Matthias Kirschner @kirschner@mastodon.social

Good to see that #F-Droid is modernising its app database: https://f-droid.org/en/2019/09/11/yaml-metadata.html so we will have a more sustainable #freesoftware app repository for #Android

@netzpolitik_org "Freie-Software -Aktivisten kritisieren Umsetzung der EU-Zahlungsdiensterichtlinie"

https://netzpolitik.org/2019/freie-software-aktivisten-kritisieren-umsetzung-der-eu-zahlungsdiensterichtlinie/

@fsfe fordert „die Apps als #FreieSoftware zu veröffentlichen, um den Verbrauchern den Zugang zu der Software, sowie die Kontrolle über diese zu ermöglichen und ihre Privatsphäre zu schützen.“ #nt

Short reminder: if you have 5 minutes please contribute to the EU's #FOSSA developer survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EUFOSSA2-Survey

Promoting #softwarefreedom at #Veganmania Donauinsel. Thanks to our @fsfe volunteers for organising this and reaching new audiences! It is important that we do not just talk with people in our usual circles. http://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2019/08/27/fsfe-booth-donauinsel/

Do you know this feeling, when strange wifi networks are displayed? https://xkcd.com/2199/

"The myth of the #freespeech crisis" in the Guardian: "A moral right to express unpopular opinions is not a moral right to express those opinions in a way that silences the voices of others, or puts them in danger of violence. There are those who abuse free speech, who wish others harm, and who roll back efforts to ensure that all citizens are treated with respect. These are facts – and free-speech-crisis mythology is preventing us from confronting them." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/the-myth-of-the-free-speech-crisis

Bericht über den Vortrag zu #Fediverse und #Friendica http://blogs.fsfe.org/tobiasd/2019/08/23/salonabend-im-schatzchen-vortrag-uber-das-fediverse/ #activitypub (via @fsfe planet)

"Making containers safer" #lwn article about #container #security "stop using privileged containers and start using user namespaces" https://lwn.net/Articles/796700/ #freesofware

Article by LWN about updates from #OpenPOWER https://lwn.net/Articles/796796/ #openhardware #freesoftware

From the @fsfe@twitter.com planet: @comzeradd@twitter.com about "Blocking untrusted USB devices" https://www.roussos.cc/2019/08/19/usbguard/

Good read by Cory Doctorow "#DRM Broke Its Promise" https://locusmag.com/2019/09/cory-doctorow-drm-broke-its-promise/

SFC on software #patents and #Microsoft: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/aug/30/microsoft-exfat-oin/