04.13.20
Mask Against the European Patent Convention
Summary: Maybe they’ve even managed to convince themselves that they’re doing Europe a ‘favour’ by routinely violating the European Patent Convention
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[Meme] Captain Zemlin and Neil McGovern's Ugly Legacy in GNOME (His Predecessors Work for Microsoft Directly Now)
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This winter, 6 months after Arvind Krishna’s tenure as CEO began, we can generally say that things seem to have improved and we look forward to further improvements
Links 25/10/2020: GNU Taler's IETF Milestone, RISC OS 5.28 and New Ubuntu Community Council
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IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 24, 2020
IRC logs for Saturday, October 24, 2020
Links 24/10/2020: GDB 10.1, Kodachi 7.4, Wine 5.20
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Celebrating Code of Conduct Violations
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
The Militarised Elephant in the Room Still Commands a Lot of Free Software Development
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IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 23, 2020
IRC logs for Friday, October 23, 2020
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[Meme] When EPO Staff Claims to be 'Ill' or 'Sick'... During a Pandemic's European Peak
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Links 22/10/2020: LibreOffice 6.4.7, Septor 2020.5, Ubuntu 20.10 Released, FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report
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IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
IRC logs for Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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