John Sullivan @johns@librem.one
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
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Website owners might want to control every detail about how their sites look and function, but since the beginning, users have always been in control of their own experience. It’s one of the defining features of the Web—whether Facebook likes it or not.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/once-again-facebook-using-privacy-sword-kill-independent-innovation
Yes, we need this: https://www.wired.com/story/us-could-soon-ban-locked-phones/ and then we also need it to be illegal to impose any lock on a phone where the user doesn't have/control the keys.
FSF turned 35 last month; Microsoft Windows turned 35 yesterday.
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Want even more cool GNU Gear to celebrate the FSF's 35th year? Pre-order some stylish FSF35 socks by December 9: https://u.fsf.org/378
John Sullivan
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Want a gift that promotes freedom instead of restriction? Take a gander at the FSF's annual Giving Guide for ethical tech recommendations: https://u.fsf.org/377
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I participated in the FSF history quiz during the FSF's 35th anniversary event. Today, I have received the FSF water bottle. Thanks <3
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All aboard for software freedom! Our fall fundraiser is underway: help us achieve our goal of adding 500 new members by December 31. Join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/joinfall20
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The schedule for Guix Days online is released! https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/online-guix-day-announce-2/
John Sullivan
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All aboard for software freedom! Help us achieve our goal of adding 500 new members by December 31: join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/joinfall20
Watching Bucs v Panthers (on delay), pretty sure I just heard Brady call "pro bono pro bono" at the line. #worldscollide
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Link rot is such a pervasive problem for anything that's older than 1-2 years. I wish more folks at all levels of managing websites would have some awareness that keeping URLs stable or setting up redirects is important for our collective memory.
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Is your open source project still using Slack for its community? Consider:
Mozilla has migrated their chat to Matrix: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Matrix
Mattermost now offers hosted service with special pricing for OSS projects: https://mattermost.com/nonprofit/
There are probably even more I'm not aware of.
There are good Free options now. Time to get out of the proprietary SaaS lock-in.
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by "never allow" I mean "never explicitly allow" -- we should insist that sharing the tools *is* allowed in order to achieve the exemptions. But lack of clarity means people will be hesitant to share the tools and put themselves at risk.
A huge problem with the DMCA exemptions process: the exemptions never allow sharing of tools to achieve the allowed circumventions. So stuff like https://torrentfreak.com/google-takes-down-repositories-that-circumvent-its-widevine-drm-201113/ makes them near useless. Freedom to dice your veggies how you like, but oh, obtaining a knife is illegal.
John Sullivan
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boost from birdsite, alternatives to Slack
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
