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IRC Announcement
by Nick Bebout 28 May '21

28 May '21

Since its beginnings, the Fedora Project has used the freenode IRC network for our project communications. Due to a variety of recent changes to that network, the Fedora Project is moving our IRC communications to Libera.Chat. If you are a current IRC user, please go and register your nick(s) on Libera.Chat ( https://libera.chat/guides/registration#registering ) and rejoin the #fedora related channels you wish to. You can take this opportunity to choose a new secure password and make sure you are connecting via SSL. There is good documentation about choosing an IRC client at https://libera.chat/guides/clients If you are a Matrix user, we ask for your patience as we get bridges setup on the new network. If you were joined to rooms via the generic freenode bridge, you will need to leave them and rejoin the fedora rooms in matrix (which will be plumbed with the Libera channels) As of 2021-05-28 our official IRC presence is on irc.libera.chat. Many Fedora channels have moved over and are ready on Libera.Chat. However, less-used channels have not be automatically setup. If you need a specific #fedora-* IRC channel setup, please file a ticket at http://pagure.io/irc requesting the channel. New channels should have the same name as they did on freenode. For example: #fedora, #fedora-admin, #fedora-devel, and #fedora-join. If you would like a fedora IRC ‘cloak’ you can request it at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiberaCloaks (an IRC cloak obfuscates your client host address and shows ‘fedora’ instead). Please note that cloaks are not foolproof, there are ways for people to still get your IP, but they do make it more difficult for people to obtain your IP. Also, look for upcoming exciting announcements around Fedora’s Matrix presence. nb

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Fedora elections voting now open
by Ben Cotton 28 May '21

28 May '21

Voting in the Fedora Linux 34 elections is now open. Go to the Elections app[1] to cast your vote. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on Thursday 3 June. Don't forget to claim your "I Voted" badge when you cast your ballot. Links to candidate interviews are in the Elections app and on the Community Blog[2]. [1] https://elections.fedoraproject.org/ [2] https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f34-elections-voting-now-open/ -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Fedora Program Manager Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis

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Fedora Linux 32 End Of Life
by Mohan Boddu 26 May '21

26 May '21

Hello all, As of the 25th of May 2021, Fedora Linux 32 has reached its end of life for updates and support. No further updates, including security updates, will be available for Fedora 32. All the updates that are currently in testing won't get pushed to stable. Fedora 33 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 35. The maintenance schedule of Fedora releases is documented on the Fedora Project wiki [0]. The Fedora Project wiki also contains instructions [1] on how to upgrade from a previous release of Fedora to a version receiving updates. Mohan Boddu. [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle#Maintenance_Schedu… [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/

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Fedora's default license for content is now CC BY-SA 4.0
by Matthew Miller 13 May '21

13 May '21

The Fedora Project Contributor Agreement (FPCA) [1], which all Fedora contributors sign, exists to make sure that everything in the project is licensed in accordance with our “Freedom” value. The FPCA includes a provision which allows the Council to update the default license for either “code” or “content”: The Fedora Council may, by public announcement, subsequently designate an additional or alternative default license for a given category of Contribution (a “Later Default License”). A Later Default License shall be chosen from the appropriate categorical sublist of Acceptable Licenses For Fedora. The Fedora Council has approved [2] a change [3] from from the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license for material classified as “content”. This message is the official public announcement of that change, which is effective as of today, the 13th of May 2021. This license applies to content (not code) submitted to Fedora that does not have an explicit license attached. The FPCA is not a copyright assignment, and does not override the explicit license choices of contributors or upstream projects. 1. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Fedora_Project_Contributor_Agreement 2. https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/355 3. https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/policy-proposal-update-default-cont… -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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Fedora election nominations are now open
by Ben Cotton 06 May '21

06 May '21

Now through 12 May, you may nominate candidates for * Fedora Council: 1 seat * Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo): 4 seats * Fedora Mindshare Committee: 1 seat To nominate yourself (or others, if you check with them first), visit: (Council) https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations (FESCo) https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations (Mindshare) https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Nominations For more information, see the Community Blog post: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f34-elections-nominations-now-open/ -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis

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