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Re: Open Food Facts

by Maren Hachmann

I don't know - their app has tripled in size recently, so I had to uninstall it from my old device to keep at least *some* space open for taking photos...There wasn't even a changelog or reason given, just the odd increase in install size to 250 MB (from 80). The anti-features that f-droid lists may stem from the actual usage scenario... but I'll just keep reading the ingredients lists instead. Maren Am 03.02.25 um 16:22 schrieb LM: > If anyone's planning a Document Freedom Day or Software Freedom Day > event in Europe and especially if you're in France and you need some > guest speakers, I believe the Open Foods Facts project ( https:// > world.openfoodfacts.org/ <https://world.openfoodfacts.org/> ) could be a > great resource. They're working with an Open database and have Free > software including an app. They're project is about transparency with > food and cosmetic products throughout the world. If you're in an area > where there are Open Food Facts volunteers, they can give a talk about > their project at a DFD or SFD event. Some of the Open Foods Facts > volunteers organize events as well, so a joint DFD or SFD event with an > Open Food Facts event might be a possibility. If you're interested, you > can connect with someone at the Open Food Facts project at > support(a)openfoodfacts.org <mailto:support@openfoodfacts.org> or let me > know and I can make some introductions. > > I can't believe Document Freedom Day will be next month. It's coming up > very soon. Have a great Document Freedom Day. > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

Feb. 3, 2025

Open Food Facts

by LM

If anyone's planning a Document Freedom Day or Software Freedom Day event in Europe and especially if you're in France and you need some guest speakers, I believe the Open Foods Facts project ( https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ ) could be a great resource. They're working with an Open database and have Free software including an app. They're project is about transparency with food and cosmetic products throughout the world. If you're in an area where there are Open Food Facts volunteers, they can give a talk about their project at a DFD or SFD event. Some of the Open Foods Facts volunteers organize events as well, so a joint DFD or SFD event with an Open Food Facts event might be a possibility. If you're interested, you can connect with someone at the Open Food Facts project at support(a)openfoodfacts.org or let me know and I can make some introductions. I can't believe Document Freedom Day will be next month. It's coming up very soon. Have a great Document Freedom Day.

Feb. 3, 2025

Document Freedom Day registration

by LM

Want to register a local event for Document Freedom Day 2025? Here are some tips: If you don't already have an account on the digitalfreedoms.org site (not the same as the SFD site), register here: https://digitalfreedoms.org/log-in?view=registration Once registered and logged in, look at the Document Freedom Day menu near the top left of this page: https://digitalfreedoms.org/ The menu appears when you mouse over the first instance of the words Document Freedom Day. If you're holding your event at a new location, be sure to use the Add Location option. Click on Add Event in the menu to add the information to let people know about your event. More details on registering are available here: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/documentation/how-to-register If you have any questions, feel free to ask on this list. I'll be posting more about Document Freedom Day in the weeks counting down to the event. Hope you'll participate this year.

Jan. 7, 2025

Counting down to Document Freedom Day

by LM

Hope you had a great holiday season. Now that it's 2025, we're counting down to our next event, Document Freedom Day, on March 26th. To spark some interest for Document Freedom Day, I would like to put together some articles and posts about various topics related to the Free interchange of documents and other media formats. Please share your thoughts. What topics of interest regarding Free formats or Free content would you like to see discussed? On a related note, Public Domain Day was January 1st. archive.org is having a free virtual event to celebrate: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singin-in-the-public-domain-public-domain-day-… It's vital to have Free methods of sharing documents and media, but it helps to have entertaining Free content as well. Thank you.

Jan. 6, 2025

Re: November Writing Month

by LM

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM Zack wrote: > Please let me know how I can get involved. Thanks for volunteering. The first step is to go to https://writingmonth.org/ and sign up for Writing Month. You can choose your goal for the month. For instance, write 1 blog post in November. There's a section which says you can choose a buddy. Haven't tried it out, but I signed in as lmemsm. So, please let me know if you can add me as a buddy in that field or let me know your username at sign up and I'll see if I can add you. Thanks again for offering to participate and hope you have fun with your writing projects. I believe the Digital Freedom Foundation is also accepting guest blog posts on DFD, SFD and HFD related topics. If anyone needs a place to share their writing that may be a viable option.

