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prplcdclnw@diasp.eu
David

Is it time for GPL, version 4?

GPL v. 3 added language to deal with TiVoization and DRM. Now we need language to stop what Red Hat is doing.

Frankly, as I read the license, anyone who has a copy of the source code of a project released under the GPL can share it with others. The license never says that you have to obtain the source or object code from the developer in order to share it and modify it.

#free-software #gpl #gpl3 #linux #gnu #gnu-project #fsf #stallman #rms #red-hat #ibm #source-code

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canoodle@nerdpol.ch
SilouettE

Why is it GNU Linux and not just Linux? - Linus talking about GPL v3 vs GPL v2 (the better one) - the social (GPL) contract is "i give you sourcecode, give me back your changes" - non-free binary "blobs"

“FOSS means that effort is shared across organizations and lowers maintenance costs significantly” (src: comment by JohnFOSS on itsfoss.com)

getting the naming right: Why is it GNU Linux and not just Linux?

[video width=”576″ height=”462″ mp4=”https://dwaves.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Stallman-getting-the-naming-right-Why-is-ist-GNU-Linux-and-not-just-Linux.mp4″\]\[/video\]

Linus talking about GPL v3 vs GPL v2 (the better one)

[video width=”578″ height=”348″ mp4=”https://dwaves.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GNU-Linux-DebConf-Linus-talking-about-GPL-v3-vs-GPL-v2-the-better-one.mp4″\]\[/video\]

    • ### the (GPL 2.0) intented social contract is: “i give you sourcecode, give me back your changes”
    • Linus drew criticism over his “stubbornness” to stick with GPL 2.0 e.g. Oracle’s Sun’s ZFS filesystem is released under a GPL incompatible licence, that as seen in this video statement, that is completely on purpose, just as it is (probably) on purpose by Oracle’s Sun to be DELIBERATELY incompatible with GPL (it seems to be a Microsoft-like a fake-support for the Open Source movement attempt companies like that “want to do marketing as Open Source but not really do Open Source”)
    • Tivoization /ˈtiːvoʊɪˌzeɪʃən/ is the creation of a system that incorporates software under the terms of a copyleft software license like the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), but uses hardware restrictions or digital rights management (DRM) to prevent users from running modified versions of the software on that hardware. Richard Stallman coined the term in reference to TiVo‘s use of GNU GPL licensed software on the TiVo brand digital video recorders (DVR), which actively blocks users from running modified software on its hardware by design.[1][2] Stallman believes this practice denies users some of the freedom that the GNU GPL was designed to protect.[3] The Free Software Foundation refers to tivoized hardware as “tyrant devices”.[4] (creditz: wiki)
    • Linux kernel licensing rules ============================
    • The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as provided in LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0, with an explicit syscall exception described in LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file.This documentation file provides a description of how each source file should be annotated to make its license clear and unambiguous. It doesn’t replace the Kernel’s license.The license described in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source as a whole, though individual source files can have a different license which is required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0: GPL-1.0+ : GNU General Public License v1.0 or later <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-or-later.html">GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later</a> <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0?h=v5.17-rc2">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0?h=v5.17-rc2</a> LGPL-2.0 : GNU Library General Public License v2 only LGPL-2.0+ : GNU Library General Public License v2 or later LGPL-2.1 : GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only LGPL-2.1+ : GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later

    src: https://docs.kernel.org/process/license-rules.html
    - actually there is a whole folder “LICENCE” that is shipped with the kernel sources, which has the following subfolders:
    - deprecated
    - dual
    - exceptions
    - preferred
    - here is a list of all sorts of free licences https://spdx.org/licenses/ (RSS Feed)

    - Can I use the word “Linux” or the Tux logo?

Tux_FlickFlack

hereby creditz shall be given to Larry_Ewing for creating the Tux Logo

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds and its use is governed by the Linux Trademark Institute. Please consult the following page for further information: Trademark Usage

The Tux penguin logo was created by Larry Ewing using Gimp software. It is free to use, including commercially, as long as you give Larry Ewing proper credit (“if someone asks”). For any other permissions, please reach out to Mr. Larry Ewing directly. (src)
- I heard that Linux ships with non-free “blobs” (pieces of software that are binary closed source)
- Before many devices are able to communicate with the OS, they must first be initialized with the “firmware” provided by the device manufacturer.
- This firmware is not part of Linux and isn’t “executed” by the kernel — it is merely uploaded to the device during the driver initialization stage.
- While some firmware images are built from free software, a large subset of it is only available for redistribution in binary-only form.
- To avoid any licensing confusion, firmware blobs were moved from the main Linux tree into a separate repository called linux-firmware.
- It is possible to use Linux without any non-free firmware binaries, but usually at the cost of rendering a lot of hardware inoperable.
- Furthermore, many devices that do not require a firmware blob during driver initialization simply already come with non-free firmware preinstalled on them.
- If your goal is to run a 100% free-as-in-freedom setup, you will often need to go a lot further than just avoiding loadable binary-only firmware blobs.
- src: https://kernel.org/category/faq.html

