JhenrySimpson @JhenrySimpson@mastodon.social

I hope this is real

Today, we're opening up the great library of source code https://www.softwareheritage.org/2018/06/07/opening-the-door/
Live from @unesco headquarters in Paris.
@swheritage @rdicosmo @webmink

> The EU's Copyright Proposal is Extremely Bad News for Everyone, Even (Especially!) Wikipedia

> Under Article 13 of the proposal, sites that allow users to post text, sounds, code, still or moving images, or other copyrighted works for public consumption will have to filter all their users' submissions against a database of copyrighted works.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/eus-copyright-proposal-extremely-bad-news-everyone-even-especially-wikipedia

oh hey, who knew readpst worked with ost files too. Yay mbox conversion 📬

#PeerTube is free/libre software alternative to YouTube

-- federated (uses ActivityPub)
-- peer2peer streaming
-- currently in beta

non-profit @Framasoft is crowdfunding its development

https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform

this project is already usable (more than 50 instances)
and can be a game-changer.

Boost its development and give it more visibility.

the single most important criteria when replacing Github
https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/the_single_most_important_criteria_when_replacing_Github/

Consider all the data that's used to provide the value-added features on top of git. Issue tracking, wikis, notes in commits, lists of forks, pull requests, access controls, hooks, other configuration, etc.

Is that data stored in a git repository?

#github

Today's second-best found text:

"I whole hardheartedly agree."

got the key
now all i have to find is the lock
the lock
the lock
the lock

@distrotube
Gitlab is currently hosted on Microsoft Azure, lol.

#Unicode11 was released today! Here's one of the characters, which probably won't display properly unless you have a *very* up-to-date font (but see the image below!).

The copyleft symbol was first proposed to #Unicode in February of 2016 and you can learn more about the symbol in the proposal here: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16059-copyleft.pdf

https://r12a.github.io/uniview/?codepoints=1F12F&char=1F12F

#UCotD

Mozilla has a Diversity & Inclusion Community call on June 27. This one is specifically on Governance in Open Source projects.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Diversity_and_Inclusion_for_Communities_and_Contributors/DI_Call_06_27_2018#June_27.2C_2018_-_Inclusive_Open_Source_Governance

Just released:

#Mozilla and Open Tech Strategies release a study report (39 pages) on strategies used in #OpenSource projects.

From #Chromium, #WebKit, #Wordpress, #Kubernetes, #Rust, #Coral, #Signal, #Drupal, #Apache, #LibreOffice, and many more.

#Archetypes #Governance #Standards #Licensing #Benefits

https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/whats-your-open-source-strategy-here-are-10-answers-383221b3f9d3

"every system is perfectly designed to create the results it produces."

RT de Ԍｕｙ Мａｒｔｙ (aussi sur Mastodon) :

J'ai trouvé quoi répondre quand on me parle d'intelligence artificielle

11. a project process that does not consider the needs of the marginalised is one I would choose to back away from

12. I don't expect central open source codebases to totally be "as I like". It's a nice to have but variations bring welcomed peculiarities. Support central - but build those forks and further collective expressions

"We believe that negotiating a privacy first operating agreement is something that #Firefox can do for people that is just impractical to ask them to do for themselves. Imagine calling up your residential ISP and asking them to agree to an audit that demonstrates they do not log your IP address on their DNS server. And then repeating the process for your favorite coffee shop, library, friend’s house — anywhere you and your browser go to connect."
#Nightly

https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2018/06/01/improving-dns-privacy-in-firefox/

Yeah xD