Notices tagged with freesoftware

@InternetKevin
> there's nothing ethically wrong with "honest" proprietary software. The only problem is users usually don't know whether proprietary software is honest or not.

That's my view as well. But some (many?) #FreeSoftware advocates (e.g., #FSF) seem to feel that proprietary software is per se harmful. They point out that "proprietary software is *often* malware", but argue that non-malware proprietary software is still wrong.

And that last view is the one I don't quite understand.

Sweden’s newly created public sector digitalisation hub, has adopted a policy for its use of #OpenSource. “We want to be open and accessible, and make it easy for partners to benefit from the knowledge we build” - That's great. Only the argument for non-protecting licenses is a little bit misguiding. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/tax-funded-source-code #publicCode #FreeSoftware #policy

FSFE-Vortrag auf der FrOSCon in Bonn, Deutschland (2019-08-10 - 2019-08-11) https://programm.froscon.de/2019/events/2326.html #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed

FSFE with a booth at Software Freedom Day in Utrecht, The Netherlands (2019-09-21) https://nllgg.nl/bijeenkomst/20190921 #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed

Treffen der FSFE-Lokalgruppe in Zürich, Schweiz (2019-07-11) https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Zurich/2019-07-11 #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed

No IT security without #FreeSoftware!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0qxm331Q8Q&feature=youtu.be

Warum wird durch Steuergelder finanzierte Software nicht als Freie Software veröffentlicht?

Wenn es sich um öffentliche Gelder handelt, sollte auch der Code öffentlich sein!

#FreeSoftware

Jetzt den offenen Brief unterschreiben
https://publiccode.eu/de/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9_rRLlmEA&

Did you notice the #GetActive item for this month? Check it out to see how you can help promoting #FreeSoftware

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201906.en.html#get-active

cc @tazgezwitscher@twitter.com
#Android
#Fdroid
#freenewspaper

We are looking for a German speaking #volunteer
If you are one, see details in the announcement below

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190701-01.en.html

#freesoftware #job
#voluntaryservice #Berlin

The FSFE's information stall at Veganmania in Donauinsel in Vienna, Austria (2019-08-24 - 2019-08-25) http://www.veganmania.at/2019/index.htm #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed

Did you know that the "Guidelines on the acquisition and reuse of software for public administrations" from #Italy requires that publicly funded software need to be #FreeSoftware? https://docs.italia.it/italia/developers-italia/gl-acquisition-and-reuse-software-for-pa-docs/it/stabile/ #publicMoney #publicCode #pmpc

Kurzer Bericht über das Libre Graphis Meeting in Saarbrücken

@opensaar@twitter.com
@msf_de@twitter.com
@openstreetmap@twitter.com
@euYoutH_OSM@twitter.com

#FreeSoftware

https://opensaar.de/en/2019/04/libre-graphis-meeting-in-saarbruecken/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnNkTWLohWo&

The FSFE with a lecture at the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany (2019-06-25) https://fs-politik.de/veranstaltungen/vortragsreihe-cyber-valley/ #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed

Great to see that #CERN wants to become more independent and moves to #FreeSoftware. That's the right direction, but don't do it just for the costs, otherwise companies might trick you into the next vendor lock-in with just a lower price for proprietary software, Open Core or similar marketing tricks. https://home.cern/news/news/computing/microsoft-alternatives-project-malt #MAlt

Great to see that #CERN wants to become more independent and move to #FreeSoftware. That's the right direction, but don't do it just for the costs, otherwise companies might trick you into the next vendor lock-in with just a lower price for proprietary software, Open Core or similar marketing tricks. https://home.cern/news/news/computing/microsoft-alternatives-project-malt #MAlt

Great to see that #CERN want to become more independent and move to #FreeSoftware. That's the right direction, but don't do it just for the price otherwise companies might trick you into the next vendor lock-in with just a lower price for proprietary software, Open Core or similar marketing tricks. https://home.cern/news/news/computing/microsoft-alternatives-project-malt #MAlt

FSFE with an F-Droid workshop in La Ingobernable in Madrid, Spain (2019-06-21) https://hacklab.ingobernable.net/eventos/21-de-junio-libertad-para-llevar-un-taller-sobre-software-libre-en-android/ #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed