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OSI Standards director · Meshed Insights CEO · Geek-Nerd · Cat servant.

On the Internet since 1987 (via BBSes) · Prior Fediverse: identi.ca from 2008; mastodon.cc from 2017. Old posts are auto-deleted.

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The closing date for the UK government's consultation on cyber resilience is Monday. If you are in the UK and know your stuff you should probably respond.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/call-for-views-on-software-resilience-and-security-for-businesses-and-organisations/call-for-views-on-software-resilience-and-security-for-businesses-and-organisations

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If a gains the force of law in Europe, it is not entitled to copyright protection and must be freely available. Massive.

https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2023-06/cp230110en.pdf

Well done @carlmalamud - again.

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The Cyber Resilience Act is being finalised in the next two weeks, despite the parts that could deeply harm . Rather than suggesting changes to the (plenty of others doing so), here's an article explaining why changes are still necessary despite the 11th hour.

https://blog.opensource.org/diverse-open-source-uses-highlight-need-for-precision-in-cyber-resilience-act/

@EU_Commission

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The license change is just the most recent example of a company that no longer needs to drive adoption with claims. I wrote about the phenomenon in 2021 but it's been around for about 20 years. It is not "the end of open source", just a lifecycle stage for a VC funded software startup that was leveraging it.

https://meshedinsights.com/2021/02/02/rights-ratchet/

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While F-Droid appears to be "just" an alternative for , it is actually the apex of a lifestyle movement that's choosing to use Android only with and without or advertising-related . Realising that makes many of its features - and shortcomings - easier to understand. I was the main interviewer in the discussion this week on Weekly with core @fdroidorg developer @eighthave and it was a good show.

https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/741?autostart=false

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Apparently the fact Chinese companies are now doing exactly what western multinationals have been doing for years with embedded in is a cause for concern.

https://the.webm.ink/seps-cut-both-ways

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"Activists have found this discussion frustrating, but kept the nature and tenure of these discussions as an “open secret” until now because we all had hoped that Red Hat's behavior would improve. Recent events show that the behavior has simply gotten worse, and is likely to get even worse."

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/

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Looks like the big foundations have got tired of being blocked by the massif amd the @EU_Commission over standards and are organising their own initiative.

https://eclipse-foundation.blog/2024/04/02/open-source-community-cra-compliance/

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If you are using a , did you know you can install on it? It's extremely easy!

  1. Enable the Linux subsystem

  2. In the Linux folder, create a folder called Applications

  3. Download the AppImage build of LibreOffice into the folder

https://the.webm.ink/libreoffice-on-chromeos

@libreoffice

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When is it OK to attack someone for using proprietary software?

https://the.webm.ink/on-choosing-freedom

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The @EU_Commission has launched a public consultation on the rules defining the European system (aka regulation 1025). The top-line for me is it completely ignores while making both engagement in standardisation and use of standards very hard for open source community members.

Unsurprisingly, the consultation's survey makes it extremely hard to tell them this! I think @osi will be attaching a letter to its input! The deadline is July 25.

https://discuss.opensource.org/t/time-to-fix-the-rules-about-european-standards/284?u=webmink

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Chutzpah: When RyanAir claims of online booking sites that "many of them overcharge customers with extra fees."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/03/ryanair-ticket-sales-hit-after-travel-agent-websites-delist-airline

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It's time for Europeans to start writing to their MEPs about the Cyber Resilience Act. It has recently been modified in a way that will be very harmful to projects.

This article from Github does a good job explaining the issues. Those first two issues are the ones that have been recently and intentionally introduced. Your MEP probably doesn't know and still thinks open source has been excluded from the scope.

https://github.blog/2023-07-12-no-cyber-resilience-without-open-source-sustainability/

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The UK government wants input on its ideas to make the Investigatory Powers Act even more invasive on everyone's liberty. Deadline is 31 July. You can read more and respond here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revised-investigatory-powers-act-notices-regimes-consultation

Apple already said it would withdraw Facetime and iMessage in the UK if the changes proceed:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66256081

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Meta's not-open-source license includes a "don't break the law" clause among others. Here's why that's a bad idea that will prevent a license being approved as

https://the.webm.ink/just-obey-the-law

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We need apply social framing to if we are to address the issues we see around sustainability, ethical use and corporate annexation of our movement.

https://the.webm.ink/getting-back-to-a-social-frame

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Well look at this. Linux Foundation is running an invitation-only gathering to define "an open source credo, or statement of common value" in Geneva in July.
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-congress/

I wonder who has been invited?

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Source-available proprietary software has been delivering its users look-but-don't-touch lock-in since at least 2004 when the Wikipedia page was written. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

It is only appearing popular now because so many businesses have succeeded leveraging open source and now have business pressure to progress to the end of the rights-ratchet. Relicensing old versions on a timer adds nothing if the code is actively developed.

https://meshedinsights.com/2021/02/02/rights-ratchet/

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Almost without skipping a beat, the Linux Foundation has forked following the betrayal of its community.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community

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The final version of the is now public and it seems the risks we worried about all last year have been addressed.

Yes, the regulators listened. And they are back at to tell us about it.

https://blog.opensource.org/the-european-regulators-listened-to-the-open-source-communities/

@osi

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Now that Europe is using fake time as well, the window in which Europe-America meetings are at considerate times has once again shrunk.

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Research supports the obvious conclusion that people using artificial video backgrounds have something to hide.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/plants-or-bookcases-as-backdrop-on-video-call-really-do-impress-study-finds

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Wait, so Hashicorp broke Terraform to lure IBM, a Linux Foundation platinum member?

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So when are we going to get rid of fake time? I thought Europe had it in hand and then ... birdsong.

webmink, to uk
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The petition to call an immediate general election in the has gained over 100k signatures (the number needed to force a debate in Parliament) IN A DAY.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

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