• Jolteon@lemmy.zipEnglish
      182·
      7 days ago

      Haven’t they also been trying to put back doors into everything for the last decade?

      • themurphy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        211·
        7 days ago

        EU is democratic, which also means everyone can propose a law. Never have EU put a backdoor into anything, but its true that there have been law proposals for it.

        Never voted through.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          38·
          7 days ago

          EU is not democratic. EU’s ruling entities are formed by governments of member countries. Which are supposedly democratic.

          And about never voted through - sometimes putting pressure is enough.

          • unautrenom@jlai.luEnglish
            7·
            7 days ago

            EU Commission and Council are indeed not elected directly, but the Parliement who propose and vote laws is. The way it works is similar to a parlementary republic (where coalitions of parties that includes >50% of MEPs make a governement together).

            It’s as democratic as democratic gets on that scale.

            • ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.mlEnglish
              15·
              7 days ago

              The EU isn’t democratic. As opposed to national parliamentary democracies, the European parliament has barely any power compared to the commission which has no democratic legitimacy.

              It’s as democratic as democratic gets on that scale.

              That is also completely false. There are numerous proposals that would make the EU more democratic, but that’s obviously against the interest of the incumbent neoliberal elite.

      • themurphy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        8 days ago

        EU could potentially make a group category like for Norway or Switzerland, and then take in other countries all around the world to cooperate more and stand together with the EU on some issues.

        Canada would be a great candidate. Maybe even Australia, but I dont really know anything about their politics.

          • blind3rdeye@lemm.eeEnglish
            101·
            8 days ago

            It does kind of feel like the UN could use a refresh. In particular, the veto powers given to certain countries feels bad. There may be good reasons for that system, but the system is not good - and the details of the reasons have definitely shifted over time such that the choice of countries with veto power is now highly questionable.

  • dwazou@jlai.luOPEnglish
    115·
    8 days ago

    To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats and employees can’t be reprimanded they use them.

    This isn’t the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. Gimp has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.

      • addie@feddit.ukEnglish
        12·
        7 days ago

        Once you start Vim, you don’t even need to activate the lock screen when you leave your desk. Ain’t no-one going to be using that machine for anything nefarious any more.

    • mke@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      It’s still nice! A bit of recognition, legitimacy, and although it’s not funding, it might be a small step towards it. I see many great works, that stand tall on their own. More eyes will only make them shine even brighter.

      Thanks, Fr*nce.

    • Noja@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      251·
      7 days ago

      Nobody should ever use the internet without uBlock Origin.

      • Minizarbi@jlai.luEnglish
        6·
        7 days ago

        But also, I’d like we should be able to use internet without having to use uBlock Origin…

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          7 days ago

          Yeah, whenever I hear people complaining about ads, I’m like “You guys are seeing ads?!”

          I could understand if you needed to be some 1337 hacker to block ads, but uBlock is one of the easiest extensions I’ve ever used. You just set it and forget it. There’s zero configuration you need to do.

          Of course, if there’s some ad that slips past, then you need to do some hacking, but that almost never happens nowadays.

          • SHEN SHAK RAK@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            I know the answer. People is lazy unless they have interest in it. Everybody wants happiness biologically but nobody makes a move to have it. People hate Windows, tries to remove Edge, make performance settings, use 3rd party awful things to improve Windows, but nobody gives any other OS a try. Same thing for the browsers, extensions like that etc. People think its matrix-ish and something weirdo. Who would use Matrix instead of Discord? Who would use any FF fork instead of Opera GX or Chrome? Who would use Lemmy and any ActivityPub media instead of Meta products or Reddit etc. We are full of prejudice, and dont want to move out from the comfort zone. We dont want to make a important choice for our privacy-safety unless it become viral in TikTok.

          • pablodaniel@lemmings.worldEnglish
            2·
            7 days ago

            It’s a cultural problem.

            Most people won’t install adblockers unless they’re around others to tell/show them how.

  • blind3rdeye@lemm.eeEnglish
    401·
    8 days ago

    The full list: https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list

    Hold on. That page does not list VLC or KeePass. Is there more info about this other than the list? Or is the info in the title of this post incorrect?

    [edit]

    I see now. The page does not list VLC or KeePass, but those two both do come up if you put them into the search box. The software listed on the page is a very long list, but it is apparently on the ‘most popular’ stuff - not the entire list. (Although it is strange to see a heap of niche stuff, and stuff I’ve never heard of on the ‘most popular’ list while VLC doesn’t make the cut.)

    I’m not sure this list is a very strong endorsement by the French Government. It seems to just be listing free software options, and then asking other people to sign up to say which ones they use.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      7 days ago

      Probably due to it being a media player vs a list of productivity apps?
      I feel like most would forget about VLC until they notice the traffic cone is missing.

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Using the find function on my phone browser doesn’t find it but it does come up when manually scrolling and as long as you don’t move too far the find works. I’m thinking there is some sort of rendering magic going on, would explain why scrolling is so fast.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
    331·
    8 days ago

    Redis is also on the list, but not Valkey. Gitea is on the list, but not Forgejo. Still nice to see governments endorsing the open-source-ish software they know and FOSS principles, though!

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      13·
      8 days ago

      I imagine the list will be dynamic. Those projects might be on a list somewhere, just haven’t been vetted yet by their standards. Start with the source projects, then dive through the forks.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      To be fair, I know redis and gitea (barely, gitlab is way more popular) and not the other two. Enterprise support and name recognition are quite important for government usage.

      • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
        2·
        7 days ago

        Valkey was created recently as Redis changed their license, having clauses which made the user choose between being “discriminatory against users of the software that use proprietary software within their stack, as the license requires the open-sourcing of every part interacting with the service, which under these circumstances might not be possible” or being non-commercial. Forgejo was created when Gitea decided to go the JetBrains route a few years ago. It’s since absorbed Gitea’s clout.

        • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          The simple answer: nobody is actually reading any of these licenses. I run into the problem constantly and even people who should know better do not (most of our IT staff for example…)

          • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
            1·
            7 days ago

            Yeah, and you have to pay for that. Lots of open source software have enterprise support and usage limit licenses but having to pay for something isn’t open source. I am personally ambivalent at non-commercial licenses but I agree that the restriction against using proprietary software with Redis in commercial usage is kinda bad.

            • Tja@programming.devEnglish
              2·
              7 days ago

              Of course you have to pay for a commercial license, it’s in the name. Development, tooling, support, etc, all costs money.

              I like the distinction. If you want to profit from open source, make your code open source. If not, pay up.

    • Mouette@jlai.luEnglish
      25·
      7 days ago

      They are not only no funding but largely not using it in practice and letting most public institution spent billions in Microsoft Office 365 contract

      • NotJohnSmith@feddit.ukEnglish
        10·
        8 days ago

        If they really want to boil our piss, put “English (American)” as the only option. Or or, a little American flag next to “English”. Oo, I’m engaging myself right now.

    • Kuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      It changes the UI text of the website, such as filters, titles, and sorting options, but not the descriptions.

      I can’t decide which is worse, a functioning language switch that never included English for the descriptions (which is the only text I actually need translated) or a broken language switch. The way it switches languages is also quite odd, as if it’s asking, ‘Are you sure?’"