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In fact, the two groups overlaps more often that not: if you look, say, at the sponsors of most of the organizations that signed the infamous "RMS open letter" you'll find #Microsoft, #Google, #Meta, #Amazon, #IBM and so forth...

Like it or not, if you take their money, you serve their goals.

Compare, for example, #FSF sponsors with #FSFE (!) or #SoftwareHeritage (that in turn is a sponsor of #Guix), to get an idea of why groups that pretend to advance #FreeSoftware did (and do) their best to destroy the #GNU project.

@ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social
rms-open-letter.github.ioAn open letter to remove Richard M. Stallman from all leadership positionsWe, the undersigned, call for the entire Board of the FSF to step down and for Richard M. Stallman to be removed from all leadership positions. We will not continue suffering his behavior, giving him a leadership role, or otherwise holding him and his hurtful and dangerous ideology as acceptable.

From: blenderdumbass . org

I remember sitting at the entrance to a local cinema near me, shivering from a new kind of depression. I was waiting to enter the screening of Avatar: The Way Of Water, which was released in cinema just after The Fabelmans. The previous film I have seen in that very cinema, may...

Read or listen: blenderdumbass.org/reviews/how

blenderdumbass . orgHow The Fabelmans Traumatized Me

I've just released #eoAPI-k8s version 0.6.0 github.com/developmentseed/eoa

#eoAPI is a scalable geodata infrastructure based on #STAC and ready for the cloud. Its components power data distribution for Microsoft's Planetary Computer, NASA, ESA and Planet and others. eoapi.dev/

The new version:
* upgraded all components to the latest versions
* includes initial support for multidim data
* and some improvements in the startup to reduce error messages

#FreeSoftware by @developmentseed

3… 2… 1… REAKTYWACJA! 🚀

Po 7 latach przerwy Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania wraca na Politechnikę! 🔥

📅 7 czerwca 2025
📍 Centrum Wykładowe Politechniki Poznańskiej

To będzie XIV edycja P.I.W.O. Wracamy z nową energią, świeżymi pomysłami i jeszcze lepszą organizacją!

Za reaktywacją imprezy stoi grupa @hspoz, KN PUTrequest_ oraz KN Linux Academic Group. Wspierają nas także: @PLUG_pl oraz @reszka.
📢 Więcej info: piwo.sh

📣 #DMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple

Despite initial promising steps, the @EUCommission 's measures on Apple’s compliance with interoperability procedures under the Digital Markets Act fall short.

The less stringent obligations on API documentation and long deadlines for interoperability solutions will impact how #FreeSoftware projects get interoperability from Apple.

fsfe.org/news/2025/news-202504

Ilustration showing what looks like a snake in the shape of an apple in black with a red shadow
FSFE - Free Software Foundation EuropeDMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple - FSFE

You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks.

Despite some persistent rumors, installing OpenBSD is both quick and easy on most not too exotic hardware. But once the thing is installed, what is daily life with the most secure free operating system like?

More at nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_ins #openbsd #development #devops #security #sysadmin #maintenance #freesoftware #libresoftware #bsd #unix #unixlike (from 2024)

nxdomain.noYou Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks.

In den sozialen Medien wird immer noch OpenOffice empfohlen. Seien Sie sich nur bewusst, dass es nicht mehr aktualisiert wird und mehrere Jahre alte, nicht behobene Sicherheitsprobleme aufweist: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_O - Um sicher zu gehen, wechseln Sie zu einem der aktiv gepflegten Nachfolgeprojekte (wie LibreOffice).
#foss #opensource #freesoftware #fedilz #schule #Verwaltung

en.wikipedia.orgApache OpenOffice - Wikipedia

💥 Free Software and CRA - expert talk and discussion 💥 - this afternoon!

Maarten Aertsen, from @nlnetlabs is presenting how the Cyber Resilience Act addresses #FreeSoftware

🗓️ Today Thursday, April 3, 2025
⏰ From 3 - 5 p.m. CEST
💻 Online: meeting.dialog-cybersicherheit
🔑 Access code: pj3y9a

The presentation will be recorded, but not the discussion.

This talk is part of the “Dialog für Cybersicherheit” project, in which the FSFE is involved.
fsfe.org/news/2025/news-202504

meeting.dialog-cybersicherheit.deWorkstream CRA -VeranstaltungsreiheLearn using BigBlueButton, the trusted open-source web conferencing solution that enables seamless virtual collaboration and online learning experiences.