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Greg Casamento: Free as in Freedom, not as in beer...

So... recently I was working for a bit (sweat equity or so I thought) for a company by the name of ImmortalData. The company is headed by a man by the name of Dale Amon. I have worked, on and off, for them for about 2-3 years. They are developing a piece of software that is used to extract data from their proprietary black box systems. This piece of software uses GNUstep. They were born from a previous company known as XCOR which was developing a space plane at the Mojave space port. That company is now defunct.

Okay, so with that bit of history, I worked for a while for XCOR and then, because ImmortalData inherited the software, for them as well. When I worked for XCOR it was as a contractor. There have been issues with the software (some GNUstep bugs and some bugs due to problems introduced by Dale) that I have been asked to address.

At the end of a meeting a few weeks ago Dale made a comment like "Well, this issue seems like a GNUstep bug, so there is no reason we should have to pay for any of this" which hit an EXTREMELY sour note with me.

Later on that week I tried to clarify it with Dale, and it seems as though he was under the impression that since I was working on Free Software any changes or fixes TO that software should not be billable. This is NOT true. Additionally, the issue that they are experiencing is because of something THEY did, and it is not a GNUstep bug.

I mentioned this in the previous post, but I feel strongly that this needs to be called out explicitly. Free Software is free as in FREEDOM. This means you are free to look at, examine, and modify the software as you see fit. It does NOT mean services performed on that software on your behalf by someone other than you are free.

This development was VERY upsetting to me and I feel the need to make the above VERY clear.

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parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20240622 ('34 counts') released

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GNU Parallel 20240622 ('34 counts') has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4

Quote of the month:

The most glorious 15,000 lines of Perl ever written.

-- @nibblrrr7124@YouTube

New in this release:

  • Bug fixes and man page updates.

News about GNU Parallel:

GNU Parallel - For people who live life in the parallel lane.

If you like GNU Parallel record a video testimonial: Say who you are, what you use GNU Parallel for, how it helps you, and what you like most about it. Include a command that uses GNU Parallel if you feel like it.

About GNU Parallel

GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. A job can be a single command or a small script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of URLs, or a list of tables. A job can also be a command that reads from a pipe. GNU Parallel can then split the input and pipe it into commands in parallel.

If you use xargs and tee today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to use as GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If you write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running several jobs in parallel. GNU Parallel can even replace nested loops.

GNU Parallel makes sure output from the commands is the same output as you would get had you run the commands sequentially. This makes it possible to use output from GNU Parallel as input for other programs.

For example you can run this to convert all jpeg files into png and gif files and have a progress bar:

parallel --bar convert {1} {1.}.{2} ::: *.jpg ::: png gif

Or you can generate big, medium, and small thumbnails of all jpeg files in sub dirs:

find . -name '*.jpg' |

parallel convert -geometry {2} {1} {1//}/thumb{2}_{1/} :::: - ::: 50 100 200

You can find more about GNU Parallel at: http://www.gnu.org/s/parallel/

You can install GNU Parallel in just 10 seconds with:

$ (wget -O - pi.dk/3 || lynx -source pi.dk/3 || curl pi.dk/3/ || \

fetch -o - http://pi.dk/3 ) > install.sh

$ sha1sum install.sh | grep 883c667e01eed62f975ad28b6d50e22a

12345678 883c667e 01eed62f 975ad28b 6d50e22a

$ md5sum install.sh | grep cc21b4c943fd03e93ae1ae49e28573c0

cc21b4c9 43fd03e9 3ae1ae49 e28573c0

$ sha512sum install.sh | grep ec113b49a54e705f86d51e784ebced224fdff3f52

79945d9d 250b42a4 2067bb00 99da012e c113b49a 54e705f8 6d51e784 ebced224

fdff3f52 ca588d64 e75f6033 61bd543f d631f592 2f87ceb2 ab034149 6df84a35

$ bash install.sh

Watch the intro video on http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1

Walk through the tutorial (man parallel_tutorial). Your command line will love you for it.

When using programs that use GNU Parallel to process data for publication please cite:

O. Tange (2018): GNU Parallel 2018, March 2018, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1146014.

If you like GNU Parallel:

  • Give a demo at your local user group/team/colleagues
  • Post the intro videos on Reddit/Diaspora*/forums/blogs/ Identi.ca/Google+/Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin/mailing lists
  • Get the merchandise https://gnuparallel.threadless.com/designs/gnu-parallel
  • Request or write a review for your favourite blog or magazine
  • Request or build a package for your favourite distribution (if it is not already there)
  • Invite me for your next conference

If you use programs that use GNU Parallel for research:

  • Please cite GNU Parallel in you publications (use --citation)

If GNU Parallel saves you money:

About GNU SQL

GNU sql aims to give a simple, unified interface for accessing databases through all the different databases' command line clients. So far the focus has been on giving a common way to specify login information (protocol, username, password, hostname, and port number), size (database and table size), and running queries.

The database is addressed using a DBURL. If commands are left out you will get that database's interactive shell.

When using GNU SQL for a publication please cite:

O. Tange (2011): GNU SQL - A Command Line Tool for Accessing Different Databases Using DBURLs, ;login: The USENIX Magazine, April 2011:29-32.

About GNU Niceload

GNU niceload slows down a program when the computer load average (or other system activity) is above a certain limit. When the limit is reached the program will be suspended for some time. If the limit is a soft limit the program will be allowed to run for short amounts of time before being suspended again. If the limit is a hard limit the program will only be allowed to run when the system is below the limit.

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GNU Guile: GNU Guile 3.0.10 released

We are pleased to finally announce the release of GNU Guile 3.0.10! This release is mainly a bug-fix release, though it does include a number of new features:

For full details, see the release announcement, and check out the download page.

Happy Guile hacking!

#gnu #gnuorg #opensource

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health @ Savannah: MyGNUHealth 2.2 series released!

Dear all

I am happy to announce the release of MyGNUHealth 2.2.0!

The new series of the GNU Health Personal Health record comes with many improvements and bug fixes. Some highlights of this new version:

  • Support for Kivy 2.3.0
  • Localization. MyGNUHealth now has support for different languages. English, Spanish and Chinese are available to use, and French, German, Italian are ready to be translated. There will be a translation component for MyGNUHealth at Codeberg's Weblate instance.
  • Bluetooth functionality: Starting with MyGH series 2.2 we provide bluetooth integration for open compatible devices and health trackers. We include the link with the Pinetime Smartwatch (experimental) and the possibility to link to any open hardware device (glucometer, scales, blood pressure monitors, .. ). We need to get a list of available medical devices that respect our privacy and freedom, so let us know of any!
  • Charts now allow to select date ranges with calendar widgets
  • The Book of Life have a revised format for the pages.
  • The charts have been improved in the format and include x axis labels.

Thanks to Kivy, Mygnuhealth codebase can be ported to other architectures and operating systems such as Android AOSP (Pierre Michel is working on this) and GNU/Linux phones.

In addition to Savannah, we have incorporated Codeberg to the GNU Health development environment. Mailing lists, news and file downloads are at GNU, while the development repositories are at Codeberg (https://codeberg.org/gnuhealth)

You can download the latest MyGNUhealth sourcecode from GNU ftp site, pypi (using pip) or from your operating system package (like openSUSE).

Upgrading should be straightforward, and all the health history will remain in the MyGH database. In any case, please make sure you make a backup before upgrading (and daily ;) ).

Thank you to all the contributors that have possible this milestone!

Happy hacking

Luis

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Greg Casamento: Keysight laid me off in January!

A little history first. Keysight is a large company that, primarily, makes testing equipment such as oscilloscopes and other electronics. They bought a company a few years back named TestPlant. Prior to that, TestPlant bought a company by the name of Redstone that produced a product known as Eggplant. Recently, I was laid off for economic reasons (at least that's what they said). It occurs to me that nothing in this world lasts forever. I was so depressed when I was let go because Keysight was the perfect home for me... they used GNUstep deeply. So, as you can imagine, I was deeply upset when things ended... but all things do.

I think it happened for several reasons:

  • Economic - This is what was explained to me, but I am not sure I believe it
  • Politics - I think this part is because I expressed my opinions HONESTLY about the direction of the company given that they wanted to make the application into a VSCode plugin.
  • Perception - I am 54 years old... so I think that they believed that Objective-C was my one and only talent, it's not... I know many other languages and have many other skills.

Unfortunately, in the US, any employer can let go of any employee or contractor for ANY reason. This is known as at-will employment, making it very hard to take any action against any employer (not that this is something I considered).

Keysight is and will remain a major contributor to GNUstep.

That being said, I recently ran into something rather disturbing at another company. I have been working with a company based out of New Mexico that is interested in space applications. They have been using GNUstep and have been awaiting funding.

