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CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 20/06/25 07:29:45
Modified files:
education :
remote-education-children-freedom-privacy-at-stake.html
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education/po :
remote-education-children-freedom-privacy-at-stake.pot
remote-education-children-freedom-privacy-at-stake.translist
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+# LANGUAGE translation of
https://www.gnu.org/education/remote-education-children-freedom-privacy-at-stake.html
+# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the original article.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: remote-education-children-freedom-privacy-at-stake.html\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-06-25 11:25+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. type: Content of: <title>
+msgid ""
+"Remote Education: My Children's Freedom and Privacy at Stake - GNU Project - "
+"Free Software Foundation"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><a>
+msgid "<a id=\"side-menu-button\" class=\"switch\" href=\"#navlinks\">"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'title' of: <div><a><img>
+msgid "Education Contents"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'alt' of: <div><a><img>
+msgid " [Education Contents] "
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><div>
+msgid "</a>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p><a>
+msgid "<a href=\"/\">"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'title' of: <div><p><a><img>
+msgid "GNU Home"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid ""
+"</a> / <a href=\"/education/education.html\">Education</a> / <a "
+"href=\"/education/resisting-proprietary-software.html\"> "
+"Resistance</a> / <a "
+"href=\"/education/successful-resistance-against-nonfree-software.html\"> "
+"Successful resistance</a> /"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><h2>
+msgid "Remote Education: My Children's Freedom and Privacy at Stake"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid ""
+"by Javier Sepúlveda <a href=\"#sepulveda\" "
+"id=\"sepulveda-rev\"><sup>[*]</sup></a>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"At the beginning of March 2020, we started to hear worrisome news about the "
+"spread of COVID-19 in Spain. Within days, all public events, conferences<a "
+"href=\"#conferences\">[1]</a> and gatherings were disallowed. Even a "
+"traditional celebration historically held in this period, the "
+"<cite>Falles</cite><a href=\"#falles\">[2]</a>, was canceled."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Next came the stay-at-home order from the government and the indefinite "
+"suspension of all in-person educational activities. Teaching had to go "
+"online, but were schools, colleges and universities prepared for this? The "
+"answer is no. In order to switch to remote education, they needed "
+"videoconferencing platforms, communication systems and servers they did not "
+"always have. And this is where the problem starts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Educational institutions began to choose whatever they needed unilaterally "
+"and independently. Each teacher, school or university picked a different "
+"program or platform on the spur of the moment, basing their choices on the "
+"sole criteria of practicality and popularity of the software. Far more "
+"important factors, such as the freedom and privacy of their "
+"students—or their own—were left aside. Students and parents had "
+"no say, it was a take-it-or-leave-it approach."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Why were hundreds of students being condemned to use software that is unfair "
+"to them? Why should all data (voice, images, videos, handwritten documents) "
+"be owned by a company? The price of proprietary systems is the surrender of "
+"our freedom. It is the voice of our children and their image on "
+"video—everything is recorded on third-party servers for later analysis "
+"and exploitation. Too high a price to pay."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid "The situation was unacceptable. It was time to say <em>NO</em>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "My children's schools"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Marta (10) and Javi (12) attend public schools in San Antonio de Benagéber, "
+"Valencia, for their compulsory education. Apart from that, they are involved "
+"in extracurricular activities at three different private institutions. Marta "
+"takes elementary clarinet classes at the local non-profit Music Association "
+"(to which I provide web and email hosting.) Javi takes trumpet lessons at "
+"the Professional Conservatory of Music to prepare for admission to higher "
+"music studies in that institution. They both also attend a local English "
+"Academy."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "My fight"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"For my moral grounds, I cannot let my children use nonfree software. I was "
+"determined to fight, but how? I was alone in this, and still under "
+"quarantine. I realized I could help people cope with the emergency by "
+"offering solutions I could easily find in my field of knowledge: free "
+"software they could use for their specific needs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"But I also realized the task was not easy. It was necessary to start with "
+"small steps, realistic goals. With the private schools, I thought, they "
+"should be more inclined to listen, since there I am not only a parent, but "
+"also a paying costumer. And at Marta's Music Association I was also their "
+"server provider, so surely they would trust my opinion on issues related to "
