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| schestowitz | > Some people already refer to free software as freedom-respecting | Dec 06 00:40 |
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| schestowitz | > software. It doesn't really cause any problems, there's no real point in | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > discouraging it AFAICT but the real benefits are small. It's got more | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > than twice as many syllables and doesn't follow the rule of three. | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > I don't think it does any harm to call it that though. As to whether | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > it's harder to co-opt, at this point phrases are owned by definitions, | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > definitions are owned by orgs, orgs are owned by sponsors. Thus Open | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > Source <- OSD <- OSI <- Microsoft, and people have talked about changing | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > the OSD! It comes from the DFSG <- Debian <- SPI <- Google, and Free | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > Software comes from the FSD <- FSF <- GNOME <- OSI/Microsoft again. | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > (Outreachy seems to be the vehicle which GNOME used to take over the FSF | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > for OSI, but that's wild speculation even by my own standards.) | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > What really gets phrases co-opted is if the phrase is designed to co-opt | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > in the first place-- or if people stop defending the phrase, because | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > there are GNU Projects moving to GitHub when the owner of the trademark | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > insisted they not do so; and yet he probably doesn't want to ab/use the | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > trademark towards keeping people off GitHub, which I don't blame him for | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > that. Right idea perhaps, but I don't like that method either. | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > vZS1 | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > And call it Freedom-respecting software | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > Dec 04 21:39 | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-041220.html#tDec | Dec 06 00:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ FreeNode: Friday, December 04, 2020 | Dec 06 00:40 | |
| schestowitz | > 04 21:39:21> | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > vZS1 | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > So it's harder to co-opt | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > Dec 04 21:39 | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-041220.html#tDec | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > 04 21:39:33> | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > vZS1 | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > Just a suggestion | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > Dec 04 21:41 | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-041220.html#tDec | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > 04 21:41:53> | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:40 |
| schestowitz | > | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > schestowitz | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > vZS1: he will read this | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > Dec 04 21:48 | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-041220.html#tDec | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > 04 21:48:30> | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > schestowitz | Dec 06 00:41 |
| schestowitz | > maybe he will choose to do a follow-up article re the name | Dec 06 00:41 |
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| schestowitz | Re: artwork | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > Hi Roy :-) Here's a painting I've done. I'd recently noticed you | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > referred to looking for a picture of a lock, plus recalled vZS1 saying | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > he'd like something uplifting about the last year or two, so hopefully | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > this painting covers both things. Point of interest maybe, but I used a | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > flowers brush for rust, lol. About 4 hours, using various texture | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > brushes, and a soft blender for the nature scene in the background. | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > I never like to promise what I may not end up delivering, so must say I | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > can't definitely promise further art, as I have various things I'm busy | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > with, and must take care of health issues also, but, if possible, I'll | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > most certainly send it along. Hope you enjoy the painting. | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > Happy drawing! Cheers, the Mogz. | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | This looks really fantastic. | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | You are even more talented an artist than I realised! | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | I've passed that along to vZS1 over E-mail. | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | If there any licence information we ought to add, or just attribution to you? | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | We'll use that soon. | Dec 06 07:48 |
| schestowitz | > Nice. Is it CC? | Dec 06 08:21 |
| schestowitz | I've asked (an hour ago) | Dec 06 08:21 |