Nov. 13, 2024

Re: November Writing Month

by Zack Fosdyck

Hi LM, I'm interested in joining the Writing Month project for Document Freedom Day. I think it's a great idea to use this challenge as a way to get the word out about these important days. I'm happy to write some blog posts, articles, or other content to help promote Document Freedom Day. I'm also open to working with others on a team project. Please let me know how I can get involved. Thanks & Take Care Now, Zac On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 7:08 AM LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you're familiar with NaNoWriMo, someone's started a FLOSS > alternative to it called Writing Month. You can sign up for it here: > https://writingmonth.org/ There is an option to write with buddies. > I thought it might be fun to do a writing project with blog posts for > Document Freedom Day. If anyone else would like to join in and help > get the word out for Document Freedom Day or Hardware or Software > Freedom Day, this provides a fun and novel way to do it. If you would > like to do some blog posts, articles, etc. as a team, let me know and > we can coordinate a project through the Writing Month challenge. > > Hope to hear from you. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

Nov. 12, 2024

November Writing Month

by LM

If you're familiar with NaNoWriMo, someone's started a FLOSS alternative to it called Writing Month. You can sign up for it here: https://writingmonth.org/ There is an option to write with buddies. I thought it might be fun to do a writing project with blog posts for Document Freedom Day. If anyone else would like to join in and help get the word out for Document Freedom Day or Hardware or Software Freedom Day, this provides a fun and novel way to do it. If you would like to do some blog posts, articles, etc. as a team, let me know and we can coordinate a project through the Writing Month challenge. Hope to hear from you.

Nov. 12, 2024

Re: Hardware Freedom Day 2025

by LM

On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 Julian H. Stacey wrote: > I suggest add: > http://www.networkupstools.org ... > If Linux people want to adopt CTM code too, welcome its public. Thanks for the links and suggestions. Enjoyed browsing the berklix.org site. It has some great resources. I've always liked the idea behind CTM and enjoyed reading your information on BSD. It's a great operating system. Sincerely, Laura

Oct. 20, 2024

Re: Hardware Freedom Day 2025

by Julian H. Stacey

LM wrote: > I know it's a bit early but Hardware Freedom Day 2025 ( > https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd/blog ) is in April (about 6 months > away). With all the recent hurricanes and power outages in the US, I > thought it would be interesting to investigate Open Hardware options > for dealing with off-the-grid emergency situations. So, I've started > a list of Open Hardware and Free Software resources for emergency > situations: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech > Also have some discussion going on about it on Mastodon: > https://fosstodon.org/@lmemsm/113306000552570651 > > If you have any suggestions to add to the list, please let me know. Thanks. I suggest add: http://www.networkupstools.org NUT S/W to run your UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies, etc) I run mine on on FreeBSD, but it runs on all BSD & Linux etc) https://www.mapfactor.com/en/ Android, Apple iOS & MS etc https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator GPS app runs on pre downloaded maps, no need of net. See column 3 for which don't need data via SIM ID, billing, tracking: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/android/maps.html Avoid Google eg map app & services, needing frequent net connection for them to purloin user data to feed ads. ( USA Gov. are long overdue to break up fined monopolist abuser Google http://www.berklix.com/search/#google Google block mail to @gmail @googlemail etc, until they extort unpaid admin time from sender sites to install SPF DKIM for google profit. ) Live net dependent services eg svn & git etc over ssh protocol etc, will be impacted by outages. Alternatives exist needing just intermittent SMTP, eg its still possible to receive FreeBSD source code repository updates by email http://ctm.berklix.org If Linux people want to adopt CTM code too, welcome its public. Cheers, -- Julian Stacey http://berklix.org/jhs/mail/ Gmail fails. Arm Ukraine. Contraception V. global warming.

Oct. 17, 2024

Hardware Freedom Day 2025

by LM

I know it's a bit early but Hardware Freedom Day 2025 ( https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd/blog ) is in April (about 6 months away). With all the recent hurricanes and power outages in the US, I thought it would be interesting to investigate Open Hardware options for dealing with off-the-grid emergency situations. So, I've started a list of Open Hardware and Free Software resources for emergency situations: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech Also have some discussion going on about it on Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@lmemsm/113306000552570651 If you have any suggestions to add to the list, please let me know. Thanks.

Oct. 15, 2024