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Distro-Hopping – Was ist das und warum machen das Linux User?

Von:MK
15. November 2024 um 17:30

Bist Du schon länger mit Linux unterwegs, dann hast Du sicher schon mal den Begriff „Distro Hopping“ oder „Distrohopper“ gehört. Doch was hat es damit auf sich? Wieso gibt es das? Solltest Du Dir vielleicht Gedanken machen wenn Du ein Distrohopper bist? Das klären wir in diesem Beitrag. Distro-Hopping: Eine tiefere Betrachtung Klären wir zunächst, […]

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Podcast: Distro-Hopping – Was ist das und warum machen das Linux User?

Von:MK
15. November 2024 um 17:30

Hast du bereits Erfahrung mit Linux, dann ist dir der Begriff „Distro-Hopping“ oder „Distrohopper“ wahrscheinlich schon begegnet. Aber was steckt eigentlich dahinter? Warum gibt es dieses Phänomen, und ist es vielleicht ein Grund zur Sorge, wenn du selbst ein Distrohopper bist?

Der Beitrag Podcast: Distro-Hopping – Was ist das und warum machen das Linux User? erschien zuerst auf fosstopia.

LibreOffice 24.8.3 erschienen

Von:MK
15. November 2024 um 07:15

Die Document Foundation hat LibreOffice 24.8.3 veröffentlicht. Dieses dritte Wartungsupdate der LibreOffice 24.8 Serie behebt insgesamt 88 Fehler. Ziel des Updates ist es, die Stabilität und Zuverlässigkeit der beliebten Open-Source-Office-Suite weiter zu verbessern. Diese Aktualisierung erscheint anderthalb Monate nach LibreOffice 24.8.2 und behebt diverse Abstürze und andere gemeldete Probleme. Zudem wurde die Unterstützung für das […]

Der Beitrag LibreOffice 24.8.3 erschienen erschien zuerst auf fosstopia.

REUSE makes software licensing as easy as one-two-three

13. November 2024 um 23:00

REUSE makes software licensing as easy as one-two-three

REUSE Specification 3.3 and REUSE tool 5.0.0 are released today, making it even easier to license your code as Free Software. REUSE provides all the tools and documentation that developers need to apply standards-compliant and comprehensive licensing information to their projects, without needing to be a legal expert.

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) started REUSE in 2017 to make licensing easy, comprehensive, unambiguous, and machine-readable. This toolkit consists of a specification that standardises licensing, a tool that helps achieve and verify compliance with the specification, and documentation that helps developers through the process.

Today, the REUSE Project announced the release of specification version 3.3 and tool version 5.0.0. These releases follow closely on the heels of the 3.2 release this past summer, which introduced the 'REUSE.toml', a configuration file which allows easy and precise licensing annotations of other files in a project.

In this new 3.3 update, the specification builds on version 3.2 by incorporating additional refinements, some of those small tweaks proposed by the community.

The new release of the tool comes with bug fixes, performance improvements, and the ability to lint individual files instead of the entire project.

How does REUSE work?

The core idea behind REUSE is really simple. First, choose and provide your licences. Second, add copyright and licensing information to each file. And finally, confirm REUSE compliance using the tool. REUSE makes adding copyright and licensing information as simple as possible, using industry-standard System Package Data Exchange (SPDX) tags that are easily parsed by many tools.

Each file needs just two tags, one for copyright and one for licensing.

By making licensing so comprehensive, the reuse of code becomes a lot simpler, hence the project’s name. If a third party finds some REUSE-compliant code that they like, they can easily find the copyright and licensing, and they can in practice just copy the file to their own project without losing any information. In the past, re-users of code would have often had to guess a file’s licensing from incomplete or ambiguous information. But with REUSE, this process becomes trivial, and the developer’s Free Software is much more easily propagated.

A community standard

REUSE is steadily being adopted by more and more projects. In 2020, KDE became one of the biggest Free Software communities to adopt REUSE as their licensing policy, after the Linux kernel in 2017. Other big adopters since then are Weblate, the Rust programming language, Nextcloud, curl, the Khronos Group, the German Aerospace Center, and many others. Software Heritage has begun recommending REUSE as a way to prepare projects for archival.

