[Libreplanet-ca-qc] Fwd: Free Software Supporter - Issue 74, May 2014

[Fabián Rodríguez]

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Sujet:  Free Software Supporter - Issue 74, May 2014
Date :  Fri, 30 May 2014 19:12:02 -0400
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Pour :  Fabian Rodriguez



  Free Software Supporter

Issue 74, May 2014

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

  * FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support
    Digital Restrictions Management
  * Thanks for a great International Day Against DRM
  * Tehnoetic wireless USB adapter now FSF-certified to respect your freedom
  * Interview with Ciaran Gultnieks of F-Droid
  * FSF seeks full-time senior GNU/Linux systems administrator
  * Fall 2013 FSF Bulletin now available online
  * "Imperfection is not the same as oppression"
  * FSF statement on Court of Appeals ruling in Oracle v Google
  * Richard Stallman answers questions on Slashdot.org
  * FSF joins more than twenty other organizations in plan to "Reset the
    Net"
  * Register now for the 2014 GNU Hackers Meeting
  * Open letter to European Commission: stop DRM in HTML5
  * Thirty-three Free Software Pact supporters elected to the European
    Parliament
  * Google has most of my email because it has all of yours
  * Savannah VCS storage maintenance completed
  * LibrePlanet featured resource: GPG guide review
  * GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 22 new GNU releases!
  * GNU Toolchain Update
  * Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
  * Thank GNUs!
  * GNU copyright contributions
  * Take action with the FSF!


      FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support
      Digital Restrictions Management

/From May 14th/

On May 14, Mozilla announced that it is reluctantly adopting DRM in its
Firefox Web browser. In response, Free Software Foundation executive
director John Sullivan made a statement condemning the move.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-condemns-partnership-between-mozilla-and-adobe-to-support-digital-restrictions-management


      Thanks for a great International Day Against DRM

/From May 7th/

On May 6, people all over the world spoke out against Digital
Restrictions Management with flyering, rallies, teach-ins, and sales on
DRM-free media. This post highlights some of the day's actions.

  *

    
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/thanks-for-a-great-international-day-against-drm

  *

    http://www.defectivebydesign.org/international-day-against-drm-is-here

Press release:

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/news/global-community-rallies-for-international-day-against-drm


      Tehnoetic wireless USB adapter now FSF-certified to respect your
      freedom

/From May 21st/

The FSF has awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the
Tehnoetic TET-N150 wireless USB adapter. The RYF certification mark is
awarded to products that meet the FSF's standards in regard to users'
freedom, control over the product, and privacy.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/news/tehnoetic-wireless-usb-adapter-now-fsf-certified-to-respect-your-freedom


      Interview with Ciaran Gultnieks of F-Droid

/From May 8th/

In this edition of our Licensing and Compliance Lab's series on free
software developers who choose GNU licenses for their works, we
conducted an email-based interview with Ciaran Gultnieks, the founder of
the F-Droid project and the lead developer of fdroidserver, which is
licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 (or any later version).

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interview-with-ciaran-gultnieks-of-f-droid


      FSF seeks full-time senior GNU/Linux systems administrator

/From May 2nd/

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based 501(c)(3) charity
with a worldwide mission to protect freedoms critical to the
computer-using public, seeks a full-time senior systems administrator.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-seeks-full-time-senior-gnu-linux-systems-administrator-1


      Fall 2013 FSF Bulletin now available online

/From May 16th/

The fall 2013 Free Software Foundation Bulletin, which was mailed to our
supporters in November, is now online. Check it out for interesting
articles on free software and free software activism.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fall-2013-fsf-bulletin-now-available-online


      "Imperfection is not the same as oppression"

/From May 30th/

In his latest article, Richard Stallman underscores this crucial
distinction, and encourages all users whose particular needs are not
being met by a free program to address the unmet need in a proactive,
respectful, and constructive way.

  * https://fsf.org/blogs/rms/imperfection-isnt-oppression


      FSF statement on Court of Appeals ruling in /Oracle v Google/

/From May 27th/

The Federal Circuit has ruled in Oracle's favor, which has reintroduced
confusion and uncertainty on a user's freedom to use APIs.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-statement-on-court-of-appeals-ruling-in-oracle-v-google


      Richard Stallman answers questions on Slashdot.org

/From May 6th/

Richard M. Stallman (RMS) answers questions from Slashdot.org readers
and discusses free hardware, deblobbing the kernel, legal reforms, and
much more.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/richard-stallman-answers-questions-on-slashdot.org


      FSF joins more than twenty other organizations in plan to "Reset
      the Net"

/From May 5th/

We are joining this day of action to protect Internet users from mass
surveillance. Stay tuned to learn more about what we'll be doing to
Reset the Net on June 5, 2014.