The lead of this effort expressed something during a meeting saying "We will work on the GNUstep side of this because there is no reason we should have to pay for any of this." This hit a sour note with me to say the very least. As it turns out he was under the mistaken impression that, because the work was on GNUstep, it was for free... which is WRONG.

I wonder if the same impression was present at Keysight or if other companies believe this. The saying, according to RMS, is "Free as in freedom, not as in beer." If you are a manager at a company who is under the mistaken impression that work on any Free Software or Open Source project is free when your product depends on it, please correct your thinking. Just because it is someone's passion project does NOT mean that they are going to do that work for free and prioritize the things that need to be done for your organization.

All of that being said the positive sides are this:

  1. More time to code on GNUstep without interruption
  2. More time to work on my own projects
  3. Time to rest and relax

So, as much as I hate being unemployed there ARE some upsides to it. Here's to hoping something works out soon. I literally loved my job at Keysight and, honestly, hope to return. I have my eye on their changes as well as those of others just like any other member of the community. Yours, GC

#gnu #gnuorg #opensource

mkwadee@diasp.eu
Khurram Wadee

Someone at work had an extra monitor (HP, as it happens) and so I asked if he wouldn't mind if I could have it for my office. Now when I get to work, I can plug in my #laptop and I have an extra monitor for doing stuff, similar to at home. Of course with #GNU #Linux, there's no fuss about compatibility as long as it's a standard connection (which is #HDMI in this case).

#Fedora #ItJustWorks

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Éditorial de juin 2024

#art #art_libre #artiste #artlibre #cc-by-sa #chanson #copyleft #creative-commons #creative_commons #creativecommons #culture #culture-libre #culture_libre #culturelibre #francophone #français #gnu #gnu-linux #gnulinux #gpl #informatique-musicale #informatique_musicale #informatiquemusicale #libre #libre-art #linux #linux-mao #linux_mao #linuxaudio #linuxmao #logiciel-libre #logiciel_libre #logiciellibre #mao #mao-linux #mao_linux #maolinux #musicien #musiciens #musique #musique-libre #musique_libre #numerique #productionmusicale

Jean et Louis, une paire de vieux amis inséparables. Deux retraités qui n’auraient laissé passer à aucun prix une journée sans établir un contact. Visites réciproques, appels téléphoniques, apéros partagés en terrasse, toutes occasions de mixer leurs passions réciproques.

Jean avait passé sa vie sur le bord des circuits de Grands Prix moto, en tant que mécanicien-préparateur. Il trouvait en Louis un autre passionné de deux roues puisque ce dernier collectionnait les motos anciennes et circulait, le plus souvent possible, sur l’une de ses montures.

Louis, quand à lui, avait exercé en tant que guitariste-accompagnateur. Jean ne se lassait jamais d’entendre les anecdotes qui illustraient l’histoire du rock’n’roll français, version Louis.

Les visites au domicile de l’un ou de l’autre donnaient régulièrement lieu à de mini-brouilles.

Jean reprochait à son ami le "foutoir" qui régnait chez lui, un modeste deux-pièces envahi d’instruments de toutes tailles, de toutes sortes, d’amplis, de machines diverses et de câbles dans lesquels il emmêlait régulièrement ses épaisses bottes de motard.

Louis râlait lorsqu’il se rendait chez Jean, indisposé par les émanations d’hydrocarbures, l’omniprésence du cambouis, l’envahissement de l’espace vital par les outils de mécanique, les composants de moteurs démontés et la propension de tout ce bazar à vous tamponner les vêtements de traînées noires et grasses.

Dès le deuxième verre, les fâcheries se calmaient pour laisser à nouveau place aux échanges de souvenirs, tous plus flamboyants les uns que les autres.

À 80 ans passés, les deux amis étaient demeurés célibataires, leurs passions dévorantes n’ayant consenti aucune place à la romance, et leurs quelques tentatives de partager leurs espaces exclusifs, sans compromis, avec une compagne s’étant soldées par de bruyantes scènes suivies de claquages de portes sans retours.

Sans beaucoup de regrets, m’avaient-ils confessé, l’un comme l’autre, lors d’une soirée nonchalante à la terrasse d’une guinguette de bord de mer.

Est-ce donc là le prix à payer pour vivre pleinement sa passion ?

Je vous laisse en décider...

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gsl @ Savannah: GNU Scientific Library 2.8 released

Version 2.8 of the GNU Scientific Library (GSL) has been released.

