In 1989 we published the GNU #GPL. It is at the core of software freedom and it protects users' rights to run, copy, modify, and share. Read more about free software licensing https://www.fsf.org/licensing
Google is confronting the EU's GDPR demands by sunsetting Google Analytics and introducing a new version.
Read our blog for #PrivacyWednesday #StayUpToDate
Today marks a big milestone for us at Fairphone. We're celebrating the roll out of Android 10 for our #Fairphone 2. That’s 7 years of software support – an industry first for an Android device! 📱💥
How was this possible? Take a look (full video) ➡️ : https://bit.ly/3sSVAiZ
The right to repair is crucial for a free future, this is illustrated in our animated video "Fight to Repair." Join our campaign and inform others on the state of #RightToRepair in your country. #FightToRepair https://fsf.org/ftr
Now that Librem 14 laptop is well-stocked, we revisited the pricing down to $200 lesser. Here is the latest announcement!
https://puri.sm/posts/sharing-the-love-lowering-librem-14s-price/
Today I received my Fairphone 4 running /e/OS, a device combining sustainability and privacy. The handling is great so far! #FreeSoftware #privacy
And now... India
"Google is guilty of adopting anti-competitive, unfair, and restrictive trade practices with regards to its smartphone operating system and the other components related to it"
https://www.xda-developers.com/indian-antitrust-investigation-google-android-dominance/
"Tax havens - #Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £220bn profit last year" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/03/microsoft-irish-subsidiary-paid-zero-corporate-tax-on-220bn-profit-last-year
@Inkscape is celebrating the release of Inkscape 1.1! Among the highlights are a Welcome dialog, a Command Palette, a revamped Dialog Docking System, and searchable preference options. https://inkscape.org/news/2021/05/24/welcome-inkscape-11/
Good news, everyone! After the German COVID-19 contract tracing app we can now download the Swiss tracing app on @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology as well: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.corona.tracing/ Sweet!
#Corona #FreeSoftware
'Free Software is about empowerment.
When I was a student with little money, Linux enabled me to do interesting things with my cheap and old computer where the pre-installed software failed.
Since then, my whole education & many achievements would have been impossible had I not been able to experiment, learn, disassemble, reassemble, modify, tweak, and use #software the way I wanted.
This kind of #empowerment needs a strong lobby: the FSFE'
– Thomas Kahle
Together with our partners, we have finalized our programme ‘Joint Forces to Tackle Child Labour’, implemented in artisanal and small-scale #gold mines and #mining communities in Uganda.
Read more on results and our lessons learnt: https://bit.ly/3uYQ1yh
Today I learned the hard way that it's important to read the release notes before an update. Corrupting data on a website, I later read in the release notes of a module that if you use a certain functionality, you should absolutely skip this version due to a bug, and wait for the next one. That is why you make backups 😆 #WebDevelopment #Life
Today is my Drupalversary - I registered on drupal.org 10 years ago 🎉 Still my favourite CMS by far! #Drupal #FreeSoftware
Keeping the room warm by updating the software on my #Gentoo machine 😀
100 millions de changements pour une carte du monde : https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/02/25/100-million-edits-to-openstreetmap/
Here should be a list of nouns and adjectives that describes my personality and what I stand for.