From 8c9d4df9ec6374c1c03f8129cb06a78e8be3e720 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Engelbrecht Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:36:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] updates to Amin Bandali's slides --- ...libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web-slides.txt | 311 ------------------ 1 file changed, 311 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Amin_Bandali/libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web-slides.txt diff --git a/Amin_Bandali/libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web-slides.txt b/Amin_Bandali/libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web-slides.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3e9724f..0000000 --- a/Amin_Bandali/libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web-slides.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,311 +0,0 @@ -the net beyond the web - -libreplanet 2022 - -bandali@gnu.org - -goal: share some thoughts, spark discussion - -net ?= web - -[inter]net: interconnected network of networks - -where - -the networks and the devices comprising them -use tcp/ip to communicate with each other - -web: is part of the internet - -consists of websites, like - - https://www.gnu.org - -which consist of webpages, like - - https://www.gnu.org/gnu/about-gnu.html - -which are written in html - -html + css - - - - -... + javascript - -web initially a method/protocol for sharing - -documents, information, media, ... - - -example: the first website (still accessible): - -http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html - -aside: shout out and thanks to - -wayback machine - https://web.archive.org - -early on: - -small websites consisting entirely of text - -and a bit later images/photos as well - -joan stark (jgs) - -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Stark - - -Veronica Karlsson (vk) - -https://web.archive.org/web/20160319004113/http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ - -javascript - -[before] javascript: - -webpages were fully static - -this was not desired by web developers - -netscape decided to add a scripting language -to their web browser, netscape navigator - -netscape hired Brendan Eich to embed the -scheme language into their browser - -yay!! - -right? - -... right?? - -nestscape collaborated with sun microsystems -to embed java into their browser - -netscape management decided the new scripting -language must have a syntax similar to java -rather than scheme - -Eich designed and implemented javascript in 10 days - -no shortage of interesting takes and/or criticisms -of javascript as a language, and its impacts - -"the birth & death of javascript" and "wat" -talks by Gary Bernhardt - - -other interesting reads, such as - -https://wiki.haskell.org/The_JavaScript_Problem -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Security -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_security -https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=javascript - -text --> multimedia --> ... programs that run on your machine - -... and they are virtually everywhere! - -the wwworst app store -by Alexandre Oliva - -https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/wwworst-app-store.html - -why are we okay with this, when we know we can do better? - -how gnu/linux (and other unix-like) distributions -handle distributing of software to their users - -we need similar control/trust/consent in the browser - -and a shift in the norms and status quo among web developers - -for instance by creating and documenting publicly-accessible -api endpoints, so that anyone could write and use a custom -application for communicating with their website/service - -"taking back the web with haketilo" -libreplanet 2022 (day 1) talk -by Nicholas Johnson and Wojciech Kosior - -https://libreplanet.org/2022/speakers/#5790 -https://hydrillabugs.koszko.org/projects/haketilo - -what about other protocols? - -gopher, gemini, spartan, ... - -http(s) - -one idea: - -plain text + some rules + convenience (via extension) - - -some *bold* text, _emphasized_ text, - -a dashed title --------------- - -[ image-filename.png ] - and a simple caption - -a link to the page - -> a tiny block of -> quoted text - - (message "and a 4-space indented code block") - (call-interactively #'butterfly) ; M-x butterfly - - (eqn "sqrt(b^2-4ac)") - - (eqn - (sqrt (- (expt b 2) (* 4 a c)))) - - \sqrt{b^2-4ac} - -do we want a programming language? - -maybe, maybe not. if we do, - -1. be used only when really needed - -2. code blocks be clearly & freely licensed - -3. any code executed only with user's consent, - potentially along with a permission system - that gives the user fine control over what - functions can execute for each site - -user should have ultimate control -over how documents look - -http does not have to be the only transport - -people have been thinking about or experimenting -with other transport methods/protocols - -https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2022-02-08_NNCP_distributed_text - -gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/low-budget-p2p-content-distribution-with-git.txt -https://gopher.tildeverse.org/zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/low-budget-p2p-content-distribution-with-git.txt - -what to do? how to help? - -as a user: - -- use freedom- and privacy-enhancing - browser extensions such as: - gnu.org/s/librejs, jshelter.org, - haketilo, and ublock origin - - (see "taking back the web with haketilo" - by Nicholas and Wojciech for a list of - even more such extensions) - -- say no to nonfree javascript - "saying no even once helps" - https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html - -- check out and participate in - small web or small net initiatives, - as well as tilde or pubnix communities - -as a developer: - -- release and label your javascript as free software - https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/free-your-javascript.html - -- check out protocols like gopher and gemini, - see what they have to offer, and think about - what an http-based approach could look like - -- contribute: - - other browsers like luakit, netsurf, and visurf - - help maintain liberated and privacy-enhanced - versions of firefox like gnu icecat and abrowser - -- don't use javascript unless you really need to. - when you do, please license it freely, and apply - principles of 'progressive enhancement' to make - sure your website works without javascript and css - - if you happen to work on either side of the - current web browser duopoly, or work on web - standards, please pause a moment and consider: - - do we really *need* all the new complexity? - - 12 years ago, mozilla removed support for - gopher on the grounds of reducing complexity - and attack vectors. do the current web and - its browsers resemble anything but complexity? - - firefox and chromium are now each more than - 30 million lines of code, on the same order - of magnitude an in fact currently larger than - the kernel linux. new code and complexity - keeps being added, while at the same time, - user freedom, control, and often privacy seem - to be gradually lessened and eroded. - - let us try to do better by us all :) - -the net i'd like to see beyond the current web - -1. does not facilitate tracking users - -2. has freedom, control, and consent built in - -3. is in many ways simpler, has a reasonable and - finite scope, and has several server and client - implementations - - -thanks! - -bandali@gnu.org - -references ----------- - -http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html -https://web.archive.org -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Stark -https://web.archive.org/web/20160319004113/http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ -https://wiki.haskell.org/The_JavaScript_Problem -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Security -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_security -https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=javascript -https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/wwworst-app-store.html -https://libreplanet.org/2022/speakers/#5790 -https://hydrillabugs.koszko.org/projects/haketilo -https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html -https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html -https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/freejs -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) -https://gemini.circumlunar.space -https://spartan.mozz.us -http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000574 -http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/rss30 -https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2018-12-01_Thinking_about_the_real_RSS_3.0 -https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2022-02-08_NNCP_distributed_text -gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/low-budget-p2p-content-distribution-with-git.txt -https://gopher.tildeverse.org/zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/low-budget-p2p-content-distribution-with-git.txt -https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html -https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/free-your-javascript.html -https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html -https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388195 -https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.html -https://drewdevault.com/2021/09/11/visurf-announcement.html -https://drewdevault.com/2021/09/27/Let-distros-do-their-job.html -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement - -https://kelar.org/~bandali/talks/libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web.html -gopher://kelar.org/0/~bandali/talks/libreplanet-2022-net-beyond-web.txt - -marked with cc0 and dedicated to the public domain -- 2.25.1