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   European Commission (eucommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:19:20 JST European Commission

   We're introducing the EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity to protect hospitals and healthcare providers from cyber threats 🏥💻
   
   This initiative aims to:
   🛡️ Prevent attacks with tools, training, and financial support
   👁️ Detect threats through an early warning service by 2026
   ⚡ Respond quickly with rapid response services and playbooks for healthcare providers
   🚨 Deter attackers through coordinated EU measures
   
   Together, we’re securing the future of digital healthcare.

   More → https://europa.eu/!d9kFjY

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:19:19 JST 翠星石

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     @EUCommission So you're going to take steps to rectify the extreme negligence of using proprietary software in a medical setting, or you're going to set some requirements that don't really going to achieve anything?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:27:04 JST 翠星石

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     • spla :senyera: :fed: :vim:
     @spla @EUCommission No, that will not help, considering that Linux is a proprietary kernel that won't operate on its own.
     
     The zeroth step for implementing security is to eliminate all proprietary software.
     
     Security would zeroth require installing GNUboot (would require a court to order business give the keys to the digital handcuffs and also documentation how to use the hardware to the users for all of the computers), install GNU/Linux-libre and the install free software onto that (i.e. GNU Health).
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     spla :senyera: :fed: :vim: (spla@mastodont.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:27:06 JST spla :senyera: :fed: :vim:

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     @EUCommission
     and...
     ⚠️ Remove Microsoft Windows
     ✅ Install Linux

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:45:13 JST 翠星石

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     • Mikkaels
     @mikkaels @EUCommission Yes, that's the very problem I wrote about.
     
     The fact that medical structures risks people's lives with proprietary software is insane.
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     Mikkaels (mikkaels@mastodon.uno)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:45:19 JST Mikkaels

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     @Suiseiseki @EUCommission@europa.eu I don't get your point. Every medical structure is 100% free to use proprietary software or not 🤔

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:55:47 JST 翠星石

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     • Mikkaels
     @mikkaels @EUCommission By the same lieu that a programmer deserves to be rewarded for writing a useful program, a programmer deserves to be punished for writing a proprietary one.
     
     It's quite simple really - there needs to be a requirement that for each and every medical device, the source code under a free license of the software needs to provided, otherwise it's criminal to pay for it (with such arrangement, the programmers would be paid the same (programmers typically get paid a fixed wage, no matter how profitable the software they write for a business is)).
     
     That software then should be published and checked by many people and any vulnerabilities and mistakes worked out.
     
     As for the devices themselves, someone in the hospital should be assigned with setting the hospital's signatures for each device and keeping the software on each machine updated.
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     Mikkaels (mikkaels@mastodon.uno)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:55:48 JST Mikkaels

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     • 翠星石

     @Suiseiseki @EUCommission Do you think that compensating people for their hard work is insane?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 00:01:12 JST 翠星石

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     • Mikkaels
     @mikkaels @EUCommission Free means freedom; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
     
     Free does not mean gratis no matter how many ads you watch and believe.
     
     
     Many programmers make a living writing and maintaining free software, as they are paid to do so.
     
     Most programmers develop free software, as most programmers write custom software, which is free for the only user.
     
     There are unfortunately a few thousand programmers who write proprietary malware and we need to stamp such abhorrent practice out, for what is right and just and for the good of humanity.
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     Mikkaels (mikkaels@mastodon.uno)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 00:01:13 JST Mikkaels

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     @Suiseiseki @EUCommission I don't understand how exactly are programmers expected to make a living writing and maintaining free software 🤔

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 00:13:32 JST 翠星石

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     • Mikkaels
     @mikkaels @EUCommission >towards a libre, paid software
     What kind of software do you want?
     
     Typically most free software is available gratis as it costs $0.000001 to send a copy - typically payment is for something not so trivial, for example a warranty, or support, or modifications.
     
     Quite a lot of free software is available from these software mirrors;
     https://www.gnu.org/software/
     https://mirrors.middlendian.com/
     
     
     One example of a paid free program is; https://ardour.org/
     
     You can purchase the precompiled free binaries, or compile it yourself from the free source code, or download a binary from a GNU/Linux distro's package manager.
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     Mikkaels (mikkaels@mastodon.uno)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 00:13:33 JST Mikkaels

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     @Suiseiseki @EUCommission@europa.eu Thanks for the explanation! Unfortunately English uses the same word for "gratis" and "liber", which is unfortunate 😕
     Could you please redirect me (a link will be enough) towards a liber, paid software so I can have a look at it?