10.21.16
EPO Caricature: Battistelli’s High Five
Summary: Another cartoon about the sad state of the EPO
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
IRC logs for Tuesday, October 15, 2019
No, Microsoft is Not an 'Open Source Company' But a Lying Company
The world’s biggest proprietary software companies want to be seen as “open”; what else is new?
Meme: Setting the Record Straight
Stallman never defended Epstein. He had called him “Serial Rapist”. It’s Bill Gates who defended Epstein and possibly participated in the same acts.
EPO Staff Resolution Against Neoliberal Policies of António Campinos
“After Campinos announced 17 financial measures,” a source told us, “staff gathered at multiple sites last week for general assemblies. The meeting halls were crowded. The resolution was passed unanimously and without abstentions.”
Satya Nadella is a Distraction From Microsoft's Real Leadership and Abuses
"I’m merely wondering if his image and accolades that we’re incessantly bombarded with by the press actually reflect his accomplishments or if they’re being aggrandized."
Raw: EPO Comes Under Fire for Lowering Patent Quality Under the Orwellian Guise of “Collaborative Quality Improvements” (CQI)
Stephen Rowan, the President’s (António Campinos) chosen VP who promotes the notorious “Collaborative Quality Improvements” (CQI) initiative/pilot, faces heat from the CSC, the Central Staff Committee of the EPO
Making The Most of The Fourth Age of Free Software
"For better or for worse, we can be certain the Free Software Foundation will never be the same."
FSF is Not for Free Speech Anymore
The FSF gave orders to silence people
Links 16/10/2019: Plasma 5.17.0, Project Trident Moves to GNU/Linux, NuTyX 11.2
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...So This GNU/Linux User Goes to a Pub With Swapnil and Jim
It's hard to promote GNU/Linux when you don't even use it
How to THRIVE, in Uncertain Times for Free Software
"The guidelines are barely about conduct anyway, they are more about process guidelines for "what to do with your autonomy" in the context of a larger group where participation is completely voluntary and each individual consents to participate."
When They Run Out of Things to Patent They'll Patent Nature Itself...
The absolutely ridiculous patent bar (ridiculously low) at today’s EPO means that legal certainty associated with European Patents is at an all-time low; patents get granted for the sake of granting more patents each year
EPO Boards of Appeal Need Courage and Structural Disruption to Halt Software Patents in Europe
Forces or lobbyists for software patents try to come up with tricks and lies by which to cheat the EPC and enshrine illegal software patents; sadly, moreover, EPO judges lack the necessary independence by which to shape caselaw against such practices
Professor Dr. Maximilian Haedicke on Lack of Separation of Powers at the EPO (Which Dooms UPC)
Team UPC (“empire of lies”) is catching up with reality; no matter how hard media has attempted to not cover EPO scandals (after the EPO paid and threatened many publishers that tried), it remains very much apparent that EPOnia is like a theocracy that cannot be trusted with anything
As Expected, the Bill Gates Propaganda Machine is Trying to Throw/Put Everyone off the Scent of Jeffery Epstein's 'Incestuous' Ties With Gates
Media ownership up on display; it's amplifying false claims for a whole month, whereas truth/correct information gets buried before a weekend is over
IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 14, 2019
IRC logs for Monday, October 14, 2019
[ES] El Kernel de Linux está introduciendo Open Source Privative Software
Linux, el kernel, continúa su trayectoria o el camino hacia convertirse en software propietario de código abierto (OSPS).
Linux Foundation Board Meeting
More sponsored keynotes and tweets — like more sponsored articles (or “media partners”) — aren’t what the Linux Foundation really needs
Links 14/10/2019: Linux 5.4 RC3, POCL 1.4, Python 3.8.0
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This Week Techrights Crosses 26,000 Posts Milestone, 3 Weeks Before Turning 13 (2,000+ Posts/Year)
A self-congratulatory post about another year that's passed (without breaks from publishing) and another milestone associated with posting volume
No Calls to "Remove Gates" From the Board (Over a Real Scandal/Crime), Only to "Remove Stallman" (Over Phony Distraction From the Former)
Jeffrey Epstein's connections to Bill Gates extend well beyond Gates himself; other people inside Microsoft are closely involved as well, so Microsoft might want to cut ties with its co-founder before it becomes a very major mess
“The Stupidest [Patent/Tax] Policy Ever”
It’s pretty clear that today’s European patent system has been tilted grossly in favour of super-rich monopolists and their facilitators (overzealous law firms and ‘creative’ accountants) as opposed to scientists
Meme: Software Patents at the EPO
The evolution of “technical effect” nonsense at the EPO
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 13, 2019
IRC logs for Sunday, October 13, 2019
Firm of Microsoft's Former Litigation Chief Uses Microsoft-Connected Patent Lawsuit Against GNU/Linux (GNOME Foundation) for New Breed of FUD Campaigns
The patent troll of Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold has fed a patent troll that's attacking GNU/Linux and a firm owned by Microsoft's former litigation chief says it proves "Open Source Software Remains a Target"
"Widespread Adoption" (Did You Mean: Takeover by Monopolies?)
"Quite a few of them are people that would rather replace David with Goliath, just because he's bigger. Quite a few are already taking money from Goliath."
Links 13/10/2019: Red Hat CFO Fired and KDE Plasma 5.17 Preparations
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Bill's Media Strategy Amid GatesGate
There are many ways by which to game the media’s news cycle — an art mastered by the groper in chief
Hard-Core Micro-Soft
The word "core" is increasingly being (mis)used to portray user-hostile proprietary software as something more benign if not "open"
Free Software Timeline and Federation: When Free Software Advocacy/Support is a Monopoly Expansion Becomes Necessary
Support for Software Freedom — like support for Free software (think Red Hat/IBM and systemd) — should be decentralised and compartmentalised to make the movement stronger and adaptable
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