Stefano Zacchiroli zack@identi.ca
Paris, France
Geek, Debian Project Leader 2010-2013, Free Software zealot, Computer Science professor. Italian from Bologna, emigrated to Paris, France
Christopher Allan Webber at 2015-08-11T20:17:14Z
what....?
/me checks the news
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Lars Wirzenius at 2015-05-06T12:54:47Z
If you have to ask "if my code calls GPL'd code in this complicated way, can I avoid having to be GPL-compatible?" then the answer is pretty much always "you're trying to reduce freedom, stop it".Federico, Olivier Mehani, Stefano Zacchiroli, Douglas Perkins and 15 others likes this.
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Also, even if you do do that, stop whinging that GPL is a bad license because it makes it so much work to violate software freedom.Lars Wirzenius at 2015-05-06T13:23:12Z
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If people who want to reduce software freedom didn't whinge about the GPL it would be a sign that the GPL wasn't aggressive enough about enforcing software freedom. There doesn't seem to be all that much whinging to me. More people using AGPL coupled with lots more enforcement might produce more, signalling, um, "balance." :)Mike Linksvayer at 2015-05-08T19:03:07Z
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gregor herrmann at 2015-03-31T20:41:41Z
“#Debian #Jessie will be released on next Italian Liberation Day http://bit.ly/1INhx3r | can't imagine a more appropriate holiday”
Alternatively, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Day_(Portugal) would also be a nice holiday :)
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Ben Sturmfels at 2015-03-28T05:05:01Z
I'm standing up for the GPL by becoming a Software Freedom Conservancy supporter.
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Free Software Foundation at 2015-03-24T16:08:25Z
Here's a final look at LibrePlanet 2015, and what's to come: https://u.fsf.org/19aStefano Zacchiroli likes this.
«This year, we had over 40 speakers, and like last year, about 40% were women» pretty amazing #lp2015Stefano Zacchiroli at 2015-03-24T17:41:15Z
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sazius at 2015-03-22T13:36:04Z
I see, the distance is much shorter for me: I just have to move up two virtual desktops to get to the browser with the video stream :-)
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Free Software Foundation at 2015-03-21T21:46:40Z
The Free Software Awards will be announced shortly, wrapping up sessions for LibrePlanet day one! #lp2015 Livestream: https://u.fsf.org/193jrobertson, Stefano Zacchiroli likes this.
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The library is one place I would definitely like to see become more inviting for visitors who want to use the computers there with privacy not only in mind but actively encouraged. The library is like going out for a walk in the park, I feel better for being there.Christopher Allan Webber at 2015-03-21T16:02:51Z
Whew! My talk went well I think. Now I can enjoy the conference!
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Show all 15 repliesLooks like a very interesting talk judging from the slides. Can't wait to see the video! (... several Pumpa screen shots :-)
sazius at 2015-03-21T16:35:30Z
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it totally did! nice talk
Stefano Zacchiroli at 2015-03-21T18:05:04Z
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@sazius Chris's talk is here: http://mtjm.eu/releases/lp2015/lp-123-1426949592.ogv
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@rsd Ah, it's the recorded stream? Thanks, I downloaded it!
Status of the Debian jessie release
Debian Project at 2015-03-08T13:22:51Z
Want to help the jessie release? We need help with the release notes and 72 RC bugs (especially the grub2 ones).
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another day, another tank
Me and my 42 lb hillbilly trail pack
best way to keep warm in the snowy woodstestbeta, Elena ``of Valhalla'', Stefano Zacchiroli, mray INACTIVE and 8 others likes this.
way to go! I like it! I always wanted to build myself a suit, like the one divers wear but with two layers and in between heated water would flow heated by a candle, placed near ankle or knee. But pumping the water would be a challenge, which can be controlled using microcontrollers, same goes for temperature. Since it would be difficult to keep water in a single passage between layers, pipes can be used like some house walls have! Building a passive, minimal system would be a challenge and I am fixated on it!Mike Linksvayer at 2015-03-05T19:13:19Z
6 reasons for GPL lovers, haters, exploiters, and others to enjoy and support GPL enforcement http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2015/03/05/gpl-lovers-haters-exploiters-enforce/Tyng-Ruey Chuang, Stefano Zacchiroli, joeyh, Gergely Nagy and 3 others likes this.
