12.28.08
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Links 24/11/2020: Linux 5.9.11, Istio 1.6.14 and LibreOffice 7.1 Beta Released
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Lots of Good News Today
A quick roundup of news and key developments; most of them are positive and they give us hope
Massive Collective Action Begins at the European Patent Office Today, Demanding Change and Forewarning the Management (Litigation)
The financial "hoax" at the EPO (taking away money from staff to feed a gambling addiction of managers) needs to stop; staff has begun mass-mailing the management, threatening legal action
EPO Management is Still Distracting From the 'Elephant in the Room' by Corrupting Media and Academia
Under the EPO's dictatorship the law is being routinely violated; in order for the public to not pay attention or receive mixed messages (resulting in confusion) the EPO is manufacturing so-called 'studies' (which patent offices aren't supposed to do; they should focus on patent-granting while complying with the law)
EPO's Central Staff Committee on Latest Meeting With Office Dictator: “No Meaningful Discussion Could Take Place.”
Whilst allegedly preparing legal action the staff representatives at the EPO report on the lack of progress after so-called 'dialogues' (merely a false impression of consultation)
Growing Concerns That EPO Staff Has Been Placed Under de Facto House Arrest by an Entirely Unaccountable Office
"House arrest" is excessive and disproportionate. So says the Central Staff Committee of Europe's second-largest institution (which surprisingly enough the media is failing to properly study and investigate) as it highlights yet more human rights violations.
IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 23, 2020
IRC logs for Monday, November 23, 2020
Internal Error: Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent Incompatible With the Constitution and Basic Laws
The FFII has issued a statement for Members of the Bundestag, Members of the European Parliament, Members of the Council, German Presidency of the EU, Chancellor Merkel, Commissioner Von Der Leyen, Commissioner Reynders, and Battistelli's buddy Breton
The EPO is Using Hype Wave and Buzzword to Promote Illegal Software Patents in a So-Called “Digital Conference”
The "HEY HI" or "AI" hype is misused by the Office; not just in person but also in webstreams, which basically serve as a vehicle for illegal agenda
Dutch Delegation and German Delegation at the Administrative Council of the EPO Upset at the Office for Secrecy, Working Behind the Scenes to Crush Productive Staff
Less than halfway through his term at the Office, Battistelli's buddy already faces growing criticism and, according to the Central Staff Committee, he "was emotionally affected by the intervention such that he was not able to effectively reply to the questions of the delegates."
Links 23/11/2020: GNU Guix 1.2.0, Evaluating Precursor’s Hardware Security, Kdenlive 20.08.3, Kodi 19.x Beta, Vulkan 1.2.162
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Links 23/11/2020: Linux 5.10-rc5, GIMP Turns 25, 4MLinux 34.2, Escuelas Linux 6.11, MPV Player 0.33
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How to Put on Airs of Professionalism Like a Boss
"Boardroom suits are not meant to be flashy, but to conform. Simple lines and smart ties -- the opposite of what Richard Stallman would wear, show that you are either a well-machined cog or a serious adversary."
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 22, 2020
IRC logs for Sunday, November 22, 2020
Legal Action at the European Patent Office (EPO) Leveraged Against Management... for Robbing EPO Staff and Robbing Europe, by Extension
The EPO is being looted for its value; the staff is rightly concerned and there’s legal action on the way, filed reluctantly as there’s clearly no other option (a last resort/necessary recourse)
Cory Doctorow at Privacy Week 2020 on DRM, Freedom/Software Freedom, Regulation, Etc.
“We Used To Have Cake, Now We’ve Barely Got Icing” by Cory Doctorow.
