes: > Before triggering an alarm, I would check what major distros, and Debian > in particular, are doing about Rust; I have not heard of any concerns so > far. If the Rust trademark turns out to be a concern, distros should > try hard, collectively, to resolve it through dialo

Re: Rust freedom issue claim

Ludovic Courtès writes: > Bone Baboon skribis: > >> After reading further on the topic and receiving feedback I have written >> an update to my understanding of the Rust trademark policy. >> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2021-06/msg0.html&g

Telemetry on by default kitty

Guix provides kitty a terminal emulator as a package. Kitty has telemetry on by default. See this issue on the kitty repository for further information: The issue was closed by the lead developer of the project without addressing the concern raised

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Bone Baboon 写道： >> What do other people think about this in the context of the Free >> System >> Distribution Guidelines? > > This is not a point of discussion. Telemetry or ‘phoning home’ for > updates must be opt-in if possible

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

Leo Prikler writes: > Am Samstag, den 12.06.2021, 23:44 +0200 schrieb Tobias Geerinckx-Rice: >> Bone Baboon 写道： >> > Should the patch be to remove the kitty package? >> >> No. The telemetry. While I appreciate the invitation to write a patch for kitty's tel

FIGlet licensing information

The TOIlet website says: "The TOIlet project attempts to create a free replacement for the FIGlet utility.". Guix has a package for FIGlet. Guix does not have a package for TOIlet. I looked into this and contacted FIGlet with the suggestion to improve the copyri

Re: Rust freedom issue claim

Leo Famulari writes: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 02:49:21PM -0400, Bone Baboon wrote: >> Contents: >> * Passive Approaches > > I definitely think a passive approach is best, unless the owners of the > Rust trademark are taking actions that preclude it. Have they given us &g

Re: Rust freedom issue claim

Ludovic Courtès writes: > Thanks for the detailed study and summary! The conversation about the Rust Trademark policy issue has been happening on several mailing lists and in different IRC channels. I decided to write a new summary that bringing it all together, adds new information and cleans it

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

Leo Prikler writes: > If I read terminals.scm, we already disable the telemetry in kitty: > >> (invoke "python3" "setup.py" "linux-package" >> ;; Do not phone home. >> "--update-check-interval=0" > @Bone: Did you notice any other telemetry during your further code > review (or are

Audacity has new administration

# Contents * Audacity's new administration * Controversial Changes to Audacity * Audacity Forks * Guix and Audacity # Audacity's new administration Audacity has new administration. Based on these announcements Audacity is now part of Muse Group. May 3 2021 this announcement was made on Audacit

cowsay could attract copyright and trademark enforcement action

cowsay has many questionable files that could attract copyright and trademark enforcement action. For further details see the pull requested linked below. Guix packages cowsay. /gnu/packages/games.scm says that the source code repository used is .

Re: Audacity has new administration

Bone Baboon writes: > * A new privacy policy > <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213> > <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1236> > <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1232> > <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussio

Re: Audacity has new administration

Giovanni Biscuolo writes: >> * A new privacy policy > > That's relevant only for people using telemetry (off by default); AFAIU > privacy policies are not covered by FSDG: am I wrong? Muse Group's new privacy policy for Audacity has added telemetry on by default. For more details see:

Re: cowsay could attract copyright and trademark enforcement action

Bone Baboon writes: > cowsay has many questionable files that could attract copyright and > trademark enforcement action. For further details see the pull > requested linked below. > > Guix packages cowsay. /gnu/packages/games.scm says that the source code > reposit

Re: cowsay could attract copyright and trademark enforcement action

Leo Famulari writes: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 10:56:33PM -0400, Bone Baboon wrote: >> cowsay has many questionable files that could attract copyright and >> trademark enforcement action. > > I doubt it. Many of these files have been in the cowsay source code > since 1

Re: cowsay could attract copyright and trademark enforcement action

Bone Baboon writes: > cowsay has many questionable files that could attract copyright and > trademark enforcement action. For further details see the pull > requested linked below. > > Guix packages cowsay. /gnu/packages/games.scm says that the source code > reposit