Free Software
- yu7.in How A.I will make every software a Free Software
I was watching Richard Stallman interview on Youtube, it was sad how evil capitalists destroyed the hacker culture and brought in the reign of proprietary software. Most software we use, like in our phones and computers or other gadgets, hide something malicious. We are unable to see and reverse eng...
- GNU 40th anniversary
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5592397
> Forty years ago, Richard Stallman announced the plan to develop the GNU operating system, which would be entirely composed of free software. The existence of a free operating system would enable people to operate their computers in freedom, throwing off the power of the developers of nonfree software. The GNU Project has also built the global free software movement.
- major.io Open source contributions: Just do it
Want to make a change in an open source project? Take the Nike approach and Just Do It. 👟
- botpopuli.net Flying the KITE High against Digital Colonialism: FOSS in the Era of EdTech
Education technology, or EdTech, is increasingly shaping and influencing the day-to-day experiences of students, teachers, and administrators. Recognizin...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1809408
> Education technology, or EdTech, is increasingly shaping and influencing the day-to-day experiences of students, teachers, and administrators. Recognizing the importance of education to the digital economy, corporations are capturing emerging markets in schools and higher education institutions through the process of digital colonialism.
- We need more of Richard Stallman's ideas, not lessploum.net We need more of Richard Stallman, not less
We need more of Richard Stallman, not less écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1366662
> Richard Stallman was right since the very beginning. Every warning, every prophecy realised. And, worst of all, he had the solution since the start. The problem is not Richard Stallman or the Free Software Foundation. The problem is us. The problem is that we didn’t listen.
- EU: Majority for AI Act – and safeguards for Free Softwarefsfe.org EU: Majority for AI Act – and safeguards for Free Software - FSFE
The European Parliament today voted in favour of the AI Act with 499 votes in favour, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. Free Software is given safeguards; th...
The European Parliament today voted in favour of the AI Act with 499 votes in favour, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. Free Software is given safeguards, these rules must now be defended in the trilogue and transferred to the Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability Directive.
- Looking for Developers to Help the Fediverse: Join Guild Alpha!discuss.coding.social Announcement of Guild Alpha
Guild Alpha A Social Coding initiative Today, we are taking the first step towards building an initiative based on the concept of “Software Guilds”. We hereby announce the formation of Guild Alpha, a “bootstrap guild” of sorts, intended to serve as a starting point. We call upon anyone with both th...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1109122
> Today, we are taking the first step in building out an initiative to create opportunities for people to help build the Fediverse and create an organizational structure which can allow developers to coordinate their efforts where most needed. > > We call upon anyone with both the skills and motivation to join us and the Guild we are starting, Guild Alpha. Read the announcement linked to learn more and find out how you can participate! > > > If anything discussed here has your interest or you want to help grow free-software and the Fediverse, fill out this form to let us know! > >
- [How To] Making Your Own Karaoke With Free Software
I wrote, composed, and recorded my own song, then I turned it into karaoke! And I did it all using Free Software apps. Here's how I did it.
- Keyoxide, prove the ownership of your accounts using PGPkeyoxide.org Keyoxide
Modern and secure platform to manage a decentralized identity based on cryptographic keys
- currencystrengthmeter.org Currency Strength Meter - Live Strength Indicator
Accurate Currency Strength Meter that displays the relative strength of currencies. Uses live exchange rates to measure aggregate, comparable strength.
Currency strength meter is a way to represent the relative strength of each currency graphically. The indicator shows which currencies are strong and which are weak.
- Free Software Foundation: The board voted unanimously to post the following statement on the FSF website:
While our primary mission is freedom for software users, we want to be clear, the FSF board unanimously condemns misogyny, racism,and other bigotry as well as defamation, intimidation, and unfair attacks on free thought and speech.
- LibrePlanet 2021 - Live - come join hispagatos
we are on the 2d room "LibreAdventure"
- Snowdrift.coop as a 2021 High Priority Free Software Projectblog.snowdrift.coop Snowdrift.coop applying to be a 2021 High Priority Free Software Project
Why Snowdrift.coop would make an excellent addition to the HPP, focusing on a new area, Sustainability and Growth.
- Why MuWire
Previously posted on Reddit by the owner of MuWire. Source
I wrote a short piece on why MuWire is needed and why I'm working on it. It is available here
Some of the features mentioned (like messaging) are not released yet, but will be very soon. (Now available from v0.8.3)
About MuWire MuWire is a file publishing and networking tool that protects the identity of its users by using I2P technology. Anyone with a desktop computer and an internet connection can create a unique anonymous online persona and publish information of any kind without fear of censorship or persecution.
Users can then use their MuWire identities to publish files, search for files published by others, subscribe to each other’s publications and communicate through chat and messaging. Furthermore, users can establish trust-based relationship with each other where they assign a “trust level” to their contacts.
Example use case An example use case is that of Alice, a whistle-blower that wishes to remain anonymous in order to publish sensitive material on an ongoing basis. She creates a MuWire identity (which cannot in any way be linked to her real-world identity) and uses it to distribute information. Alice adds the files containing the sensitive material to her MuWire library and leaves MuWire running.
Bob is a journalist who does not know anything about Alice, but is interested in the type of material she publishes. Furthermore, Bob doesn’t want Alice to know his real-world identity either. He creates a MuWire identity and uses MuWire to search for relevant keywords. Alice’s MuWire node receives those queries and responds with results automatically. Bob then downloads the material from Alice’s MuWire node and verifies that it is genuine and of interest to him. Alice publishes regularly, so Bob subscribes to her publication feed and his MuWire node fetches automatically everything that Alice has made public. MuWire also offers mailbox messaging and chat functionality, so Bob can ask Alice for specific material and even have a real-time chat with her.
The relationship between Alice and Bob is completely anonymous and neither party can learn more about the other without consent.
Behind the scenes MuWire uses the I2P network which is known to work even during the strictest internet clampdowns in countries like China and Iran. The technology provides protection against Deep Packet Inspection firewalls and other tools used by state surveillance. From an outside observer the traffic that MuWire/I2P generates is indistinguishable from random static.
Motivation My motivation for creating MuWire is to enable every human being to share information without fear. MuWire is just a tool, use it for good!