fsf-discuss September 2020

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6 participants
7 discussions

passionate programmers for gnu-khata team
by GN 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

We are reconstituting the core team for gnukhata development. Please introudce me or ask any of your friends to write to me to develop a progressive webapp for gnukhata. Nodejs, css, html5, gitlab skills are mandatory. Ane exposure to financial domain wil be an added asset. A good understanding of free software philosophy will be appreciated. Programmers can work from anywhere. -- -- GN

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Do we have to choose between safety and privacy?
by Pirate Praveen 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

The last few months have put data protection back in the spotlight. During a crisis of this kind, do we have to choose between safety and privacy? We talked about this with Richard Stallman, digital privacy activist and the founder of the Free Software Movement. https://www.rt.com/shows/sophieco-visionaries/501613-stallman-data-protecti…

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Free Software Camp 2020 Announcement
by Ravi Dwivedi 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Dear All, In order to spread awareness about Free Software Camp, I need a write up which I will email to people. I have written the following and would like to ask for suggestions to improve the write up. Thanks. Write up: “Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer”. We sometimes call it “libre software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for “free” as in freedom, to show we do not mean the software is gratis. Currently, many people use proprietary software that denies users these freedoms and benefits. The corporations behind proprietary software will often spy on your activities and restrict you from sharing with others. And because our computers control much of our personal information and daily activities, proprietary software represents an unacceptable danger to a free society. *Announcing Free Software Camp* I am glad to announce that the Free Software Foundation of India <https://fsf.org.in/> is launching 'Free Software Camp 2020 <https://camp.fsf.org.in/>'. The Free Software Camp is an online mentorship camp on free software and will start in October and run till end of February. There is no fees to join the camp. Anyone can join and learn about Free Software. The Free Software Camp will be a valuable opportunity for anyone who wishes to become a contributor to free software projects but feels like they need structured mentorship and a learning environment to get started. It will also be an opportunity for existing free software contributors to get new contributors to their project and facilitate their entry into the free software community. Application links for learners and mentors are open now on the camp website <https://camp.fsf.org.in> and will be so till October 15. For more details please visit: https://camp.fsf.org.in/. Useful Links: 1. Free Software Camp 2020 Launches On Software Freedom Day: https://fsf.org.in/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement/ 2. Free Software Camp website: https://camp.fsf.org.in/ 3. What is Free Software? https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html 4. Why we must insist on free software https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html 5. Free Software Foundation of India: https://fsf.org.in/ 6. Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html -- Ravi Dwivedi

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Online hackathon to bring more people into Free Software
by Pirate Praveen 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Based on the discussions around FOSS United hackathon, some of us designing a hackthon with focus on Free Software philosophy. See https://codema.in/d/DjAawhOH/should-we-become-a-community-partner-for-foss-… we are still discussing about details. You can share your thoughts here or on codema/cryptpad.

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Vector Logo (Done)
by Tan Siret AKINCI 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

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Email privacy discussion
by Ravi Dwivedi 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Dear All, The two ethical issues for an email service are (1) whether you can use it without running any nonfree software (including nonfree Javascript code from the site), and (2) whether it respects your privacy. The email service I am currently using is Posteo. They did not identify me in any way while signing up. User can pay in cash using post, although I asked someone to use credit card on my behalf. Posteo works well with IceCat browser except that I am not able to scroll while reading sent messages. This means that other than this feature, the webmail works well with Libre JS enabled and therefore uses free Javascript with some issues. We cannot tell from the outside whether the email service respects user's privacy. Probably instead of relying on an email service, I should set up my own server. I do not know how to set up my own server. I would like to request your suggestions. Stallman writes [1] on his page: "I read and send mail with Emacs using M-x rmail and C-x m." Probably this is one of the ways to achieve that but I did not understand what he meant. I would be highly grateful to you for any help. --- Ravi Dwivedi Links: ------ [1] https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

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Request for joining the mailing list
by Ravi Dwivedi 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, I would like to join this mailing list. I request you for the same. Thank you. --- Ravi Dwivedi

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