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Denying reality? 🧐

Commissioner-designate Virkunnen says she and the EU_Commission support #OpenSource tools and development.

But the Commission recently cut funding for open-source software out of Horizon 2025 funding.

Read more from @fsfe ‡️ https://edri.org/our-work/european-commission-cuts-funding-support-for-free-software-projects/



My goodness, it's so very easy to set up #RSS feeds in #Thunderbird.

(Thank you, @pluralistic for getting me to finally do this. RSS is POWERFUL.)

https://youtu.be/rF3Yrguwy0M?si=R4g53MzvKyMIScz5

#OpenSource #FOSS


Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in Jul 1993. It is the oldest distro still in existence. However, someone was dissatisfied with Slackware and created another distro a month later, in August 1993. This was Debian, the second oldest distro, founded by Ian Murdock. Both of these distros are still maintained, and Debian is often known as the "mother distro" because it has spawned many more distributions. #Linux #OpenSource #history


The board is confident that the process has resulted in a definition that meets the standards of Open Source as defined in the Open Source Definition and the Four Essential Freedoms, and we’re energized about how this definition positions OSI to facilitate meaningful and practical Open Source guidance for the entire industry.” https://opensource.org/blog/the-open-source-initiative-announces-the-release-of-the-industrys-first-open-source-ai-definition #OpenSource



#Debian classify the kind of #AI systems that the #OSI's #OSAID defines as #opensource, as #ToxicCandy: https://salsa.debian.org/deeplearning-team/ml-policy/-/blob/master/ML-Policy.rst

Without training data you cannot ecercise the freedom to study a #ML system and your ability to modify it is severely limited to fine tuning.

Which is like to say that windows is open source because you can tweak the registry.

For these reasons some open source developers are already moving beyond OSI: https://opensourcedeclaration.org

You are welcome to join!

It's not just matter of securing the #OSD, but to update it with a truly open process, with all developers, artists, musicians, data scientists... who contribute their time and valuable skills to open source: https://opensourcedefinition.org/wip/

@mawhrin @tante @biocrusoe

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