Skip to main content

Search

Items tagged with: opensource


#Jami est un #logiciel #opensource qui se pose en alternative libre aux solutions de #visioconférence plus traditionnelles comme Skype, WhatsApp, Zoom, ou Teams. Il a été développé par les Canadiens de Savoir-faire Linux spécialisés dans les logiciels open source.

Source : @Fidel
https://outilscollaboratifs.com/2024/03/jami-visioconference-open-source/


Well, I'd argue that they represent pretty well #OpenSource, that was exactly designed to marginalize #FreeSoftware (a political movement of hackers) and to serve corporate interests: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler

What you'd expect from an organization ethic-washing #Google, #Microsoft and so on?
https://www.softwareheritage.org/support/sponsors/

@swheritage @Codeberg


Wait, it's even worse. The dataset is based on @swheritage's archive, containing way more than just GitHub (e.g. @Codeberg is archived, too).

I assumed they were somewhat neutral, but they're praising the LLM usage of this unlicensed code:

https://www.softwareheritage.org/2024/02/28/responsible-ai-with-starcoder2/

Also, they're refusing to remove deadnames, even outright ignoring GDPR demands for it:

https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/5169338-the-software-heritag

I can only conclude that they're a bad actor and should be considered harmful by the #OpenSource community.


Do you work in open source? Do you think it has a funding problem? If so, please take my 10 minute survey at https://opensource.study. By participating, you can help provide an understanding of what has worked and what hasn’t in the ecosystem.

This survey is part of a research project at ASU and is completely voluntary. If you have any questions about participation, please reach out to me here.

#OpenSource #FOSS #OpenScience #OpenData #PublicInterestTech #FreeSoftware


I just saw that Mozilla is retiring the Mozilla Location Service which provides an open, crowdsourced alternative to proprietary location services from Google and other vendors. 😰

https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065

This is used by GNOME and thus Fedora, Ubuntu, Endless OS, etc. to help provide OS-level location services without requiring every app to implement its own. And apparently a patent troll is part of the reason Mozilla stopped investing in it. 🙃

#OpenSource #Linux #GNOME #Mozilla


Content warning: Long thread/6


#GParted 1.6 Open-Source Partition Editor Improves exFAT Support and Fixes Bugs https://9to5linux.com/gparted-1-6-open-source-partition-editor-improves-exfat-support-and-fixes-bugs

#OpenSource #Linux #FreeSoftware

This website uses cookies to recognize revisiting and logged in users. You accept the usage of these cookies by continue browsing this website.