Thank you to all who helped test the library prior to the release, and

thank you to everyone for using the library and giving feedback and

reports. The following changes have been added to the library:

  • What is new in gsl-2.8:

** apply patch for bug #63679 (F. Weimer)

** updated multilarge TSQR method to store ||z_2|| and

provide it to the user

** add routines for Hermite B-spline interpolation

** fix for bug #59624

** fix for bug #59781 (M. Dunlap)

** bug fix #61094 (reported by A. Cheylus)

** add functions:

- gsl_matrix_complex_conjugate

- gsl_vector_complex_conj_memcpy

- gsl_vector_complex_div_real

- gsl_linalg_QR_lssolvem_r

- gsl_linalg_complex_QR_lssolvem_r

- gsl_linalg_complex_QR_QHmat_r

- gsl_linalg_QR_UR_lssolve

- gsl_linalg_QR_UR_lssvx

- gsl_linalg_QR_UR_QTvec

- gsl_linalg_QR_UU_lssvx

- gsl_linalg_QR_UD_lssvx

- gsl_linalg_QR_UD_QTvec

- gsl_linalg_complex_cholesky_{decomp2,svx2,solve2,scale,scale_apply}

- gsl_linalg_SV_{solve2,lssolve}

- gsl_rstat_norm

** add Lebedev quadrature (gsl_integration_lebedev)

** major overhaul to the B-spline module to add

new functionality

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GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.21.2

GNUnet 0.21.2

This is a bugfix release for gnunet 0.21.1. It primarily addresses some connectivity issues introduced with our new transport subsystem.

Links

The GPG key used to sign is: 3D11063C10F98D14BD24D1470B0998EF86F59B6A

Note that due to mirror synchronization, not all links may be functional early after the release. For direct access try https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnunet/

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www-zh-cn @ Savannah: copyright notices in www.gnu.org translations

Dear Translators:

Recently, the Licensing and Compliance Lab provided guidelines

for writing copyright notices in www.gnu.org translations:

https://www.gnu.org/s/trans-coord/w/Copyright-Notices.html

Please take them into account.

After received 2 translators‘ feedback plus my thought, I would put the following as advice for new translations:

1. add your name in the copyright notices in the translation if you think your contribution is enough for an article, like

Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Copyright © 2024 XIE Wensheng (translation)<

2. or optionally add your name in the TRANSLATOR'S CREDITS part as we always do.

翻译：李凡希，2010。

翻译团队："><CTT>，2017-2024。<

best regards,

wxie

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GNU Guix: Source code archiving in Guix: new publication

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We are glad to announce the publication of a new research paper entitled Source Code Archiving to the Rescue of Reproducible Deployment for the ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability. The paper presents work that has been done since we started connecting Guix with the Software Heritage (SWH) archive five years ago:

The ability to verify research results and to experiment with methodologies are core tenets of science. As research results are increasingly the outcome of computational processes, software plays a central role. GNU Guix is a software deployment tool that supports reproducible software deployment, making it a foundation for computational research workflows. To achieve reproducibility, we must first ensure the source code of software packages Guix deploys remains available.

We describe our work connecting Guix with Software Heritage, the universal source code archive, making Guix the first free software distribution and tool backed by a stable archive. Our contribution is twofold: we explain the rationale and present the design and implementation we came up with; second, we report on the archival coverage for package source code with data collected over five years and discuss remaining challenges.

The ability to retrieve package source code is important for researchers who need to be able to replay scientific workflows, but it’s just as important for engineers and developers alike, who may also have good reasons to redeploy or to audit past package sets.

Support for source code archiving and recovery in Guix has improved a lot over the past five years, in particular with:

  • Support for recovering source code tarballs (tar.gz and similar files): this is made possible by Disarchive, written by Timothy Sample.

Diagram taken from the paper showing Disarchive tarball “disassembly” and “assembly”.

  • The ability to look up data by nar hash in the SWH archive (“nar” is the normalized archive format used by Nix and Guix), thanks to fellow SWH hackers. This, in turn, allows Guix to look up any version control checkout by content hash—Git, Subversion, Mercurial, you name it!
  • The monitoring of archival coverage with Timothy’s Preservation of Guix reports has allowed us to identify discrepancies in Guix, Disarchive, and/or SWH and to increase archival coverage.

Graph taken from the paper showing package source code archival coverage over time.

94% of the packages in a January 2024 snapshot of Guix are known to have their source code archived!

Check out the paper to learn more about the machinery at play and the current status.

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