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Your posts are always thought provoking... :)Charles Stanhope at 2015-03-05T21:26:35Z
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Conservancy Announces Funding for GPL Compliance Lawsuit
Software Freedom Conservancy at 2015-03-05T17:36:19Z
Conservancy Announces Funding for GPL Compliance Lawsuit
VMware sued in Hamburg, Germany court for failure to comply with the GPL on Linux
Software Freedom Conservancy announces today Christoph Hellwig's lawsuit against VMware in the district court of Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. This is the regretful but necessary next step in both Hellwig and Conservancy's ongoing effort to convince VMware to comply properly with the terms of the GPLv2, the license of Linux and many other Open Source and Free Software included in VMware's ESXi products.
Hellwig, a key Linux kernel developer and one of the earliest members of Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers, has publicly denounced VMware's misuse of GPL-licensed code since 2007. In 2011, Conservancy discovered that VMware had failed to provide nor offer any source code for the version of BusyBox included in VMware's ESXi products (as required by BusyBox's license, GPLv2). Conservancy began in early 2012 negotiations with VMware to seek compliance on all GPL'd components in the ESXi project. Progress was slow through 2012 and 2013.
Meanwhile, Hellwig joined Conservancy's GPL Compliance for Linux Developers in late 2012. Hellwig assisted Conservancy in analysis of the non-compliant releases of ESXi that VMware provided. After studying these materials over a long period, it became apparent that VMware's current ESXi products infringed many of Hellwig's own copyrights, due to VMware's failure to comply with Linux's license, GPLv2.
During Hellwig's investigations, Conservancy continued to negotiate with VMware. Sadly, VMware's legal counsel finally informed Conservancy in 2014 that VMware had no intention of ceasing their distribution of proprietary-licensed works derived from Hellwig's and other kernel developers' copyrights, despite the terms of GPLv2. Conservancy therefore had no recourse but to support Hellwig's court action.
In addition to other ways VMware has not complied with the requirements of the GPL, Conservancy and Hellwig specifically assert that VMware has combined copyrighted Linux code, licensed under GPLv2, with their own proprietary code called “vmkernel” and distributed the entire combined work without providing nor offering complete, corresponding source code for that combined work under terms of the GPLv2. Hellwig is an extensive copyright holder in the portions of Linux that VMware misappropriated and used together in a single, new work without permission.
Hellwig's legal counsel in this German lawsuit is Till Jaeger of JBB Rechtsanwälte. Best known for his work representing Linux developer Harald Welte, Mr. Jaeger has brought several lawsuits regarding GPL violations. Both Conservancy and Hellwig are privileged and honored that he has agreed to serve as Hellwig's lawyer in these matters.
Both Hellwig and Conservancy do not at this time wish to comment further on the detailed facts of this lawsuit, as they relate to ongoing litigation. However, Conservancy will maintain a a Frequently Asked Questions page regarding Hellwig's lawsuit against VMware and will update that FAQ list when our legal counsel deems such advisable.
Commenting generally on the issue of GPL enforcement, Bradley M. Kuhn, President and Distinguished Technologist of Conservancy, stated: “The prevalence and sheer volume of GPL violations has increased by many orders of magnitude in the nearly two decades that I have worked on enforcement of the GPL. We must make a stand to show that individual developers and software freedom enthusiasts wish to uphold copyleft as a good strategy to achieve more access to source code and the right to modify, improve and share that source code. I ask that everyone support Conservancy in this action.”
Grant Likely, Linux kernel developer who also serves as chair of the LF Technical Advisory Board, added: “GPL licensing is a cornerstone part of Linux development. The ‘fair's fair’ nature of copyleft licensing is in large part why Linux has been overwhelmingly successful, and has created a huge ecosystem of companies benefiting from Linux. Our entire ecosystem is undermined when the sharing principles encoded in the GPL license are ignored. These principles ensure that companies and individuals can continue to share and collaborate on Linux to the benefit of everyone. By ignoring these principles, VMware risks damage to the very community on which it depends, and I look forward to this long standing complaint being swiftly resolved.”