| schestowitz | He might do more for us. | Dec 06 08:21 |
| schestowitz | We asked for cartoons (Torvalds, RMS...) | Dec 06 08:21 |
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| schestowitz | of a lock, plus rechttps://twitter.com/UlintlEng/status/1335533740085440514 | Dec 06 10:43 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@UlintlEng: #Manjaro is the #Linux#Distribution my choice on the notebook. Even if I have to consider a slight improvement and… https://t.co/7owW0nh648 | Dec 06 10:43 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@UlintlEng: #Manjaro is the #Linux#Distribution my choice on the notebook. Even if I have to consider a slight improvement and… https://t.co/7owW0nh648 | Dec 06 10:43 | |
| schestowitz | #Manjaro is the #Linux#Distribution my choice on the notebook. | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | Even if I have to consider a slight improvement and slight shadwos in 2020, it is: | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | 1) still a very good operating system | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | and ... | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | http://tuxmachines.org/node/145063 | Dec 06 10:43 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-tuxmachines.org | Manjaro 20.2 Brings the Latest Kernel, GNOME, KDE, and Xfce | Tux Machines | Dec 06 10:43 | |
| schestowitz | 1/2 --> | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | 2) and in my opinion definitely the better #RollingRelease System as #Windows10 . | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | Grinning face | Dec 06 10:43 |
| schestowitz | 2/2 | Dec 06 10:43 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/DawnSpirit2/status/1335388311301419008 | Dec 06 14:50 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DawnSpirit2: @Barnes_Law Former Microsoft Employees Don’t Like Talking About Past and Present Microsoft Back Doors (Designed for… https://t.co/UJTq0k0LoG | Dec 06 14:50 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DawnSpirit2: @Barnes_Law Former Microsoft Employees Don’t Like Talking About Past and Present Microsoft Back Doors (Designed for… https://t.co/UJTq0k0LoG | Dec 06 14:50 | |
| schestowitz | "t and Present Microsoft Back Doors (Designed for Spy Agencies)" | Dec 06 14:50 |
| schestowitz | "Former Microsoft Employees Don’t Like Talking About Past and Present Microsoft Back Doors (Designed for Spy Agencies)" | Dec 06 14:50 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/DawnSpirit2/status/1335388408194031616 | Dec 06 14:50 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DawnSpirit2: @Barnes_Law Former Microsoft Engineer Working on Windows BitLocker Confirms Government Asks Microsoft for Back Doors https://t.co/ov7fRKmUCe | Dec 06 14:50 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 500 @ https://techrights.org/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/ ) | Dec 06 14:50 | |
| schestowitz | "Former Microsoft Engineer Working on Windows BitLocker Confirms Government Asks Microsoft for Back Doors" | Dec 06 14:50 |
| schestowitz | "just donated to the Internet Archive this year. There is a matching grant going on at the moment." | Dec 06 16:25 |
| schestowitz | You have to wonder sometimes who matches. Can be Google, Gates... anyone... with strings | Dec 06 16:25 |
| schestowitz | See SFC. Community-washing oligarch/corporate money. | Dec 06 16:26 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/around-ip-blogs.html | Dec 06 17:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Around the IP Blogs - The IPKat | Dec 06 17:35 | |
| schestowitz | "The UPC Preparatory Committee has reacted with enthusiasm to the approval in the German Bundestag of the ratification legislation for the Unified Patent Court Agreement. Kluwer Patent Blog reported on this new development." | Dec 06 17:35 |
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| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | Would the UPC piece be able to help Zoobab? | Dec 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | afk ... | Dec 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | afaik, can't help unless we present new evidence | Dec 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | > Hi Roy :-) and thank you very much! Glad you like it, and thank you for | Dec 06 23:00 |
| schestowitz | > also passing it to vZS1. I'll leave the licensing to you, and if that | Dec 06 23:00 |
| schestowitz | > includes that you'd like to attribute, using the name Mogz is fine. Cheers, | Dec 06 23:00 |
| schestowitz | > Hi again Roy :-) Just seen that artwork's in an article; great that it's | Dec 06 23:01 |
| schestowitz | > useful! May I ask for a little edit, though? I'm female, not male. | Dec 06 23:01 |
| schestowitz | > Thanks and have a good day | Dec 06 23:01 |
| schestowitz | Sorry about that | Dec 06 23:01 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for the fantastic art. Everyone likes it. | Dec 06 23:01 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/gnarlin2/status/1335637579992064001 | Dec 06 23:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gnarlin2: @schestowitz Direct link to the blog post: https://t.co/bu9nSGwPk5 | Dec 06 23:27 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> daniel-lange.com | No dog food today - the Linux Foundation annual report | Daniel Lange's blog | Dec 06 23:27 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Quantum_Quench/status/1335659696481595392 | Dec 06 23:31 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Quantum_Quench: @schestowitz 💤💤💤💤 Why? | Dec 06 23:31 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AlwaystrumpOrg/status/1335632585662324740 | Dec 06 23:32 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@AlwaystrumpOrg: Shut up you disgusting #libnut @richardbranson. We’ve heard it all before! So what! @POTUS @realDonaldTrump was foc… https://t.co/eOLIHDXgoN | Dec 06 23:32 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@AlwaystrumpOrg: Shut up you disgusting #libnut @richardbranson. We’ve heard it all before! So what! @POTUS @realDonaldTrump was foc… https://t.co/eOLIHDXgoN | Dec 06 23:32 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 23:32 |
