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Carter Zhang · 14 days ago

Keyoxide Proof

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Keyoxide Proof

Carter Zhang · 14 days ago

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Ragallos@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months ago

Libreoffice help

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Libreoffice help

Ragallos@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months ago

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positive_intentionsEnglish · 4 months ago

P2P E2EE Messaging

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P2P E2EE Messaging

positive_intentionsEnglish · 4 months ago

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 months ago

darktable 5.0.0 released

www.darktable.org

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darktable 5.0.0 released

www.darktable.org

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 months ago

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 9 months ago

draw.io no longer libre since August 27, 2024

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draw.io no longer libre since August 27, 2024

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 9 months ago

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Julian_1_2_3_4_5@slrpnk.net · 1 year ago

Some interesting distributed networks (non-centrally controllable networks)

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Some interesting distributed networks (non-centrally controllable networks)

Julian_1_2_3_4_5@slrpnk.net · 1 year ago

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NationProtons@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

How to focus my time on creating free/libre software but still survive?

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How to focus my time on creating free/libre software but still survive?

NationProtons@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

geomaEnglish · 1 year ago

Android personal budget app recommendation

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Android personal budget app recommendation

geomaEnglish · 1 year ago

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fenndev@leminal.space · 1 year ago

Automated Archival-Level Git Repo Mirroring?

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Automated Archival-Level Git Repo Mirroring?

fenndev@leminal.space · 1 year ago

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FOSSManEnglish · 2 years ago

GameLauncher

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GameLauncher

FOSSManEnglish · 2 years ago

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dullbananasEnglish · 2 years ago

Apple bragging about patents

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Apple bragging about patents

dullbananasEnglish · 2 years ago

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Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone · 2 years ago

Write Free Software: A comprehensive educational resource for the Free Software movement

writefreesoftware.org

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Write Free Software: A comprehensive educational resource for the Free Software movement

writefreesoftware.org

Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone · 2 years ago

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dullbananasEnglish · 2 years ago

My website now respects people's freedom and privacy!

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My website now respects people's freedom and privacy!

dullbananasEnglish · 2 years ago

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kixik · 2 years ago

Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

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Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

kixik · 2 years ago

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Yuu Yin@group.lt · 2 years ago

The hardest scaling issue by Codeberg (a nonprofit, free software platform/service for code hosting)

blog.codeberg.org

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The hardest scaling issue by Codeberg (a nonprofit, free software platform/service for code hosting)

blog.codeberg.org

Yuu Yin@group.lt · 2 years ago

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ewm · 2 years ago

mosparo - the modern spam protection

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mosparo - the modern spam protection

ewm · 2 years ago

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PublicLewdness · 3 years ago

FOSS Alternative to PastPerfect

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FOSS Alternative to PastPerfect

PublicLewdness · 3 years ago

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Yuu Yin@group.lt · 3 years ago

NixOS 22.11 released 🎉🎉🎉

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NixOS 22.11 released 🎉🎉🎉

Yuu Yin@group.lt · 3 years ago

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smallcircles · 3 years ago

Open Letter to Gitea

gitea-open-letter.coding.social

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Open Letter to Gitea

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smallcircles · 3 years ago

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kixik · 3 years ago

Privacy and freedom should be the legacy we leave, not the opposite — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

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Privacy and freedom should be the legacy we leave, not the opposite — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

kixik · 3 years ago

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Libre Software

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !libre_software@lemmy.ml

“Libre software” means software that respects users’ freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.

In particular, four freedoms define Free Software:

The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.

Placing restrictions on the use of Free Software, such as time ("30 days trial period", "license expires January 1st, 2004") purpose ("permission granted for research and non-commercial use", "may not be used for benchmarking") or geographic area ("must not be used in country X") makes a program non-free.

The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs.

Placing legal or practical restrictions on the comprehension or modification of a program, such as mandatory purchase of special licenses, signing of a Non-Disclosure-Agreement (NDA) or - for programming languages that have multiple forms or representation - making the preferred human way of comprehending and editing a program ("source code") inaccessible also makes it proprietary (non-free). Without the freedom to modify a program, people will remain at the mercy of a single vendor.

The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.

Software can be copied/distributed at virtually no cost. If you are not allowed to give a program to a person in need, that makes a program non-free. This can be done for a charge, if you so choose.

The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

Not everyone is an equally good programmer in all fields. Some people don't know how to program at all. This freedom allows those who do not have the time or skills to solve a problem to indirectly access the freedom to modify. This can be done for a charge.

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