I’m copying here A short critique of Stallmanism (found on https://web.archive.org/web/20170929154127/http://flowing.systems/2016/09/24/a-short-critique-of-stallmanism ). Someday I will find time to write a short critique to a short critique of Stallmanism coupling with some thoughts on Bertrand Meyer’s “The Ethics of Free Software” (here the PDF of his essay); here a local copy:
Author: Paolo Redaelli
Ethics
Local CND emulators
We may discover that we want do use them: LocalCDN LocalCDN is a web browser extension that emulates Content Delivery Networks to improve your online privacy. It intercepts traffic, finds supported resources locally, and injects them into the environment. All of this happens automatically, so no prior configuration is required. Feel free to use the…
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Piping video over ssh
My situation is not the same depicted in “Can I pipe /dev/video over ssh” but I have a similar need. See an audio-video flow from an RTSP camera which is not accessible – by choice! – from the net but there is an accessible Linux machine which can talk to such a camera. So in…
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Why Blobs Are Important, And Why You Should Care
We are extraordinarily fortunate to live at a time in which hardware with astounding capabilities can be had for only a few dollars. Systems that would once have taken an expensive pile of chips and discretes along with months of development time to assemble are now integrated onto commodity silicon. Whether it is a Linux-capable…
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Fedilab
Fedilab FedilabFedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of microblogging, photo sharing and video hosting
Role Play Games
FREE ROLEPLAYING GAMES
ZENOBIA Zenobia is a fast-play RPG set in the darkest days of the Roman Empire. Full of classic fantasy elements, and with an atmosphere akin to Conan’s Hyboria, Zenobia is easy to run and play and includes some innovative combat mechanics – for maximum crunch!
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Concetti Chiave nelle Teorie Sviluppate su The Forge | La Tana dei Goblin
The Forge ha rappresentato una vera e propria rivoluzione culturale nel mondo dei giochi di ruolo. Le sue teorie, ma soprattutto l’applicazione pratica delle stesse hanno dato vita a giochi
Documentations, Ethics, Privacy
Messaggistica a confronto
Recentemente moltissimi iniziano a maldigerire la gestione dei dati personali di WhatsApp e Facebook, così in molti rivalutano altri sistemi di messaggistica che fin’ora erano rimasti nell’ombra. Ovviamente io e molti altri preferiamo sistemi aperti e liberi ed in molti, tra cui io avevamo caldamente consigliato già da anni di usare Telegram. Fa un po’…
Software, Software Libero
Session | Send Messages, Not Metadata. | Private Messenger
Session | Send Messages, Not Metadata. | Private Messenger Session is a private messenger that aims to remove any chance of metadata collection by routing all messages through an onion routing network.