I’ve just read “Why China is Giving Away Its Tech For Free“.

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

fedimedia ha recenemente caricato su peertube.uno “Software Libero e Liberazione del Cyberspazio”, il video che Richard Stallman ha usato come introduzione al suo recente discorso al Politecnico di Milano.

https://peertube.uno/videos/embed/8T9i8hAt5PMKWtosXp2qVZ

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.

“La libertà degli utenti è la libertà di controllare la propria vita”

RMS

Recently I hit a “nasty” bug in NextCloud Tasks which I have been using extensively. Luckily it’s “only” in the frontend as accessing the same tasks using a CalDav client such a DavX5 and JtxBoard.

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

Di solito Tony Animation è agrodolce, brevi animazioni sarcastiche contro le follie di certi capi. Lavori 40 ore e non puoi permetterti la vita? Ecco perché è un pugno nello stomaco

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

Ora tieni presente che non puoi permetterti un figlio

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According to Slashdot, Russia wants to enforce location Tracking App On All Foreigners in Moscow

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