+"information technology."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><blockquote><p>
+msgid ""
+"<em>“A walk of a thousand miles consists of lots of steps. Each time "
+"you don't install some nonfree program, or decide not to run it that day, "
+"that is a step towards your own freedom.”</em> (Richard "
+"Stallman, <a href=\"/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html\"> Saying No to "
+"unjust computing even once is help</a>)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "The first step"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"When a professor from Marta's music school called me to invite me to create "
+"a Skype account for my daughter's lessons, I said, “Have you read the "
+"terms and conditions of that service? Skype is widely known software, but "
+"that doesn't mean it's the best choice. Have you heard about Jitsi? I can "
+"help you. I will send you all the information right now with an explanation "
+"on how to use it so that you can try it. It's also free/libre software, it "
+"does not intercept communications and it does not collect or store any "
+"data.” Very enthusiastically, he replied, “Thank you, I really "
+"appreciate your advice.”"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"I immediately emailed him all the necessary information, complete with "
+"detailed instructions he might need to get started. Two days later, I "
+"received an email from the school principal thanking me and saying that <a "
+"href=\"https://www.socmusab.es/noticias/escuela-de-musica-clases-on-line-mas-justas-y-seguras/\";>
"
+"all teachers and students had agreed to use Jitsi</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"I was amazed. By being positive and showing my intention to help, I got the "
+"school teacher to understand and listen to my advice."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><div><a>
+msgid "<a href=\"/education/misc/jitsi-marta-espejo.png\">"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'alt' of: <div><div><div><a><img>
+msgid ""
+"Screenshot showing Marta and her teacher during a clarinet lesson over "
+"Jitsi."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><div><p>
+msgid "Marta takes a clarinet lesson over Jitsi."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "The second step"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid "Results were not as immediate at the English Academy."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"When they decided to go online, they surprised me with a call to say I "
+"needed to open a Skype account for my children's first remote class, which "
+"was due the following day. There was no time. There was no way out. Either "
+"that, or the kids would miss their lessons. I accepted—for the moment."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Later that day, I engaged in what seemed a never ending battle with them. To "
+"make my case, I first sent them a well reasoned and informative letter. I "
+"reminded them that Skype is owned by Microsoft, a company that develops "
+"freedom-denying software, and explained what free/libre software is. I "
+"mentioned the abusive clauses in the company's terms of service, among "
+"which: Microsoft records and analyzes conversations, and it can hand that "
+"data over to other companies. I suggested to replace Skype with Jitsi and "
+"offered to help. I even said my children would quit the institution unless "
+"it changed to a free/libre platform."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"They did not respond. They were forcing almost one hundred students, their "
+"teachers and their parents to open a Microsoft account in order to use a "
+"piece of software that takes advantage of them. They were failing to see the "
+"seriousness of the issue, dazzled as they were by an impressive display of "
+"misleading information about the software they considered to be "
+"“well-known,” thus good."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"I resent my email to the principal of the school, and this time I forwarded "
+"it to teachers as well. I waited. I called them and talked to them at "
+"length. Once again, I made it clear I would withdraw my children from their "
+"school unless they changed that software."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Eventually they understood my position and became aware of the dangers of "
+"Skype. They finally agreed to use Jitsi!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "The third step"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"In the meantime, after two weeks of staying at home, Javi was taking his "
+"trumpet classes over Skype. At the next lesson, I sat next to my son and "
+"spoke to the teacher. I began by thanking him for his work, since Javi was "
+"making progress despite the difficult situation. Then I mentioned my "
+"concern about privacy and other issues that these nonfree programs "
+"present. I told him pretty much the same things I had told the other "
+"teachers. He was surprised, “I didn't know about this! Is there any "
+"other program we can use?” So I invited him to use <a "
+"href=\"https://videoconferencia.valenciatech.com/\";> my Jitsi server</a>, to "
+"avoid interruptions and guarantee the best sound quality."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Since then, Javi takes his trumpet lessons on Jitsi. The teacher then asked "
+"me if he could use the same server with <em>all</em> his trumpet students "
+"and I agreed, of course. The purpose of that server is to help anyone who "
+"may need it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><div><a>
+msgid "<a href=\"/education/misc/jitsi-javi-garcia.png\">"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Attribute 'alt' of: <div><div><div><a><img>
+msgid "Screenshot showing Javi and his teacher during a trumpet lesson over
