●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 12, 2021 ●● ● Jul 12 [03:53] *job (~job@faedm9en5b78c.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 12 [04:55] *activelow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 12 [05:49] *activelow (~activelow@5rnw49wub79nc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 12 [06:58] Techrights-sec PDF links within the Gemini wiki mirror now seem to function. They [06:58] Techrights-sec all now go back to the HTTP site since the size of most PDFs would [06:58] Techrights-sec choke Gemini. [06:58] Techrights-sec There are over 10 PDF files from Comes v alone. ● Jul 12 [07:21] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 12 [09:39] *libertybox (~schestowitz_log@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:39] *acer-box (~acer-box@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:39] *Techrights-sec2 (~quassel@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:41] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:41] *libertybox_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:41] *acer-box__ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:52] Techrights-sec2 daily links late today? ● Jul 12 [10:32] Techrights-sec2 Yes, but I thought I sent them by now. [10:32] Techrights-sec2 Probably just after 0850 UTC. Sorry for the delay. ● Jul 12 [11:16] *acer-box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:19] *acer-box (~acer-box@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:38] Techrights-sec2 - ● Jul 12 [12:17] schestowitz WTF! BT has just sent us ANOTHER hub. I think we have 6 already, all of them functional. We feel guilty about this waste. Can we send them to schools in Kenya or something? [12:19] *acer-box is now known as schestowitz_acer ● Jul 12 [13:04] Techrights-sec2 Do these hubs support OpenWRT? [13:05] schestowitz I don't even know how to find out ● Jul 12 [14:25] Techrights-sec2 https://openwrt.org/supported_devices [14:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-openwrt.org | [OpenWrt Wiki] Supported devices ● Jul 12 [16:13] *job has quit (connection closed) [16:24] schestowitz new: [16:24] schestowitz " [16:24] schestowitz [CSC] Disbanding secretarial support for staff representation [16:24] schestowitz On 31 May 2021, the last secretary of the staff representation retired after having worked in this position in Munich for 25 years. Early March 2021, the Chairmen of the Local Staff Committee in The Hague and Munich had filed, at the request of Mr Campinos, a "business case" for secretarial support. [16:24] schestowitz On 17 June 2021, Mr Campinos rejected it, considering that secretarial support was not in line with the overall strategy or the time we are living in (sic!). The decision is yet another attack against the functioning of the EPO staff representation (and against freedom of association). [16:24] schestowitz You can read the full publication here. [16:24] schestowitz The Central Staff Committee - CSC [16:24] schestowitz " [16:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [16:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 12 [17:32] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@cgm95s37qcnxk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:51] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jul 12 [20:49] schestowitz Re: "in Re Bilski" and lack of "in re" in UPC [20:49] schestowitz > Dear Roy, [20:49] schestowitz > [20:49] schestowitz > Do you have more information on what the US procedure of "in re" in "in [20:49] schestowitz > re Bilski" means? Does it means "in review"? [20:49] schestowitz > [20:49] schestowitz > This was one of our arguments in front of Karlsruhe that this procedure [20:49] schestowitz > of complaint against a refusal to grant is missing with the UPC, and the [20:49] schestowitz > rejection of Karlsruhe is being interpreted by many observers as a [20:49] schestowitz > political one. Stjerna already saw this excuse of "unsubstanciated" in [20:49] schestowitz > his chapter 3 of his 2018 paper, as a cheap escape for the court not to [20:49] schestowitz > address the issue. [20:49] schestowitz > [20:49] schestowitz > Please keep this confidential for the moment. [20:49] schestowitz I myself was never sure about "in re". [20:49] schestowitz This affair is far from over. Fight on. [20:49] schestowitz They try to get us to give up by demoralising us. [20:50] schestowitz Re: Fwd: Are software patents impossible to enforce? #askbastian [20:50] schestowitz Bastian Best [20:50] schestowitz Bastian Best [20:50] schestowitz @https://twitter.com/bastianbest [20:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 400 @ https://mobile.twitter.com/bastianbest ) [20:50] schestowitz Great question by Karin Nordstrm Dyvelkov during a recent interview I was giving. I finally managed to make the first #askbastian video to put in my two cents: [20:50] schestowitz Can you enforce a software patent? #askbastian [20:50] schestowitz Can you enforce a software patent? #askbastian [20:50] schestowitz How do you like the format? And more importantly: [20:50] schestowitz Whats your burning question about patents for the digital future? [20:50] schestowitz Just reply to this email and Ill probably make another video :) ● Jul 12 [21:43] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@wfds8guzcn96w.irc) has joined #boycottnovell