X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/2c6287aa4eeb795da534fc243bb25da35e4ea2bd..3f8051a7da60ef98586d6d56df6771a3f557f6d7:/blog/archive/2015/11/11.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2015/11/11.rss b/blog/archive/2015/11/11.rss index 0aa429fa00..83e78990a5 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2015/11/11.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2015/11/11.rss @@ -6,6 +6,152 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + The GNU General Public License is not magic pixie dust + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_GNU_General_Public_License_is_not_magic_pixie_dust.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_GNU_General_Public_License_is_not_magic_pixie_dust.html + Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:55:00 +0100 + <p>A blog post from my fellow Debian developer Paul Wise titled +"<a href="http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2015/11/27/sfc-supporter/">The +GPL is not magic pixie dust</a>" explain the importance of making sure +the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a> is enforced. +I quote the blog post from Paul in full here with his permission:<p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/"><img src="https://sfconservancy.org/img/supporter-badge.png" width="194" height="90" alt="Become a Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter!" align="right" border="0" /></a></p> + +<blockquote> +The GPL is not magic pixie dust. It does not work by itself.<br/> + +The first step is to choose a +<a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft</a> license for your +code.<br/> + +The next step is, when someone fails to follow that copyleft license, +<b>it must be enforced</b><br/> + +and its a simple fact of our modern society that such type of +work<br/> + +is incredibly expensive to do and incredibly difficult to do. +</blockquote> + +<p><small>-- <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley Kuhn</a>, in +<a href="http://faif.us/" title="Free as in Freedom">FaiF</a> +<a href="http://faif.us/cast/2015/nov/24/0x57/">episode +0x57</a></small></p> + +<p>As the Debian Website +<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/794116">used</a> +<a href="https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/webwml/webwml/english/intro/free.wml?r1=1.24&amp;r2=1.25">to</a> +imply, public domain and permissively licensed software can lead to +the production of more proprietary software as people discover useful +software, extend it and or incorporate it into their hardware or +software products. Copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL were created +to close off this avenue to the production of proprietary software but +such licenses are not enough. With the ongoing adoption of Free +Software by individuals and groups, inevitably the community's +expectations of license compliance are violated, usually out of +ignorance of the way Free Software works, but not always. As Karen +and Bradley explained in <a href="http://faif.us/" title="Free as in +Freedom">FaiF</a> +<a href="http://faif.us/cast/2015/nov/24/0x57/">episode 0x57</a>, +copyleft is nothing if no-one is willing and able to stand up in court +to protect it. The reality of today's world is that legal +representation is expensive, difficult and time consuming. With +<a href="http://gpl-violations.org/">gpl-violations.org</a> in hiatus +<a href="http://gpl-violations.org/news/20151027-homepage-recovers/">until</a> +some time in 2016, the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software +Freedom Conservancy</a> (a tax-exempt charity) is the major defender +of the Linux project, Debian and other groups against GPL violations. +In March the SFC supported a +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">lawsuit +by Christoph Hellwig</a> against VMware for refusing to +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html">comply +with the GPL</a> in relation to their use of parts of the Linux +kernel. Since then two of their sponsors pulled corporate funding and +conferences +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/nov/24/faif-carols-fundraiser/">blocked +or cancelled their talks</a>. As a result they have decided to rely +less on corporate funding and more on the broad community of +individuals who support Free Software and copyleft. So the SFC has +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/nov/23/2015fundraiser/">launched</a> +a <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">campaign</a> to create +a community of folks who stand up for copyleft and the GPL by +supporting their work on promoting and supporting copyleft and Free +Software.</p> + +<p>If you support Free Software, +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/nov/26/like-what-I-do/">like</a> +what the SFC do, agree with their +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.html">compliance +principles</a>, are happy about their +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">successes</a> in 2015, +work on a project that is an SFC +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">member</a> and or +just want to stand up for copyleft, please join +<a href="https://identi.ca/cwebber/image/JQGPA4qbTyyp3-MY8QpvuA">Christopher +Allan Webber</a>, +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/nov/24/faif-carols-fundraiser/">Carol +Smith</a>, +<a href="http://www.jonobacon.org/2015/11/25/supporting-software-freedom-conservancy/">Jono +Bacon</a>, myself and +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/sponsors/#supporters">others</a> in +becoming a +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">supporter</a>. For the +next week your donation will be +<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/nov/27/black-friday/">matched</a> +by an anonymous donor. Please also consider asking your employer to +match your donation or become a sponsor of SFC. Don't forget to +spread the word about your support for SFC via email, your blog and or +social media accounts.</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p>I agree with Paul on this topic and just signed up as a Supporter +of Software Freedom Conservancy myself. Perhaps you should be a +supporter too?</p> + + + + + PGP key transition statement for key EE4E02F9 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/PGP_key_transition_statement_for_key_EE4E02F9.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/PGP_key_transition_statement_for_key_EE4E02F9.html + Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:50:00 +0100 + <p>I've needed a new OpenPGP key for a while, but have not had time to +set it up properly. I wanted to generate it offline and have it +available on <a href="http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/#openpgp">a OpenPGP +smart card</a> for daily use, and learning how to do it and finding +time to sit down with an offline machine almost took forever. But +finally I've been able to complete the process, and have now moved +from my old GPG key to a new GPG key. See +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-11-17-new-gpg-key-transition.txt">the +full transition statement, signed with both my old and new key</a> for +the details. This is my new key:</p> + +<pre> +pub 3936R/<a href="http://pgp.cs.uu.nl/stats/111D6B29EE4E02F9.html">111D6B29EE4E02F9</a> 2015-11-03 [expires: 2019-11-14] + Key fingerprint = 3AC7 B2E3 ACA5 DF87 78F1 D827 111D 6B29 EE4E 02F9 +uid Petter Reinholdtsen &lt;pere@hungry.com&gt; +uid Petter Reinholdtsen &lt;pere@debian.org&gt; +sub 4096R/87BAFB0E 2015-11-03 [expires: 2019-11-02] +sub 4096R/F91E6DE9 2015-11-03 [expires: 2019-11-02] +sub 4096R/A0439BAB 2015-11-03 [expires: 2019-11-02] +</pre> + +<p>The key can be downloaded from the OpenPGP key servers, signed by +my old key.</p> + +<p>If you signed my old key +(<a href="http://pgp.cs.uu.nl/stats/DB4CCC4B2A30D729.html">DB4CCC4B2A30D729</a>), +I'd very much appreciate a signature on my new key, details and +instructions in the transition statement. I m happy to reciprocate if +you have a similarly signed transition statement to present.</p> + + + Redegjørelse holdt i Pentagon om «Internet Governance og påvirkning på nasjonal sikkerhet» - klagesak hos Sivilombudsmannen http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Redegj_relse_holdt_i_Pentagon_om__Internet_Governance_og_p_virkning_p__nasjonal_sikkerhet____klagesak_hos_Sivilombudsmannen.html @@ -413,6 +559,8 @@ Sivilombudsmannen i OEP. Regner med at det dukker opp mer om noen dager, når Sivilombudsmannen har bedt om mer informasjon.</p> <p>Jeg venter spent på fortsettelsen.</p> + +<p>Oppdatering 2015-11-17: Innsynshenvendelsen og klagen har fått <a href="https://oep.no/search/result.html?period=none&dateType=documentDate&descType=both&caseNumber=2015%2F9816&senderType=both&documentType=all&list2=93&searchType=advanced&Search=S%C3%B8k+i+journaler">saksnummer 2015/9816</a> hos Utenriksdepartementet.</p>