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While it's sad to see a successful GPL3 software sell out and change license, TerminusDB might not be worth spending much time crying over. dbdebunk.com/2019/03/graph-dat

One place where FOSS can't take the high ground is in software engineering competence. FOSS is stuck in the same coding mentality as the closed source world.

#SouthAfrica's chief justice unrepentant for linking #Covid-9 #vaccines to satanism | South Africa | The Guardian

This guy seems to be a moron. He should resign or be sacked immediately for endangering the population.

theguardian.com/world/2020/dec

@lwriemen yes - I think communities have to wise up regarding the "nature" of the corporate beast. I've characterised it here: davelane.nz/megacorps

International development cooperation is increasingly digitised and #FreeSoftware fundamental to reach the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. Together with experts in the field, he FSFE summarises the background in an article and demands #publiccode in international development cooperation:
fsfe.org/news/2020/news-202012

"Spotify resets passwords after a security bug exposed users’ private account information"

In a data breach notification ... the music streaming giant said the data exposed “may have included email address, your preferred display name, *PASSWORD*, gender, and date of birth only to certain business partners of Spotify.”

Wait, wat?! Passwords?

techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/spot

We - open organisations and communities - need to avoid dependencies on listed corporations. They use open communities to launder their reputation (at best) or to co-opt them and shut them down because they're represent a threat to that corporation's profitability. Because of their incentives, they do not act in a benevolent way in the medium to long term. They are not allies, except of temporary convenience, and dependencies on them undermine our credibility & cloud our own values.

As always, Giridharadas is worth a read... this article especially (for folks here in the Fediverse): the.ink/p/we-can-have-democrac

Caribbean Islanders: Self-proclaimed Environmentalist Billionaire Building Resort on Protected Wetlands theintercept.com/2020/12/09/ba

The Democrats are going to circle their wagons against large police reforms. :-(Inside Biden's Meeting With Civil Rights Leaders theintercept.com/2020/12/10/bi

0.7.0 is out 🚀 : source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/-

This features automatic media mounting, initial support for background XML, handling of per app `show-banners` notification setting and fixes for swipe window closing by @exalm@floss.social

@purism

.@senjudiciary is currently discussing the Online Content Modernization Policy Act. We urge them to reject this unconstitutional mess of a bill. eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/onli

It’s shocking that politicians pushing for a more exclusionary Internet are doing so under the banner of free speech; it’s even more shocking that the president has dubbed it a matter of national security. eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/its-

Looking forward to working with colleagues at COL in progressing open courses for technical and vocational skills development. #CTVSD2

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