Links:

https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/

because this site https://lpc2021.org/ is massively broken (WTF LPC?) who wants to watch the 2021 conference will have to rely on Google: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsQ_xZBEyN2c21jFUgqI2iMa094zXanH

manpage of man: man.man.txt

mandb.man.txt

#linux #gnu #gnulinux #opensource #administration #sysops #gpl #fsf #eff #licence #licensing #license #gnu-linux #gcc #kernel #linus #stallman

Originally posted at: https://dwaves.de/2022/01/31/why-is-it-gnu-linux-and-not-just-linux-linus-talking-about-gpl-v3-vs-gpl-v2-the-better-one-the-social-gpl-contract-is-i-give-you-sourcecode-give-me-back-your-changes-non-free-binary/

marcjrlandolt@nerdpol.ch
Marc jr.

#HackersCardgame

mirror CH: https://0x8.ch/HackersCardgame23/
mirror FR: http://hackerscardgame.ch/jpg/EN/#a12

there are may of them

many of us 1980 Kids played #MAGIC: #THE #GATHERING when we were about 20, then when we became 30 we were to good to play #cardgames, but later i found out, that #cards are way efficient to analyzing things / situations / systems see the concept
- Morphological Box
- System (Niklas Luhmann, "Soziale Systeme")
- System Dynamics

#Yu-Gi-Oh #stallman #rms #fsf #gnu #meme #funny #windows #mac #free #freedom #Trading #CardGame #gGo #open #source #ThinkSoftware #GnuGiOh! #Linux #Windows #OSX #Apple #GPL #CC0 #CreativeCommons #fff #SystemDynamics

xplo@framasphere.org
xplo

Richard Stallman apologizes

For information.

« Sometimes I lost my temper because I didn't have the social skills to avoid it. Some people could cope with this; others were hurt. I apologize to each of them. Please direct your criticism at me, not at the Free Software Foundation. »

https://www.fsf.org/news/rms-addresses-the-free-software-community

Note : I will not answer to comments to this post. Many has already been said. Thank you for your understanding.

#RMS #Stallman #GNU #Linux #FSF

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wanderer@framasphere.org
The

A FLOSS Dilemma

I came across a #FOSS #dilemma in my personnal life, and I need advice from the community. I'm an experienced #FrenchForeignLanguage teacher specialised in utilising IT in teaching (all FOSS, obviously). I encourage my students using FOSS by using them for teaching and while teaching, I support #Stallman's opinion about the importance of teaching students to use FOSS to develop a world that would be a bit more free.
How can I advertise my #online-tutoring and reach an audience large enough to get enough customers to feed me ? I'll soon be obliged to turn to "dirty" platforms like FB, instagram, and I'm pissed off just thinking about it.
I have a website to advertise a bit about myself and I plan to create more video content on peertube, maybe open a mastodon account to "toot" all that, but I'm affraid I'm not gonna reach my customers.
Any suggestion ?

#FOSS #dilemma #French #Language #education #online-classes #online-tutoring

J'ai un vrai #dilemme avec les logiciels #libres et opensource, j'ai besoin de conseils de la communauté. Je suis un professeur de #FLE expérimenté, spécialisé dans l'utilisation des #TIC (libres et opensources, bien sûr) en pédagogie. Je pousse mes étudiants à utiliser du #libre en faisant mes cours grâce au libre et en les faisant utiliser du libre. Je suis assez convaincu par l'opinion de #Stallman sur l'importance d'enseigner le libre aux apprenants pour développer un monde un peu plus libre.
Comment je peux faire la publicité de mes cours en ligne et atteindre une audience assez large pour me nourrir ? Je vais bientôt être obligé de me tourner vers des plateformes "sales" comme FB ou Instagram, et ça gonfle grave rien que d'y penser #vénerdéprimé.
J'ai un petit site pour faire ma pub et je prévois de créer plus de contenu vidéo sur peertube et peut-être ouvrir à compte Mastodon pour "poueter" tout ça, mais j'ai bien peur que je n'atteigne pas ma cible.
Des suggestions ?
#coursenligne #français #francais