V02460 @v02460@librem.one

💥 No more imposed licensing - Get back the cost of your Windows License! 💥

When acquiring a new laptop you often end up dealing with an imposed pre-installed Microsoft Windows operating system. Even if you do not want to use it, you still need to pay for the Windows license. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿.

The Refund4Freedom initiative guides users in how to get their money back in these cases and demands the end of this practice that limits user freedom.

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250529-01.en.html

The #GDPR protects people from growing digital power asymmetries. Reopening it would risk eroding on hard-won rights https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-reopening-the-gdpr-is-a-threat-to-rights-accountability-and-the-future-of-eu-digital-policy/

Das Video zu #UnplugTrump ist da! 👇

https://punktube.net/w/nrm686bY6wsryJ98rTf3aS

Danke an @Pe und Team! ❤️

Redis is now available under the AGPLv3 open source license (Redis blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1019686/ #LWN

Happy Moehanga Day

Staatliche Informationen gehören der Allgemeinheit! Mit einem #OpenData-Experten klagen wir gegen die #Bundespolizei. Denn: das #AlleRechteVorbehalten der Bundespolizei verhindert die Weiternutzung ihres Jahresbericht 2023. Das gefährdet #Pressefreiheit, #Wissenschaftsfreiheit und #Informationsfreiheit. Unser Kläger hatte beantragt, Texte & Bilder des Jahresberichtes für #Wikipedia-Artikel und das Medienarchiv @wikimediaDE Commons zu nutzen. Dieses Gesuch wurde abgelehnt. https://freiheitsrechte.org/ueber-die-gff/presse/pressemitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fur-freiheitsrechte/pm-open-data

Here's the blog post I've been trying not to write for the past year.

We need to start discussing the events surrounding @sonny's ban last year with the entire community, and unfortunately the only way to do that is in public. Here's hoping this is the first step towards that wider discussion, and an eventual resolution.

https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/23/the-elephant-in-the-room

Nächste Woche wird es im Europäischen Datenschutzausschuss spannend: Abstimmung über die „Opinion“ des Ausschusses zu einigen grundsätzlichen Fragen zu „Pay or Consent“ bei großen Plattformen. Die allgemeineren Leitlinien, die wesentlich umfangreicher sein werden, folgen erst später. Und noch einmal: Aus meiner persönlichen Sicht ist das, was Meta anbietet, noch nicht einmal „Pay or Consent“, weil die Daten ja auch bei „Pay“ weiter gesammelt werden

We are thrilled to welcome @gnome and @kde who have joined @EclipseFdn as new Associate Members 🚀

Associate Members are FOSS foundations, nonprofits, and other communities that share some of our values, such as: software freedom, open source, open standards, privacy, and decentralization.

Like our other members, we have allocated several seats on our Governing Board for Associate Members, and they get to be part of how Matrix is governed.

Learn more about membership: https://matrix.org/membership/

We joined the @matrix :

https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/112260366265625821

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

wie gehen eigentlich die anderen mastodon-admins emotional mit der tatsache um, dass eine mastodon-instanz gerade mit 8 milliarden dollar market cap an der us-börse gehandelt wird?

Der Dr.-Ulrich-Kelber-Fan-Merch ist angekommen und bei uns im Shop: „Kelber Ultras“.

https://shop.digitalcourage.de/themen/kelber-ultras-fan-artikel/

Ok Fediverse - wir wissen zwar nicht wer von euch dafür verantwortlich ist, aber Phoenix überträgt die Vorstellung des 32. Tätigkeitsberichts morgen um 12 Uhr jetzt doch 😆 / ÖA

Today @ulrichkelber presents the Data Protection Report 2023. @Bundesregierung fails to agree on his successor.

Together with digital civil society, the @fsfe is therefore calling in an open letter:

The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information must be able to carry out official duties independently of political sanction. This requires a transparent appointment procedure.

https://download.fsfe.org/policy/letters/20240319_Open_Letter_BfDI.pdf

@bfdi #BfDI #DataProtection #FreeSoftware

"HDMI Forum, has reportedly told AMD that it does not allow an Open Source implementation of the #HDMI 2.1 (or HDMI 2.1+) specification"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/

i think the EU should pass legislation that enforces standards based 2factor auth (like totp/hotp) for banks, health insurance etc. it is absolutely unacceptable that people are _forced_ to buy android/ios smartphones to use critical services

I've started creating free game assets back in 2010, and now;

‣ 182 packs on my website
‣ Contain a total of 35,229 unique assets
‣ 31,154 are 2D sprites
‣ 2,974 are 3D models

Grab 'em here (free, public domain, no ads, no registration, no tracking): https://kenney.nl/assets

Datenschutzrechte gelten auch für Asylbewerber:innen

#MOTIS support coming to #KDE's KTrip and Itinerary, paving the way for using #Transitous there: https://volkerkrause.eu/2024/02/23/kpublictransport-motis-support.html

Learn how QR codes work, and how to read them without a computer!

@piko and I just released the interactive explainer that we used in our workshop at #37c3!

✨ https://qr.blinry.org ✨