“An approach such as REUSE makes it much easier to follow an established good practice… I do not have to think where to put a specific information such as the license files as REUSE gives me clear advice. In addition, REUSE helps me to check whether I accidentally missed something. Such tools are really, really important because they bring a standard into practice.” Tobias Schlauch, German Aerospace Center

Under the current system of copyright, software is non-free by default. As such, licensing is the backbone that enables software to be free. REUSE helps the Free Software community do this as clearly and as simply as possible.

Adopting REUSE is fortunately easier than ever. The tutorial walks developers through the three steps, and the FAQ answers all questions about copyright, about licensing, and about REUSE. If you need more motivations for adopting REUSE, this FAQ entry goes into more depth.

The REUSE project thrives thanks to the community and all those who support and adopt it! Contributions from our FSFE supporters enable us to continue developing REUSE and drive forward our other important initiatives. By becoming an FSFE supporter, you join a network of individuals who ensure our long-term impact. You can also help by asking your company to join the REUSE sponsors.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 veröffentlicht

Von:MK
14. November 2024 um 09:00

Red Hat hat das Update 9.5 für sein Betriebssystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) veröffentlicht. Diese Version bringt einige neue Funktionen, die den Betrieb in Unternehmensumgebungen vereinfachen sollen. Angetrieben von Kernel 5.14, liegt der Fokus auf der Reduzierung von Komplexität und der Verbesserung von Tools für Entwickler und Systemadministratoren. Eine wichtige Änderung betrifft die Anwendungspakete: […]

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Wero: Europäische Paypal Alternative

Von:MK
13. November 2024 um 19:51

Wero, ein neues europäisches Zahlungssystem, wurde durch die European Payments Initiative (EPI) entwickelt. Es soll eine europäische Alternative zu PayPal und Apple Pay sein und als digitale Wallet Smartphone- und Konto-Transaktionen in Europa erleichtern. Im Gegensatz zu Banküberweisungen benötigen Wero-Nutzer keine lange IBAN. Für Echtzeit-Transaktionen reicht die Handynummer oder E-Mail-Adresse des Empfängers. Wero wird zunächst […]

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EU consultation confirms demand: long-term funding for Free Software is needed

12. November 2024 um 23:00

EU consultation confirms demand: long-term funding for Free Software is needed

The FSFE called on the community to participate in a consultation on the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme and demanded long-term sustainable funding for Free Software after recent budget cuts. Results show its success.

In response to the European Commission's €27 million budget cut for Free Software projects this summer, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has been demanding sustainable, long-term funding for Software Freedom. Last September, the FSFE participated in the European Commission’s public consultation on the Digital Europe Programme’s interim evaluation. FSFE stressed that reliable long-term funding for Free Software is essential to drive Europe’s digitization efforts towards sovereignty and control over technology.

The results of the interim evaluation were presented today, and they show that the FSFE’s call to action, based on our answers, was heard. Nearly 800 answers were received, —an unusually high number for such consultations. In the open-ended responses, participants highlighted Free Software as a vital component of Europe’s digital future. Additionally, many respondents highlighted Free Software’s role in enhancing cross-border collaboration and argued that stable, dedicated funding for Software Freedom would maximize the impact and value of Europe’s digital agenda. This feedback not only emphasizes the importance of Free Software and its sustainable funding for European digital policy, but also demonstrates the value of public input and the need to provide citizens with meaningful tools to share their opinions.

“The strong response from the public underscores what the FSFE has been pointing out for years: Free Software is an essential tool for a sovereign, transparent, collaborative, and innovative digital Europe. Therefore Software Freedom must be supported with long-term funding", says Alexander Sander, FSFE Senior Policy Consultant.

The FSFE would like to thank everyone who contributed to the consultation. Let’s keep working together for a sustainable funding model for Free Software in Europe! More details on this important issue will be covered in our next episode of the Software Freedom Podcast and on fsfe.org. Stay tuned!

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