Notices by Gijs Hillenius (gijs@post.hillenius.net)

I just explained to the EU #OpenSource Workshop why the "open" in open source and open #standards mean different things. The first indicates the work product is freely usable. The second indicates the standardisation process is accessible on equal terms by all.
Slides: https://send.meshed.link/download/c3488712774f761c/#I_1Rek5i2mtUT2MQAPJ37A

We're getting close to having edited captions for all 26 prerecorded #EmacsConf talks that speakers have uploaded so far, so we'll be able to stream them with open captions and publish transcripts on talk pages. Might have 13 talks be live, so we'll caption them afterwards. Yay for speakers and captioning volunteers! We start with automatically-generated captions, but since there are all these technical terms and command names, it's nice to have people care about getting things right.

Både EU og den tyske regering har oprettet deres egen Mastodon servere .

Hvad med Danmark? Vi bryster os af stærk offentlig IT, så burde myndighederne vel også komme på #fediverse

https://social.network.europa.eu/explore
https://social.bund.de/explore

#dkpol #dkmastodon

Prof Bart Jacobs: the Dutch public sector is too dependent on foreign firms (Google, Microsoft) for IT. He proposes:

The Dutch state should spend 1% of the budget of each IT project on open source projects and research.

Ist die #GPL, die GNU General Public License in Deutschland rechtlich durchsetzbar? In 2000 war ich an einem Verfahren (osCommerce v XTCommerce) beteiligt, wo das Landgericht Hamburg das eindeutig mit JA für die GPLv2 beantwortet hat.

Jetzt hat das Landgericht München genauso eindeutig JA zur GPLv3 gesagt.

In beiden Fällen übrigens die gleiche Anwaltskanzlei, JBB Jaschinski Biere Brexl aus Berlin :)

https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2022/chessbase-stockfish-agreement/

Franska utbildningsdepartementet säger nej till användning av Microsoft 365 och Google Workspace med hänvisning till GDPR, Schrems II domslutet samt fransk lagstiftning. Departmentet rekommenderar att institutioner använder samarbetssviter som erbjuds av tjänsteleverantörer som uteslutande omfattas av europeisk lagstiftning och "som är värd för uppgifterna inom Europeiska unionen och inte överför dem till USA".

https://siecledigital.fr/2022/11/17/le-ministre-de-leducation-nationale-ne-veut-pas-de-microsoft-office-365-ni-de-google-workspace/

Morning gang!
I've created an "on this day" service for long time Mastodon users.

Details: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/building-an-on-this-day-service-for-mastodon/

It uses the #MastodonAPI to look through your own posts and find what you wrote on this day in previous years.

It is command line only (for now). But the code is #OpenSource so feel free to build something more user friendly with it.

T-9 minutes and counting

French authorities declare the use of Microsoft Office and Google Docs illegal in schools and education markets, as they don’t follow GDPR and might disturb later competition by making students used to these proprietary solutions.

https://questions.assemblee-nationale.fr/q16/16-971QE.htm