Notices by John Sullivan (johns)
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The FSF is accepting applications for remote summer internships through May 10: https://u.fsf.org/31s
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In case you missed it: the best possible thing to watch while you're stuck inside! Watch many, many hours of entertaining and educational talks from #LibrePlanet2020 on our Mediagoblin page -- made and shared entirely with free software: https://u.fsf.org/31p
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This software, Nextstrain, is free software to aid epidemiological understanding and improve outbreak response, licensed under AGPLv3! https://github.com/nextstrain/augur
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Have a project or idea to introduce? You can still upload a 5-minute lightning talk for #LibrePlanet -- https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2020/Lightning_Talks
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We just make the same mistakes over and over again. From the NYT corrections: "A caption...referred incorrectly to the character played by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film 'Frankenstein'. It was the monster, not Frankenstein."
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"In it, they demanded records of all devices using Google services that had been near the woman’s home when the burglary was thought to have taken place." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761
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Tips on getting around Boston on public transportation without using nonfree software: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/MBTA
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"This code may only be used under the BSD style license found at" -- it's not copyleft, but it's not not copyleft
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Important update on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it pertains to staying safe at this year's LibrePlanet conference: https://u.fsf.org/covid-19
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Theory: Many young people aren't familiar with the concept of copying/sharing a program.
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Absolutely not okay that North Carolina State Board of Elections' "Am I registered / where do I vote" form is a Google Doc, requiring software usable only on Google's terms. Nobody should be encouraged by the state to use a particular company's product in civic processes.
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A report-back from the Replicant meeting at FOSDEM: https://u.fsf.org/300 Read more about why the free software mobile phone operating system is so crucial, and how you can help: https://u.fsf.org/2z7 https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1623879
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LibrePlanet 2020 is coming up on March 14-15, and we have snazzy commemorative T-shirts for pre-sale! Reserve yours by February 26 and pick it up at the conference: https://u.fsf.org/2-y https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1818524
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GitHub free software command line tool looks like a nice step in the right direction, anyone see any issues with it? https://github.blog/2020-02-12-supercharge-your-command-line-experience-github-cli-is-now-in-beta/
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"It is your support that has put us in a position to be able to face new challenges, and to continue evolving into an organization that can last for as long as the work still needs to be done." https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/bringing-the-free-software-vision-to-2020
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Linus warns about ZFS with the kernel Linux: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-avoid-oracles-zfs-kernel-code-on-linux-until-litigious-larry-signs-off/. For additional background, see our post in 2016: https://www.fsf.org/licensing/zfs-and-linux
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If you're coming to FOSDEM or CopyleftConf and want t-shirts or anything from shop.fsf.org, order with code FOSDEM20 before Wednesday 15th noon Brussels time to get in-person delivery without shipping charges :) (deadline extended!)
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If you're coming to FOSDEM or CopyleftConf and want t-shirts or anything from https://shop.fsf.org, order with code FOSDEM20 before Wednesday noon Brussels time to get in-person delivery without shipping charges :)
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Interested in the state of both fully free platforms and free software on proprietary platforms.
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Just starting to learn about what's going on in the world of free software VR. I see that Godot can make games for Occulus (https://developer.oculus.com/blog/getting-started-with-the-open-source-game-engine-godot/) -- what else should I be looking at?
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