Jitsi."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><div><p>
+msgid "Javi takes a trumpet lesson over Jitsi."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "Going forward"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"I managed to raise awareness about freedom and privacy issues and expand the "
+"use of free software in my community. More than two hundred people in town "
+"are now using Jitsi. But I want to do more, I want to keep walking. For one "
+"thing, I want to reach the local public schools, knowing beforehand what a "
+"challenge that is."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"I will keep fighting nonfree software, specially in schools, armed with the "
+"resources I have at hand: my servers, on which I have installed free/libre "
+"high quality platforms for everyone to use, such as <a "
+"href=\"https://docs.valenciatech.com/\";>Etherpad</a>, <a "
+"href=\"https://bbb.valenciatech.com\";>BigBlueButton</a>, and the Jitsi "
+"server I mentioned before. Right now many people are using them, so I am "
+"soon going to upgrade the hardware to allow more simultaneous connections "
+"without loosing quality."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"What is most important, I am armed with knowledge about the <a "
+"href=\"/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html\"> philosophical "
+"foundations</a> of the Free Software Movement and the increasingly "
+"significant role that software plays in our daily lives."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
+msgid "Thanks"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Thanks to my mentor, Richard Stallman, whose support and encouragement "
+"helped me become aware of the value of my efforts. Thanks to him for urging "
+"me to share my experience with the Free Software Foundation, and to the FSF "
+"for mentioning my work among others they included in an article about <a "
+"href=\"https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/remote-education-does-not-require-giving-up-rights-to-freedom-and-privacy\";>
"
+"freedom and privacy in remote education</a>. Thanks to Dora Scilipoti from "
+"the <a href=\"/education/edu-team.html\">GNU Education Team</a>, for her "
+"precious advice and help in writing this text."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h4>
+msgid "Author's Notes"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ol><li>
+msgid ""
+"With help from the GNU/Linux Users Group of Valencia, I had organized a "
+"series of Richard Stallman's speeches in several areas of Spain from March "
+"22 to 26. They all had to be canceled."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><ol><li>
+msgid ""
+"More information about the <a "
+"href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falles\";><cite>Falles</cite></a> and "
+"the rare moments in history when this old event was suspended."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><h4>
+msgid "Footnote"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"<a href=\"#sepulveda-rev\" id=\"sepulveda\">[*]</a> Javier Sepúlveda is an "
+"Industrial Design and Computer Science Engineer. He is the founder and "
+"executive director of VALENCIATECH, a server administration company that "
+"runs and offers exclusively free software. He is a <a "
+"href=\"/people/speakers.html#Sepulveda\">GNU speaker</a> and free software "
+"advocate."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Photos courtesy of Javier Sepúlveda. Licensed under <a rel=\"license\" "
+"href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/\";> Creative Commons "
+"Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't have notes.
+#. type: Content of: <div><div>
+msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a "
+"href=\"mailto:gnu@gnu.org\";><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a "
+"href=\"/contact/\">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. Broken links and "
+"other corrections or suggestions can be sent to <a "
+"href=\"mailto:webmasters@gnu.org\";><webmasters@gnu.org></a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+#. replace it with the translation of these two:
+#
+#. We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+#. translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+#. Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+#. to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org";>
+#
+#. <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p>
+#
+#. <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
+#. our web pages, see <a
+#. href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+#. README</a>.
+#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
+msgid ""
+"Please see the <a "
+"href=\"/server/standards/README.translations.html\">Translations README</a> "
+"for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this "
+"article."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid "Copyright © 2020 Francisco Javier Sepúlveda Sanchis"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid ""
+"This page is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" "
+"href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/\";>Creative Commons "
+"Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't want credits.
+#. type: Content of: <div><div>
+msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S CREDITS*"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. timestamp start
+#. type: Content of: <div><p>
+msgid "Updated:"
+msgstr ""
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+<p>
+<span dir="ltr" class="original">[en] <a lang="en" hreflang="en"
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</span>
+</p>
+</div>' -->
+<link rel="alternate" type="text/html"
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