Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

#metalab

@fdroidorg @guardianproject @eighthave gives opportunity to the free software community to release and distribute apps into this pilot - European Commission will open tenders on the website to help deliver on these goals of alternative open app stores #fosdem

And now @eighthave discusses what it takes to actually publish your mobile apps as free software on four freedom compliant app stores that respect and build trust with your users #fosdem

.... And now more on open app stores for the EU with @fdroidorg and @guardianproject member @eighthave - the EU MEP has tabled a funded pilot project that would support "De-monopolized access to apps" #fosdem #fosdem23

Two awkward interview techniques:
1. Leave strategic awkward silences ... which can prompt the interviewee to start talking again
2. Ask why, why, why follow up questions (even if its makes you look silly)
#Fosdem2023 #fosdem

The next time you use any navigation device, software or https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions or @organicmaps thank Dr. Gladys West. Her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth

@LilHulkQ

The F-droid app is undergoing major changes: Faster and smaller updates thanks to a new repository format.

For this, we needed to change the entire app database. To ensure that there are no regression we need your help: Please install the latest alpha version of F-Droid 1.16 and report anything unusual.

The Brooklyn Public Library Gives Every Teenager in the U.S. Free Access to Censored Books

https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/the-brooklyn-public-library-gives-every-teenager-in-the-u-s-free-access-to-censored-books.html

Did you know?

As opposed to a regular C-corporation which maximizes shareholder value above all else, we put our customers’ digital rights above our profits.

Learn more about why we put your digital rights first as a Social Purpose Company.

https://puri.sm/posts/purism-places-purpose-over-profit/?mtm_campaign=thought_piece&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-purism-places-purpose-over-profit

Open Technology Fund Announces ‘Free and Open Source Software’ Sustainability Fund
https://www.opentech.fund/news/open-technology-fund-announces-free-and-open-source-software-sustainability-fund/

> The Open Technology Fund is pleased to announce the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund, a new mechanism to support the long-term maintenance of FOSS projects and the communities that sustain them.

#FLOSS #FOSS

At #FOSDEM, @marcel_kolaja will present the #EU pilot project to look into open-sourcing the EU's apps and publishing them outside of #BigTech including on @fdroidorg. @eighthave will join, talking about how F-Droid will help pull the EU towards #FreeSoftware. Join us! https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/eu_app_stores/

🗓️ This Saturday we will join @fosdem to introduce the work of 🇪🇺 Open Source Program Office (@EC_OSPO)

With over 750 lecturers and 8000 participants, FOSDEM is the largest conference in Europe that promotes the use of free and open source software.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3DH70M7

View from the inside of a cello (photographer unknown).

The Eclipse Foundation has studied the Cyber Resilience Act and is very worried about the implications for open source foundations.

https://eclipse-foundation.blog/2023/01/15/european-cyber-resiliency-act-potential-impact-on-the-eclipse-foundation/

#CRA #OpenSource #Policy

The DEA issued me a glomar answer in response to my FOIA request on whether they acquired phone hacking tech Graphite from Paragon.

Even though the NYTimes reported the DEA acquired the phone hacking tech.

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/paragongraphite-137633/?

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