X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/7635af9e81ff887d40c00bda5ecfa4153d0aaf51..60cf4038b4595024ff2b9c9216d6be05d4854776:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 5f77dd9863..31865c52a0 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,62 @@ https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Welcome out of prison, Mickey, hope you find some freedom! + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Welcome_out_of_prison__Mickey__hope_you_find_some_freedom_.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Welcome_out_of_prison__Mickey__hope_you_find_some_freedom_.html + Wed, 1 Jan 2025 20:45:00 +0100 + <p align="center"><img src="https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2024-01-01-mikke-verk-i-det-fri.jpeg"/></p> + +<p>Today, the animation figure Mickey Mouse finally was released from +the corporate copyright prison, as the 1928 movie +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie">Steamboat +Willie</a> entered the public domain in USA. Sadly the figure is +still on probation, thanks to trademark laws and a the Disney +corporations powerful pack of lawyers, as described in the 2017 article +in <a href="https://priceonomics.com/how-mickey-mouse-evades-the-public-domain/">"How +Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain"</a> from Priceonomics. On the +positive side, the primary driver for repeated extentions of the +duration of copyright has been Disney thanks to Mickey Mouse and the +2028 movie, and as it now in the public domain I hope it will cause +less urge to extend the already unreasonable long copyright +duration.</p> + +<p>The first book I published, the 2004 book <a +href="https://free-culture.cc/">"Free Culture" by Lawrence Lessig</a>, +<a href="https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/publisher/#frikultur">published +2015 in English, French and Norwegian Bokmål</a>, touch on the story +of Disney pushed for extending the copyright duration in USA. It is a +great book explaining problems with the current copyright regime and +why we need Creative Commons movement, and I strongly recommend +everyone to read it.</p> + +<p>This movie (with +<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019422/">IMDB ID tt0019422</a>) +is now available from the Internet Archive. Two copies have been +uploaded so far, one uploaded +<a href="https://archive.org/details/SteamboatWillie">2015-11-04</a> +(<a href="https://archive.org/download/SteamboatWillie/SteamboatWillie_archive.torrent">torrent</a>) +and the other +<a href="https://archive.org/details/steamboat-willie-mickey">2023-01-01</a> +(<a href="https://archive.org/download/steamboat-willie-mickey/steamboat-willie-mickey_archive.torrent">torrent</a>). +I am very happy to see +<a href="https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Legal_to_share_more_than_16_000_movies_listed_on_IMDB_.html">the +number of public domain movies</a> increasing. I look forward to +when those are the majority. Perhaps it will reduce the urge of the +copyright industry to control its customers.</p> + +<p>A more +<a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/">comprehensive +list of works entering the public domain in 2024</a> is available from +the Public Domain Review.</p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> + + + VLC bittorrent plugin still going strong, new upload 2.14-4 https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/VLC_bittorrent_plugin_still_going_strong__new_upload_2_14_4.html @@ -1429,49 +1485,6 @@ issues in Free Software</a> and the <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-privacy">#debian-privacy IRC channel</a> discussing these topics.</p> - - - - - wmbusmeters, parse data from your utility meter - nice free software - https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/wmbusmeters__parse_data_from_your_utility_meter___nice_free_software.html - https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/wmbusmeters__parse_data_from_your_utility_meter___nice_free_software.html - Fri, 19 May 2023 21:50:00 +0200 - <p>There is a European standard for reading utility meters like water, -gas, electricity or heat distribution meters. The -<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter-Bus">Meter-Bus standard -(EN 13757-2, EN 13757-3 and EN 13757–4)</a> provide a cross vendor way -to talk to and collect meter data. I ran into this standard when I -wanted to monitor some heat distribution meters, and managed to find -free software that could do the job. The meters in question broadcast -encrypted messages with meter information via radio, and the hardest -part was to track down the encryption keys from the vendor. With this -in place I could set up a MQTT gateway to submit the meter data for -graphing.</p> - -<p>The free software systems in question, -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rtl-wmbus">rtl-wmbus</a> to -read the messages from a software defined radio, and -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/wmbusmeters">wmbusmeters</a> to -decrypt and decode the content of the messages, is working very well -and allowe me to get frequent updates from my meters. I got in touch -with upstream last year to see if there was any interest in publishing -the packages via Debian. I was very happy to learn that Fredrik -Öhrström volunteered to maintain the packages, and I have since -assisted him in getting Debian package build rules in place as well as -sponsoring the packages into the Debian archive. Sadly we completed -it too late for them to become part of the next stable Debian release -(Bookworm). The wmbusmeters package just cleared the NEW queue. It -will need some work to fix a built problem, but I expect Fredrik will -find a solution soon.</p> - -<p>If you got a infrastructure meter supporting the Meter Bus -standard, I strongly recommend having a look at these nice -packages.</p> - -<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my -activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address -<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>