Notices tagged with freesoftware, page 3

From #California to #Switzerland to #China, the month of May will see #FreeSoftware community meetups all over the world. Join one or organize one in your region: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/FSF40/meetups

A #ThankGNU! to Jared Flatow, Jason Freidman, J Bernauer and K Cavalotti Fund, and Jean-Francois Blavier for helping the FSF to promote #FreeSoftware. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/45m

Interested in helping #freesoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory? Please consider joining the FSD meeting this Friday on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-02-21-irc #FreeSoftwareDirectory

You don't have to be an events coordinator to organize a #FreeSoftware meetup in your area: u.fsf.org/45l #LibreLocal

This Week in KDE Apps covers new releases for Kaidan, Tellico and Amarok; usability improvements for Itinerary, Kasts and Kate; fixes for KOrganizer and Konsole; and new stuff in Merkuro and SystemDGenie.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/17/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#apps #freesoftware #opensource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Blessed are the free software developers, for they shall fill the world with the sound of keyboards clacking and coffee mugs clinking. #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

Joining a big open source project like #LibreOffice can be daunting – but rewarding too! Ndidi Folasade Ogboi recently joined our Design community, to improve LibreOffice's templates: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/17/community-member-monday-ndidi-folasade-ogboi/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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@fsfe commented on this white paper (https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240701-01.it.html ):

"We need software that helps public administrations regain full control of their critical digital infrastructure, allowing them to become and remain independent from a handful of companies. Therefore, laws and programs are needed, that publicly financed software developed for public sector must be made publicly available under a #FreeSoftware licence"

Again, freedom as having control over themselves vs a generic "openness" [3]

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In a 2013 commentary, Stallman noted [2]: while the alternatives "are controlled by some other entity [...] #FreeSoftware is controlled by its users.

Why does this control matter? Because freedom means having control over your own life.

If you use a program to carry out activities in your life, your freedom depends on your having control over the program. You deserve to have control over the programs you use, and all the more so when you use them for something important in your life"

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Stallman definition of #ComputationalSovereignty [1]: "The state needs to insist on #FreeSoftware in its own computing for the sake of its computational sovereignty (the state's control over its own computing)"

Economic aspects are here secondary:

"Losing this control in an agency whose mission is critical undermines national security.

Moving state agencies to free software can also provide secondary benefits, such as saving money and encouraging local software support businesses" [1]

@BrodieOnLinux to me, the question is the following:

if your project is so difficult to compile into a usable binary that not even seasoned maintainers can do it, are you really making #FreeSoftware, or is it a "letter of the law but not the spirit of the law" situation?

I wonder what the opinion of actual devs and distro maintainers are.

#OpenSource #Foss #Linux #FlatPak #OBS

Our goal with #FreeSoftware is to eliminate proprietary software, not coexist with it. Proprietary software is unethical - it denies users control over their own computing. It shouldn't exist, and we must never compromise on that. Every step that makes progress on this matters, and every piece of proprietary software replaced with free software brings us closer to that world. #EndProprietarySoftware #SoftwareFreedom

This Week in Plasma explains how we deal with post-release issues in the wake of Plasma 6.3—and how more testers are needed, and lists the UI improvements arriving in 6.3.1, and the new features lined up for 6.4.0. and beyond.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/15/this-week-in-plasma-post-release-polishing/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#plasma6 #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

On this I ♥ Free Software Day, let's give a shoutout to @conservancy for their tireless work in copyleft compliance. The GPL and other copyleft licenses are only as strong as their enforcement, and their work keeps free software free. #ILoveFS #Copyleft #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

On this I ♥ Free Software Day, Trisquel GNU/Linux deserves a huge shoutout. @rubenquidam and the Trisquel team have built an entirely free GNU/Linux distro that proves you don't need proprietary software to have a powerful, user-friendly system. This work ensures that people can use their computers with freedom. Thank you for keeping the dream alive! 💙 #ILoveFS #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

@rms your vision and perseverance in founding the Free Software Movement and the #GNU Project have empowered countless people to take control of their computing. Your relentless advocacy has shaped the world for the better. Thank you for inspiring us to stand up for software freedom, today and every day! 👏 #ILoveFS #FSF #GNU #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

The #GNU Project is the foundation of free software. For over 40 years, its impact is immeasurable. Thank you to @rms and all of the GNU developers for your work in making software that respects our rights! 🎉 #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

On this I ♥ Free Software Day, a massive shoutout to libreCMC for giving us a 100% free embedded OS for routers and devices. Thank you for making sure our devices work for us and not against us! #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

On this I ♥ Free Software Day, let's send a heartfelt thank you to the @fsf for their unwavering dedication to software freedom. For 40 years they've stood firm in the fight for user control over computing, resisting the tide of proprietary restrictions. Their work ensures that software serves us, not the other way around. Let's keep pushing for a world where all software respects our freedom! 💙 #ILoveFS #FSF #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

Thanks for Linux-libre, we have a kernel that respects user freedom fully. A huge thank you to @lxo and everyone working on Linux-libre for ensuring that we can run our systems without proprietary blobs! 🐧💙 #ILoveFS #LinuxLibre #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware