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Thanks to the nature of open source software, I was able to quickly fix an issue reported internally.

Thanks to leandrobhbr (and atlet of course), there is an existing Shibboleth plugin working for LimeSurvey version 4.

Too bad, it stopped working for version 5. After a quick check, I was able to make it work again within my version 1.0.1.

I've created two more versions to prepare the code base for upcoming php versions.
Within version 1.0.2, I have introduced composer and fixed the code quality by using phprector.
Within version 1.0.3, I have introduced php-cs-fixer to make the code look great again.

And of course, I have created a pull request to the source.

Thanks to my current employer giving me the opportunity to fix this issue during my working hours.

Wie angekündigt endet mit der Ausgabe 12/2016 vorerst die Erscheinung des FreienMagazins. Themen der prall gefüllten letzten Ausgabe sind unter anderem »Automatisierung mit Jenkins 2.0«, »Xfce-Desktop individuell anpassen« und mehrere Tests von Hard- und Software.

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Die Novemberausgabe von »freiesMagazin« ist mit Nachrichten und Artikeln über freie Software erschienen. Themen dieser Ausgabe sind unter anderem »Verschlüsselte Server-Backups mit Duply und Duplicity«, »KeeWeb: Passwörter sicher speichern« und »Test: Life is Strange – Emotionale Zeitreise«.

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Zak Ragoff has written an important article about Tim Berners-Lee decision he has to make right now.

Tim decided it the past to not include closed source binary blob software running in the browser without any control to lock down the web to something big companies can control. Was this the right decision? Well, see where HTML or javascript is used and answer the question on your own.

Big, DRM companies like Netflix, Apple, Google and Microsoft (they are just the vassals from MPAA and RIAA - America, fuck yeah! ;-)) are working on a standard called Encrypted Media Extension. This proposal is created to gain control over anything. You can start with Videos but the proposal is "open for change", so it is a no brainer to add images, audio, more or less even the whole HTML or Javascript under the "cover" of a DRM.

Beside the fact that big companies can decide who can see what, there is an even bigger issue rotating in my open source mind. I, as a user, have to run closed source binary code and all I can do is pray or blindly trust that this companies are not fooling around with me like mining all my data or that they are taking security serious. Well, call me blinded by the past, but this never happens on close source software.

Please Tim, do it like Linus has done it with NVidia and give them a nice "I don't care" kick in their buts.