  * 
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-joins-more-than-twenty-other-organizations-in-plan-to-201creset-the-net201d


      Register now for the 2014 GNU Hackers Meeting

/From May 30th/

On the weekend of August 15 to 17, 2014 the people responsible for the
GNU operating system will gather in Munich, Germany at the eighth GNU
Hackers Meeting. The meeting is open to developers, users, and all
people interested in GNU. It is an opportunity to share ideas and for
social interaction within the GNU community.

  * 
https://fsf.org/blogs/community/register-now-for-the-2014-gnu-hackers-meeting


      Open letter to European Commission: Stop DRM in HTML5

/By FSF Europe, from May 6th/

On this year's International Day against DRM, FSF Europe sent an open
letter to the European Commission, asking the EC to prevent Digital
Restrictions Management technology from being closely integrated with
the HTML5 standard.

  * https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140506-01.en.html


      Thirty-three Free Software Pact supporters elected to the European
      Parliament

/By April and FSF Europe, from May 28th/

The European elections have brought thirty-three free software
supporters into the new European Parliament. Candidates across the
political spectrum signed the Free Software Pact, promising to support
free software and free standards during their time in Parliament.

  *

    https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140528-01.en.html

  *

    
http://www.april.org/en/free-software-pact-162-signatories-least-33-meps-have-signed-free-software-pact


      Google has most of my email because it has all of yours

/By Benjamin Mako Hill, from May 11th/

FSF board member Benjamin Mako Hill writes on the privacy implications
of Gmail, even if you don't personally use it.

  * 
http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-because-it-has-all-of-yours


      Savannah VCS storage maintenance completed

/By Bob Proulx, from May 14th/

Storage migration on Savannah has been completed. As a result, the vcs
has returned to normal service and users can now enjoy a faster storage
system.

  * https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7981


      Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

/From May 30th/

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to
discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of
useful information, from basic category and descriptions to version
control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software
Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past
decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and exciting
free software projects.

To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place in
the #fsf channel on irc.gnu.org, and usually include a handful of
regulars as well as newcomers. Everyone's welcome.

The next meeting is Friday, June 6 from 2pm to 5pm EDT (18:00 to 21:00
UTC). Details here:

  * 
https://fsf.org/blogs/directory/friday-free-software-directory-irc-meetup-june-6

After this meeting, you can check https://www.fsf.org/events to see the
rest of June's weekly meetings as they are scheduled.


      LibrePlanet featured resource: GPG guide review

Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is
interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help.

For this month, we are highlighting the review page for our GPG guide,
which helps people go through the process of installing email encryption
software. You are invited to try out and provide feedback for our guide.

  * https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review

Do you have a suggestion for next month's featured resource? Let us know
at address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>.


      GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 22 new GNU releases!

22 new GNU releases in the last month (as of May 26, 2014):

  * anubis-4.2 <https://www.gnu.org/software/anubis/>
  * autogen-5.18.3 <https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/>
  * ccaudio2-2.1.3 <https://www.gnu.org/software/ccaudio/>
  * ccscript-5.0.2 <https://www.gnu.org/software/ccscript/>
  * cim-5.1 <https://www.gnu.org/software/cim/>
  * easejs-0.2.2 <https://www.gnu.org/software/easejs/>
  * freeipmi-1.4.3 <https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/>
  * gcc-4.8.3 <https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/>
  * gdb-7.7.1 <https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/>
  * gnun-0.9 <https://www.gnu.org/software/gnun/>
  * grep-2.19 <https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/>
  * guile-opengl-0.1.0 <https://www.gnu.org/software/guile-opengl/>
  * guile-rpc-0.4 <https://www.gnu.org/software/guile-rpc/>
  * libmicrohttpsd-0.9.36 <https://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/>
  * libtasn1-3.6 <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/>
  * mcron-1.0.8 <https://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/>
  * mit-scheme-9.2 <https://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/>
  * moe-1.6 <https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/>
  * parallel-20140522 <https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/>
  * sipwitch-1.9.1 <https://www.gnu.org/software/sipwitch/>
  * ucommon-6.1.5 <https://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp/>
  * xnee-3.19 <https://www.gnu.org/software/xnee/>

To get announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu
mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. Nearly
all GNU software is available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or
preferably one of its mirrors (https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html). You
can use the url http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ to be automatically redirected
to a (hopefully) nearby and up-to-date mirror.