Conservancy views litigation as a last resort, and supports such action only after all other avenues have been exhausted. Conservancy and Christoph urge those who support this this action — and who support GPL compliance in general — to donate generously to Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers. More information on Conservancy's campaign to fund this lawsuit can be found in the aforementioned FAQ list.
About Software Freedom Conservancy
Software Freedom Conservancy is a public charity that promotes, improves, develops and defends Free, Libre and Open Source software projects. Conservancy is home more than thirty software projects — including Git, Inkscape, Samba, Wine, Selenium, the Linux Compliance project, PyPy, and Sugar Labs — each supported by a dedicated community of volunteers, developers and users. Conservancy's projects include some of the most widely used software systems in the world across many application areas, including educational software deployed in schools around the globe, embedded software systems deployed in most consumer electronic devices, distributed version control developer tools, integrated library services systems, and widely used graphics and art programs. A full list of Conservancy's member projects is available. Conservancy provides these projects with the necessary infrastructure and not-for-profit support services to enable each project's communities to focus on what they do best: creating innovative software and advancing computing for the public's benefit.
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Jason Self at 2015-03-03T19:09:31Z
I've been self-hosted since 1999, but made an exception for public source code repos I put on Gitorious. I do not like the idea of moving to GitLab.com though since that runs their Enterprise Edition which is not free software. This has motivated me to change how I've been doing things so that the rug can't be pulled out from under me again. Now to start evaluating self-hosting options and get the transition completed before the end of May.veleiro, Stefano Zacchiroli likes this.
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Maybe a more p2p-like flow for git code would be beneficial, if there were a frontend for it
veleiro at 2015-03-03T21:17:34Z
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@davexunit A site you don't own that makes a promise to never shut down? I'm not sure that's actually possible, or would be believable if it were claimed. The better question: How can self-hosting be made easier to understand and set up? Guix might be helpful in that area.Jason Self at 2015-03-03T23:41:53Z
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I like self hosting, and have been doing more and more of it. But its harder to be a minimalist when you have your whole online presence self-hosted.
Not to mention the attachment of your home IP to all of your things (yes you can fix that, but not all services work well when rerouting your traffic).
I like the idea of a p2p solution that has your data everywhere, but broke up and encrypted. Freenet but widely distributed and used. I think maidsafe has the idea, but another cryptocurrency? At some point, someone needs to combine all of these ideas. Encrypted meshnet, with p2p wide-distributed data and a decentralized dns.
Then we'd have to worry less about getting around ISPs for self-hosting, censorship, or some third party selling off their services that contains your repositories. Fully trustless.veleiro at 2015-03-04T18:35:03Z
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The other approach, which is what liw and I did with Branchable, is make it so that if the provider shuts down, all users are guaranteed to already have all the data and source code needed to switch to either self hosting or a different provider.
Git makes that so doable..
Gitlab acquires Gitorious
Laura Arjona Reina at 2015-03-03T18:50:35Z
Gitlab acquires Gitorious https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/ I'll selfhost my repos, I think.
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no like! the more they are out there, the more powerful we are!
It should be noted that users haven't been emailed to notify them of the deletion. This just show how contemptuous they are.
I can't wait to have github bought by $BIG_CORP and shuttered.awesome bandwidth use
I put up a tor entry node a while ago. It's relaying around 1 TB a month, so I've had to throttle it back to 400 GB/month. Awesome!
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My Freenet node is pushing about the same amount of traffic. It uses so much memory though! Way more than Tor.joeyh interview
Debian Project at 2015-03-01T04:13:28Z
joeyh interviewed about his life after Debian, bye :'(
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"I want to build worthwhile things that might last."
+12765 to that.Lars Wirzenius at 2015-03-02T18:19:35Z
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"We'll only ship proprietary unauditable software from huge companies with a history of backdoors." wasn't the Lenovo change we needed
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but it is still something, at least they addressed it.
http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1934They addressed one specific example of it, in order not to have to make more complete change. It is something, I agree, but very nearly the least they could do.
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