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Until the end of March, applications are open to receive funding in the range of €5,000 to €50,000, for the development of libre software integrating the GNU Taler digital payment system.

:gnu: GNU Taler is unique in that it works much like digital cash, allowing for taxable payments, while preserving full anonymity for the customers. It has been developed as free software, and seems to be the only project of its kind to have attained serious traction at this point.

:gutkato_ideo: If you have any ideas for a project you could possibly work on, please take a look! This might be a rare chance to steer the future of digital payments and digitalisation in general to protecting, rather than menacing, human rights; at least here in Europe, but hopefully elsewhere in the world, too! :flago_eŭropunio:

#lang_en #digital_cash #DigitalCash #digital_euro #DigitalEuro #EU #Euro #free_sowtware #FreeSoftware #funding #GNU #grant #libre_software #LibreSoftware #NGI #NLnet #privacy #Taler #technology

#digitalcash #digitaleuro #eu #euro #freesoftware #gnu

Tirifto :flago_esperanto: @[email protected] · 2024-02-27 · 16:43 UTC

Until the end of March, applications are open to receive funding in the range of €5,000 to €50,000, for the development of libre software integrating the GNU Taler digital payment system.

:gnu: GNU Taler is unique in that it works much like digital cash, allowing for taxable payments, while preserving full anonymity for the customers. It has been developed as free software, and seems to be the only project of its kind to have attained serious traction at this point.

:gutkato_ideo: If you have any ideas for a project you could possibly work on, please take a look! This might be a rare chance to steer the future of digital payments and digitalisation in general to protecting, rather than menacing, human rights; at least here in Europe, but hopefully elsewhere in the world, too! :flago_eŭropunio:

#lang_en #digital_cash #DigitalCash #digital_euro #DigitalEuro #EU #Euro #free_sowtware #FreeSoftware #funding #GNU #grant #libre_software #LibreSoftware #NGI #NLnet #privacy #Taler #technology

#digitalcash #digitaleuro #eu #euro #freesoftware #gnu

:rss: Hacker News @[email protected] · 2023-12-16 · 02:41 UTC

Introduction to free software and the liberation of cyberspace
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/?pk_campaign=RMSTEDx&pk_kwd=social_media
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software

#ycombinator #fsf #free_software_foundation #free_software #libre_software

:rss: Hacker News @[email protected] · 2023-12-16 · 02:41 UTC

Introduction to free software and the liberation of cyberspace
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/?pk_campaign=RMSTEDx&pk_kwd=social_media
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software

#ycombinator #fsf #free_software_foundation #free_software #libre_software

:rss: Hacker News @[email protected] · 2023-11-04 · 18:30 UTC

Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/software-that-supports-your-body-should-always-respect-your-freedom
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software

#ycombinator #fsf #free_software_foundation #free_software #libre_software

:rss: Hacker News @[email protected] · 2023-11-04 · 18:30 UTC

Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/software-that-supports-your-body-should-always-respect-your-freedom
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software

#ycombinator #fsf #free_software_foundation #free_software #libre_software

Tirifto :flago_esperanto: @[email protected] · 2023-10-24 · 15:29 UTC

So apparently Element (the Matrix client) has migrated translations from their own instance of WebLate (which is libre software) to Localazy (which is not libre at all). Guess I’m done translating it for good. :gutkato_malgaja:

I feel like free software communities don’t care for freedom nearly as much as they should. Some just slap on a permissive licence, accept contributions and call it a day. Wanna help with translations? Sign up with this proprietary website! Wanna discuss and engage with the community? Come join our Discord! Wanna report an issue? Hope you’ve got a GitHub account! :gutkato_renversa:

Wanting to have a presence where the people are is one thing, but leaving it at that just means freedom is not a priority for you. You can mirror your repository on a different platform. You can bridge your channels to Matrix, IRC, or perhaps XMPP. You can just… use WebLate which works very well and not trade freedom for a slight convenience. :gutkato_flucerba:

Failing to do even just any of that shows that you don’t consider freedom all that important. The problem with that being: freedom is all that important. Full stop.

#lang_en #Element #freedom #free_software #freeSoftware #libre_software #libreSoftware #Matrix #translating #translations

#element #matrix #freesoftware #free_software #freedom #lang_en

Tirifto :flago_esperanto: @[email protected] · 2023-10-24 · 15:29 UTC

So apparently Element (the Matrix client) has migrated translations from their own instance of WebLate (which is libre software) to Localazy (which is not libre at all). Guess I’m done translating it for good. :gutkato_malgaja:

I feel like free software communities don’t care for freedom nearly as much as they should. Some just slap on a permissive licence, accept contributions and call it a day. Wanna help with translations? Sign up with this proprietary website! Wanna discuss and engage with the community? Come join our Discord! Wanna report an issue? Hope you’ve got a GitHub account! :gutkato_renversa:

Wanting to have a presence where the people are is one thing, but leaving it at that just means freedom is not a priority for you. You can mirror your repository on a different platform. You can bridge your channels to Matrix, IRC, or perhaps XMPP. You can just… use WebLate which works very well and not trade freedom for a slight convenience. :gutkato_flucerba:

Failing to do even just any of that shows that you don’t consider freedom all that important. The problem with that being: freedom is all that important. Full stop.

#lang_en #Element #freedom #free_software #freeSoftware #libre_software #libreSoftware #Matrix #translating #translations