Links 22/11/2020: KaOS 2020.11, Calindori 1.3, KStars 3.5.0
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New Position Paper on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Says It's “Not the Best Solution for Europe” -- Clearly an Understatement
UPC proponents (profiteers) aren't enjoying support anymore; not only has progress stalled (come to a complete stop) but the whole debate about the UPC (or anything conceptually like it) turned toxic and negative because facts come out, overriding lobbyists of litigation giants
Mortality Rates Increase at the EPO and Christmases (or Holidays) During Corona Mean Fewer Days Off
There's still no sign (other than hand-waving and empty gestures/smiles) that the EPO's management wishes to right the wrongs and undo the damage done over the past decade or so; in some ways, today's management is worse than ever before (grossly incompetent and eager to break the law at every turn)
Newly Abnormal: A Crackdown on EPO Staff and Labour Rights in 'Survey' Clothing (Willis Towers Watson)
In a very characteristic fashion, with zero consultation/input from staff (or staff representatives/union leaders) EPO President António Campinos proceeds to implementing illegal ‘reforms’, assuring any remaining non-sceptics that he’s just another Benoît Battistelli
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 21, 2020
IRC logs for Saturday, November 21, 2020
[Meme] Good Advice From the FSF, So It's Time to #DeleteGitHub
A good gift for the FSF would be git; not GitHub, but git
Go Distributed, Go Encrypted, Go Secure, Transparency Still Possible
Earlier today we enhanced access to our (sometimes anonymised) IRC logs by issuing text (ASCII) versions, which will from now onwards be a nightly/daily occurrence; we're also making everything we publish accessible from a large number of IPFS nodes (akin to P2P)
IAM Celebrating and Glorifying Illegal Patents With Fake 'Awards' and Bogus 'Endorsements'
IAM's fake 'awards' are nothing more than business and agenda-steering lies; it's time to call out again the real corruption that's driving IAM (which is itself supporting and advocating corruption)
Been There, Done That: Team UPC's 'October' Becomes 'Early November' and Now Late November
The self-serving litigation fanatics who mislead their customers are still at it; Bristows says that UPC has no issues other than “delay”
The Only Real Dialogue the 'European' Patent Office is Having... is With Litigation Parasites, Even Foreign Ones
The EPO's mask falls off again, revealing a ruthless herd immunity-like mentality that welcomes patent trolls, threatens/condemns actual scientists, harms Europe and basically does a disservice to everybody
Inside the EPO During Corona: SUEPO (EPO Staff Union) and the Central Staff Committee Blast the Office for Illegal Practices and Threaten Legal Action
The Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) and the Central Staff Committee (CSC) are escalating their tone; the management of the Office and the Organisation is running out of time as staff loses its patience and its tolerance for the repeated abuses by the administration
IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 20, 2020
IRC logs for Friday, November 20, 2020
Links 21/11/2020: Coreboot 4.13, EasyOS 2.5, Wine 5.22, Gmusicbrowser 1.1.16
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Links 20/11/2020: Xfce 4.16pre2 and Qt Releases
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akf said,
December 28, 2008 at 9:42 am
Gee. Mono is put in the right place there!
Roy Schestowitz said,
December 28, 2008 at 10:40 am
Mono is a back door for Microsoft.
Diamond Wakizashi said,
December 28, 2008 at 11:15 am
OOXML and Silverlight should be put back there with Mono.
seller_liar said,
December 28, 2008 at 11:17 am
No , OOXML and Silverblight must be the sh*it.
Myfraudsoft said,
December 28, 2008 at 3:00 pm
“Mono is a back door for Microsoft.”
Or a *rear entry* perhaps?
Etienne said,
January 30, 2009 at 4:21 pm
PC, Mac => Architectures
GNU/Linux => Operating system
This kind of stuff is wrong, boring and idiotic.
Roy Schestowitz said,
January 30, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Mac is a product, PC is a product class and x86 is an architecture.
GNU/Linux are key components of operating systems like Fedora.
pcolon said,
January 30, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Architecture= PC, Mac (x86)
OS=Windows (x86), OSX (x86)
GNU/Linux (x86/IA-32, ARM-Armel, Sparc, Motorola 68k, power pc, alpha, PA-RISC “hppa”, MIPS-mipsel, IA-64-EM64T, S/390, etc.