The real issue is that they are speaking of “open source” and not about freedom for people.

Chinese government likes the utilitaristic approach of “open source” and do not care – to say the least – to speak about freedom for people. In fact the reporter wrote:

… the government, see open models as the quickest way to narrow the gap with America.

After having noted that

[…] the rise in China of open technology, which relies on transparency and decentralisation, is awkward for an authoritarian state. If the party’s patience with open-source fades, and it decides to exert control, that could hinder both the course of innovation at home, and developers’ ability to export their technology abroad.

The real issue here is let Chinese persons to know that they have the right to be free

GitHub Copilot non viola alcun diritto di terzi secondo Julia Reda: ecco perché

Il nuovo strumento per generare codice in qualunque linguaggio grazie all’intelligenza artificiale non viola i diritti intellettuali di terze, tanto meno non sarebbe soggetto alle prescrizioni delle licenze GNU GPL. Julia Reda spiega il perché.

L’articolo ha già 4 anni – è del 2021 – ma contiene spunti interessanti. Ma qui ne scrivo per i biscottini della praivasì: ci danno dentro ad ilsoftware.it con ben 1511 biscottini, ma loro sono personcine precisine, quindi ci fanno anche sapere che dei loro 1511 fornitori 913 sono “Partner TCF” mentre altri 598 sono “Partner Google”

Reware – Computer ricondizionati e garantiti

Pc e portatili aziendali usati venduti con un anno di garanzia e con 30 giorni per il reso. Workstation ricondizionate

Questo video è fondamentale perché in esso Stallman spiega in modo chiaro e appassionato:

• La differenza tra “gratis” e “libero” nel software
• I 4 diritti irrinunciabili degli utenti (usare, studiare, modificare, condividere)
• Come il controllo proprietario minaccia democrazia e creatività
• La filosofia etica dietro il movimento Free Software

Questo intervento non è un estratto casuale, ma l’introduzione ufficiale degli eventi con Stallman: per questo è stato proiettato dagli organizzatori – Fedimedia Italia ed il Politecnico Open unix Labs (poul.org) in apertura al discorso milanese di RMS, come un ponte ideale tra la sua visione e le nuove generazioni.

Since today we are all using web applications I found an alternative, finding https://doist.com which is a “freemium” service. While I tend to prefer free-as-in-freedom software I do acknoledge that they are way better than the GAFAM. In fact

Part of being a remote company means being responsible citizens of the world. Every year we donate up to 2% of our revenue growth to support the vital work of internationally-minded organizations like:

From https://doist.com/about-us#giving-back-section

They either stopped updating it in 2022 or they stopped donating. I just hope it’s the former

L’ultima battuta è orribile, ma è drammaticamente vera per troppe persone:

Ora tieni presente che non puoi permetterti un figlio

let’s get into it uh what are your financial goals big goal i’m trying to buy a house yeah right what you’ll never own a home but I work 40 hours a week that’s awesome nobody cares i I don’t live paycheck to paycheck no you’re not what we call paycheck to paycheck you’re what we call vacation to pet surgery oh have you ever had to replace all four tires on your car at once yeah how was that for you why are tires so expensive that’s not good speaking of cars seems like you paid your car off recently thank you i did pay off my car that’s a big boy move very same month your student loans picked back up forgot about those everybody did but I just got a raise so did all the prices yeah what’s going on with eggs eggs are having a year that’s why I stopped eating when did you stop eating yesterday what are your long-term life goals i’m honestly just trying to be able to afford a kid oh now keep in mind you cannot afford a child

I never visited Russia and as far as I know I may never visit it, yet suddenly I feel the urge to return to the old “trusty” Nokia/HDM feature phones. Or even to leave the phone home