02.01.12
IRC Proceedings: February 1st, 2012
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IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 01, 2020
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IBM-Funded FSF Censors Itself on Software Patents
Donald Robertson’s article bemoaning and openly condemning the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over software patents, which it illegally grants in some cases, was modified a week later; and why? One can only guess… (but remember that the FSF’s foremost sponsor is lobbying against 35 U.S.C. § 101 and for software patents)
[Humour/Meme] Remember That As Recently as Last Year Microsoft Was Still Shaking Down and Even Suing Companies Over 'Linux Patent Infringement'
There's no 'new Microsoft' except a (better at) lying Microsoft; its covert actions tell us a lot about its ongoing hatred of GNU/Linux, which it is assaulting in new and more sophisticated ways
Contrary to Common Misconceptions, Free Software is More 'Corporate' or More 'Enterprise-Grade' Than Proprietary Abandonware (All Proprietary Software Will Die)
Free software can leverage the superficial and bland boardroom lingo/slang to promote itself; it would definitely harm or dilute/weaken the terms which proprietary software giants like to leverage against us
Social Control Media Will Not Exist One Day
Digital obsolescence and Internet bitrot — that’s what Social Control Media is really good for; as many Google+ ‘users’ (useds) found out, they’re just being ‘farmed’ for their ‘content’, which is neither valuable nor resilient (definitely of no value to Google)
What Freedom of Software Actually Means to Us
Liberty or libre (freedom) is about more than brands or personalities, as names or institutions or individuals can change or completely perish; but concepts outlast superficialities
[Humour] Thinking Beyond Just the Linux Brand
We're supposed to believe that because "Linux" is dominant we finally have freedom; but almost all the very big companies that are using GNU/Linux leverage it for freedom-hostile purposes and keep about 99% of their code secret from us, so the fight for software freedom must go on
Corporate Media Blames 'China' and 'Open Source' for Back Doors in Microsoft's Intentionally Flawed Proprietary Software That's Causing Chaos
'Red Scare' tactics are being used to divert attention away from Microsoft's incompetence and conspiracy with the NSA (to put back doors in everything, essentially making all software inherently vulnerable, by design)
Microsoft Has Infiltrated Authorities and/or Their Consultation Processes
In the European Union, the United States and just about everywhere else in the world one can find Microsoft officials replacing public officials, as if the decision-making too has been outsourced to the "Good Folks" from Microsoft
Links 1/7/2020: Tails 4.8, Serpent OS
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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EPO Management Celebrates the Lowering of Patent Quality While Granting Invalid Patents (IPs) Instead of European Patents (EPs)
Europe's most autocratic institution continues to cheat and lie to everybody; even twice in one day, together with... the Communist Party of China (through CNIPA)
Links 30/6/2020: OpenSUSE Leap 15.2, 4MLinux 34.0 Beta and IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 146
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[Humour] There's Always a Way... (to Grant Patents on Almost Anything)
The referral from European Patent Office (EPO) President António Campinos leaves the door open to patents on life, provided one paints those as uniquely clever, e.g. GMO (same tricks for software patents in Europe with “Hey Hi” — an overblown buzz wave)
Crocodiles Can Only Ever Fake Empathy
Greenwashing, pinkwashing, openwashing and abduction of various authentic civil rights movements (centered around gender, race, and sometimes economic issues) is very easy and cheap relative to the depths of corporate pockets; the problem is, those things help distract the 'masses' from objectively immoral and universally unacceptable acts
[Humour/Meme] History in the Making or History Being Rewritten?
he idea that history can just totally eliminate particular people and particular views overlooks the very nature of historical studies; banning words impedes the telling of history itself and society cannot tackle the underlying issues without talking about them
A Lot of Things Are Offensive to Someone and Appeasing the Easily Offended is an Endless Adventure That Can Offend Free Speech Ideals
Free speech may be the main casualty of the recent flamewars, which were initially rationalised as ethics-driven and nowadays boil down to speech police
Feeling Vindicated About the Harms of Social Control Media Being Widely Recognised
The cleansing of social control media sites reinforces our long-held views about social control media in general
[Humour/Meme] ZDNet Promoting LOT/OIN as a Force for Good. Says a Lot About ZDNet...
ZDNet has long been a mouthpiece or a parrot for LOT and OIN (overlaps exist); that says so much about the software patents agenda of ZDNet and its parent company, which became defunct 6 months ago, then passed to friends of Bill Gates (privately-owned)
Linus Torvalds Explains Why GNU/Linux Development Speeds Up (Likely Owing to Coronavirus Lock-downs)
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far boosted not only GNU/Linux market share; it's also speeding up development, leaving proprietary software players in the ashes (it's harder for them to make sales and to pay their developers)
IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 29, 2020
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The MeatHub
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[Humour] “Technological Progress is Like an Axe in the Hands of a Pathological Criminal,” Albert Einstein, Famous European Patent Clerk
The European Patent Office’s (EPO) António Campinos and Benoît Battistelli continued their regime of illegal digital surveillance; is anyone holding them accountable? No.
The Rumours of North Carolina Layoffs and the Atmosphere at IBM/Red Hat Under New Management
IBM would send the wrong message if it laid off even a single Red Hat employee; we shall be watching closely how IBM changes (if at all) its patent policy and what kind of staff it is planning to let go (maybe the in-house lawyers, which would be a sign of progress)
Links 29/6/2020: GnuCash 4.0, Firefox 78 Available
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[Humour] Nothing Says Feminism Like Microsoft Corporation, JEDI Winner
Microsoft’s shallow claims of support for women are laughable at best (it’s what some women have called “corporate feminism”); but facts-free marketing, if enough money is sunk into it, can have exceptionally broad reach
Addendum: Notes Associated With Other GNU Redirects, Mostly to GitHub (Microsoft)
A detailed list of GNU projects (pertinent parts of the GNU Project) that redirect to other sites, especially Microsoft's and especially after Richard Stallman (rms) was pushed out of the FSF 9 months ago
I Won't Ever Support the FSF Again -- That's Their Own Fault
"There have been several coups (or several coup stages -- I've counted and named 5 or 6 of them) at the FSF in the past 2 years, and the largest of them is something we warned about -- did anybody listen? I guess not."
The GNU Project is Bleeding Into Microsoft
"A large part of this “loss of integrity” is simply a lack of desire to resist competition, or even recognize the nature of the threat."
Monday Without Microsoft Stores
Microsoft Stores will never reopen again; with thousands laid off (never mind if disguised as contract workers; way to ruin people's weekend, telling them they're jobless) and half a billion dollars less Microsoft can only hope that its late Friday 'news dump' won't be noticed by journalists and shareholders who return to work today
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