This month, we welcome: * Mohammed Isam Mohammed, author and maintainer
of the new package GnuDOS. * Edscott Wilson, author and maintainer of
the new GNU package libdb. * Vaibhaw Pandey, new maintainer of GNU
groff. * Sebastien Diaz, new maintainer of gnukart, along with his work
on many other GNU packages. * Amadeusz Slawinski, new co-maintainer of
GNU screen. Thanks to all.

A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating system as a
whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance: please see
https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd like to
help. The general page on how to help GNU is at
https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html. To submit new packages to the GNU
operating system, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.

As always, please feel free to write to me, address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>, with any GNUish questions or suggestions for
future installments.


      GNU Toolchain update

/From May 18th/

The GNU toolchain refers to the part of the GNU system which is used for
building programs. These components of GNU are together often on other
systems and for compiling programs for other platforms.

This month features improvements to GDB, GCC, and GNU binutils.

  * https://nickclifton.livejournal.com/16188.html


      Richard Stallman's speaking schedule

For event details, as well as to sign-up to be notified for future
events in your area, please visit https://www.fsf.org/events.

So far, Richard Stallman has the following events in June:

  * June 02, 2014, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Chisinau, Moldova, "Free
    software in ethics and in practice"
    <https://www.fsf.org/events/20140602-chisinau>
  * June 03, 2014, 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM, Rm. Valcea, Romania, "A free
    digital society" <https://www.fsf.org/events/20140603-valcea>
  * June 06, 2014, 10:00 PM to 12:00 PM, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
    "Copyright vs. community"
    <https://www.fsf.org/events/20140606-clujnapoca>
  * June 07, 2014, 09:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Bucharest, Romania, "A free
    digital society" <https://www.fsf.org/events/20140607-bucharest>


      Other FSF and free software events

  * May 31, 2014, 09:30 AM to 10:00 AM, Boston, Massachusetts, "An
    introduction to free software"
    <https://www.fsf.org/events/workshop-20140531-boston>
  * June 08, 2014, 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM, Boston, Massachusetts, "Zak
    Rogoff to speak at Commonbound"
    <https://www.fsf.org/events/staff-zak-20140608-commonbound>


      Thank GNUs!

We appreciate everyone who donates to the Free Software Foundation, but
we'd like to give special recognition to the folks who have donated $500
or more in the last month.

  * https://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2014supporters.html

This month, a big Thank GNU to:

  * pall.as Internetwork GmbH
  * Dr. Luis Fajardo López
  * Arild Lund
  * Jack Lawson

You can add your name to this list by donating at https://donate.fsf.org.


      GNU copyright contributions

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us defend
the GPL and keep software free. The following individuals have assigned
their copyright to the FSF in the past month:

  * Volker Schroer (GNU Radio)
  * Christian Svensson (glibc)
  * Kevin Cox (glibc)
  * Ian Kelling (Emacs)
  * Raul Schmidlin (glibc)
  * Julius Baxter (GNU Binutils)
  * Steffen Nurpmeso (GNU Troff)
  * Mike Gerwitz (GNU ease.js)

Want to see your name on this list? Contribute to GNU and assign your
copyright to the FSF.

https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#dev


      Take action with the FSF

Contributions from thousands of individual members enable the FSF's
work. You can contribute by joining at https://www.fsf.org/join. If
you're already a member, you can help refer new members (and earn some
rewards) by adding a line with your member number to your email
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I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom!
https://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=2442

The FSF is also always looking for volunteers
(https://www.fsf.org/volunteer). From rabble-rousing to hacking, from
issue coordination to envelope stuffing -- there's something here for
everybody to do. Also, head over to our campaign section
(https://www.fsf.org/campaigns) and take action on software patents,
DRM, free software adoption, OpenDocument, RIAA and more.


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