| schestowitz | Shut up you disgusting #libnut @richardbranson | Dec 06 23:33 |
| schestowitz | . We’ve heard it all before! So what! @POTUS | Dec 06 23:33 |
| schestowitz | @realDonaldTrump | Dec 06 23:33 |
| schestowitz | was focused on that and not your pretty hair, fashionable clothes and ingenious mind. I’ll take my #StableGenius any day of the week. Too bad! You could’ve been @ElonMusk | Dec 06 23:33 |
| schestowitz | ! | Dec 06 23:33 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 23:33 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/MelBrooksJM/status/1335608742587600910 | Dec 06 23:33 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@MelBrooksJM: @schestowitz Yeah but who gets Twitter $$$'s?? | Dec 06 23:33 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/nerissimo/status/1335568714230607872 | Dec 06 23:34 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@nerissimo: @schestowitz @glynmoody it tragically reminds me one of the shocking #NineLives masterfully told by @DalrympleWill | Dec 06 23:34 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/DMCANews/status/1335428789292036097 | Dec 06 23:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DMCANews: As a co-author co-developer years in the gnu Linux space, I can attest to that this Google season of docs effort is… https://t.co/Ffd62d4R7e | Dec 06 23:35 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DMCANews: As a co-author co-developer years in the gnu Linux space, I can attest to that this Google season of docs effort is… https://t.co/Ffd62d4R7e | Dec 06 23:35 | |
| schestowitz | "As a co-author co-developer years in the gnu Linux space, I can attest to that this Google season of docs effort is absolutely unnecessary. #techwriters... work with free sw or 'open source' projects - you don't need Google... just go volunteer....https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs" | Dec 06 23:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-developers.google.com | Season of Docs | Google Developers | Dec 06 23:35 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/dbut53/status/1335366859835781121 | Dec 06 23:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@dbut53: Save #LisaMontgomery #MentallyIll #AbuseVictim AG William Barr @Bill19293640 @TheJusticeDept @RealDonaldTrump No mo… https://t.co/a6bVu9jCig | Dec 06 23:35 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@dbut53: Save #LisaMontgomery #MentallyIll #AbuseVictim AG William Barr @Bill19293640 @TheJusticeDept @RealDonaldTrump No mo… https://t.co/a6bVu9jCig | Dec 06 23:35 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | Save #LisaMontgomery #MentallyIll #AbuseVictim | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | AG William Barr @Bill19293640 | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | @TheJusticeDept | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | @RealDonaldTrump | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | No more #LameDuck #FederalExecutions | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | #DeathPenalty makes killers of all | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | Heed @DPFocus | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | @barb1840 | Dec 06 23:35 |
| schestowitz | @HelenPrejean | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | @TheCollectiveD1 | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | @DPInfoCtr | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | @DeathPenaltyAct | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | @kelleyjhenry | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/DaughertyMJ/status/1335352798599409667 | Dec 06 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DaughertyMJ: This is typical and disgusting https://t.co/M2gBQmTSGC | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Microsoft marketing disguised as news at #cbs #marketing spam sites #cnet and #zdnet urging people to violate the E… https://t.co/lDlaVwnFUl | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/PamelaDrew/status/1335337617194356736 | Dec 06 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@PamelaDrew: @schestowitz Food lines are a mirage. https://t.co/7TXc4iK00n | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@PamelaDrew: @schestowitz Food lines are a mirage. https://t.co/7TXc4iK00n | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/dvdeijk/status/1335333280586100737 | Dec 06 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@dvdeijk: @schestowitz 1. Somalia isn't North Africa 2. North Africa isn't the US' to give away. 3. Yes the us broken democra… https://t.co/kDjKW6kNAu | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@dvdeijk: @schestowitz 1. Somalia isn't North Africa 2. North Africa isn't the US' to give away. 3. Yes the us broken democra… https://t.co/kDjKW6kNAu | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | 1. Somalia isn't North Africa | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | 2. North Africa isn't the US' to give away. | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | 3. Yes the us broken democracy in Egypt to install a dictator but the other countries are relatively free. | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Dec 06 23:36 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/joesteals/status/1335307609574817792 | Dec 06 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@joesteals: @schestowitz Of course, they engineered it. The UN is beyond satanic. | Dec 06 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/stautistic/status/1335287475011420162 | Dec 06 23:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@stautistic: Sounds about right. Religion is stupid. https://t.co/qTjNkj9ISw | Dec 06 23:37 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: "collected just over $169 million from more than 977,000 patients with bills at least 30 days past due, but only 1%… https://t.co/Kp72qHU6H9 | Dec 06 23:37 | |
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