Notices tagged with freesoftware

The Youth Hacking 4 Freedom weekend is coming to an end. Inspiring what the young generation can imagine and create in #FreeSoftware. Happy to volunteer as a photographer. I couldn't resist to recreate last years hacker workshop picture. It is my wallpaper now. Submission for next year's edition is already open: https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/ #YH4F #FSFE

Does anyone know if the training dataset for the ML weights shipped with #gnubg at https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnubg.git/log/gnubg.weights is available from anywhere?

And, if not, is the #FSF going to exclude gnubg from #GNU? (It would be the right thing to do, short of obtaining and shipping the dataset as gnubg's preferred form of modification, under a #freesoftware license.)

They posit you can still modify (tune) the distributed models without the training source. You can also modify a binary executable without its source code. Frankly that's unacceptable if we actually care about the human beings using the software.

A key pillar of freedom as it relates to software is reproducibility. The ability to build a tool from scratch, in your own environment, with your own parameters, is absolutely indispensable to both learning how the tool works and changing the tool to better serve your needs, especially if your needs fall on the outskirts of the bell curve.

There's also the issue of auditability. If you can't run the full build process yourself, producing your own results from scratch in a trusted environment to compare with what's distributed, it becomes exponentially harder to verify any claims about how a tool supposedly works.

Without the training data, this all becomes impossible for AI models. The OSI knows this. They're choosing to ignore it for the sake of expediency for the companies paying their bills, who want to claim "open" because it sounds good while actually hiding the (largely stolen and fraudulently or non-consentually acquired) source material of their current models.

Do we want a new definition of "open source" that actively thwarts analysis and tinkering, two fundamental requirements of software that respects human beings today? Reject this nonsense.

#OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #OSI #OpenSourceInitiative #FreeSoftware #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI

Learning about similarities between commercial #enshittification software practices & early modern #enclosure laws.

Both movements have operated legally to privilege & expand private ownership over a public resource.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

#law #legaltech #legal #lawlibrarians #atj #accesstojustice #opensource #freesoftware #creativecommons #gnu #gpl #ai #openai #opendata

I have a few broken #GNUboot and #Libreboot #ThinkPad laptops. Anyone want them for parts? #GNU #Linux #FreeSoftware #ForSale

#ThankGNU! to Rolando Garza and Tomislav Pintaric for helping the FSF to promote #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

November is here – so what are you going to do this month? How about learning new things and joining the #LibreOffice project? We can help you to get started – and you can grab cool merchandise too: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/11/01/starting-today-the-month-of-libreoffice-november-2024-%f0%9f%8e%89/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

I've been testing a federated classified ads server, flohmarkt ("Flea Market") which I think is a promising idea for promoting a circular economy among friends. Details on my hub.

It raises quite a few questions for me though - it's going to need more trust & safety features than other #Activitypub applications for example.

https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

This is one of the high priority issues identified by @prav community and we hope to focus on this once we finish https://prav.app/donate/custom-username/

Once the XEP gets validated by XMPP community, we plan to run another crowd funding campaign to implement this (we submitted a proposal to NLNet for this, but was not accepted).

#Prav #XMPP #FreeSoftware

#ThankGNU! to Adarsh Melethil, David Bruce, Deborah Jackson, James Wilson, Mikael Taipale, Peter Sluka, and Valerio Poggi for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Hi people, for those users with a medium to advanced knowledge of #GNU #Llinuxlibre who wish to participate in the development of #Trisquel, I would appreciate it if you send me a DM, we are mainly working on the new version 12.0, #Ecne

There is no release date, it will be published when it's ready, however in the development process you can find out many details of what is coming.

Greetings.
#FreeSoftware

Software Freedom @conservancy: "Open Source AI Definition Erodes the Meaning of 'Open Source'"

"With this announcement, we have reached the moment that software freedom advocates have feared for decades: the definition of “open source” — with which OSI was entrusted — now differs in significant ways from the views of most software freedom advocates."

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/oct/31/open-source-ai-definition-osaid-erodes-foss/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #OpenSourceAI #AI #OSI #OSAID

#LibreOffice 24.2.7 Released as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 24.8 https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-24-2-7-is-out-as-the-last-update-in-the-series-upgrade-to-libreoffice-24-8

@libreoffice @tdforg #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

#LibreOffice 24.2.7 is now available – the final planned update to the 24.2 branch, which reaches end-of-life in November. After that, all users are recommended to upgrade to the new stable branch, LibreOffice 24.8: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/10/31/libreoffice-24-2-7-is-now-available-the-last-release-in-the-24-2-branch/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

#ThankGNU! to Matomo.org for helping the FSF to promote #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Did you know that @tdforg has a Certification Program for #LibreOffice developers? Rafael Lima just joined us – and tells us about his experiences: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/10/31/interview-with-newly-certified-libreoffice-developer-rafael-lima/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

#ThankGNU! to Matomo.org for helping the FSF to promote #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Interested in helping #freesoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory (FSD)? Please consider joining this Friday's upcoming FSD meeting on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2024-11-01-irc #FreeSoftwareDirectory

#Firefox 133 Enters Public Beta Testing with Support for Touchpad Hold Gestures on #Linux and Other Changes https://9to5linux.com/firefox-133-enters-beta-testing-with-support-for-touchpad-hold-gestures-on-linux

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Mozilla

#ThankGNU! to Matomo.org for helping the FSF to promote #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy