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schestowitz>>> By the way, can we plan an upgrade of TR this weekend?Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz>>>Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz>> The whole site or piecewise? I think the plan is to do one CMS at aJul 26 00:00
schestowitz>> time, using containers. I can ask....Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz>>Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> At least the OS, there is a back log of RPMs and I don't trust RPM-basedJul 26 00:00
schestowitz> distros to update without curdling occasionally.Jul 26 00:00
schestowitzWhen we move to containers it's Alpine.Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> PS.Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> I'm not sure this one made it into the links but despite the sponsor, itJul 26 00:00
schestowitz> has very good content, relevant to JA and CM:Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> https://youtu.be/-t4m7VZOFMc&t=4m25sJul 26 00:00
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://youtu.be/-t4m7VZOFMc&t=4m25s )Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> Jul 26 00:00
schestowitzI saw it. It was and still is a broken URL. I even mentioned it in IRC. Should a hyphen be in the URL?Jul 26 00:00
schestowitz> Do you mean, you want the front page of the blog to have more postsJul 26 00:10
schestowitz> shown in it? If that's what you mean, it is simple to do.Jul 26 00:10
schestowitz> Jul 26 00:10
schestowitz> YES, YES! I am going to be happy with that change.Jul 26 00:10
schestowitzIn WordPress go to Settings -->  Reading Settings --> "Blog pages show at most"Jul 26 00:10
schestowitzChange that number (I think it says "8" now) to what you want.Jul 26 00:10
schestowitzDon't tinker with other settings to avoid causing unwanted damage. Just this one would be fine and safe.Jul 26 00:10
schestowitz"A Little exhausted! Hope there are no glaring errors!"Jul 26 00:20
schestowitz"Jul 26 00:20
schestowitz#PatrickWinston died 1 year ago. A #racist & a #thief, his #KneeOnTheNeck attack advanced @AberdeenUni’s #theft of my BSc thesis. #abertheidJul 26 00:20
schestowitzYour knees on my neck is historyJul 26 00:20
schestowitzProgress stifled by bitter, twisted liesJul 26 00:20
schestowitzMy authorship trod in the very dirtJul 26 00:20
schestowitzBut like warm air, I'll riseJul 26 00:20
schestowitz"\Jul 26 00:20
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/18644108#4bdf0980b08d0138368647de402180b3Jul 26 00:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Cooler Master are doing a slick Kickstarter-exclusive Raspberry Pi 4 case http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/140189#comment-25925 Jul 26 00:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux MachinesJul 26 00:21
schestowitz"Can't see much from the picture! Is there an odroid version too?"Jul 26 00:21
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schestowitzhttps://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=20/07/25/024218Jul 26 08:36
schestowitz"Jul 26 08:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-soylentnews.org | UK Formally Abandons Europe’s Unified Patent Court - SoylentNewsJul 26 08:36
schestowitz"Looks like Huawei is going to fight back against the U.S. for the sanctions it has imposed on the company... using the U.S. patent system, which recently made some changes to FRAND agreements (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) to make it even easier to sue."Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzhttps://yro.slashdot.org/story/20/07/14/2316236/huawei-fights-back [slashdot.org] [slashdot.org] [slashdot.org]Jul 26 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://yro.slashdot.org/story/20/07/14/2316236/huawei-fights-back )Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzI tried digging a little about what changes were made and this looks to be what is being discussed.Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzJustice Department’s New Position on Patents, Standard Setting, and InjunctionsJul 26 08:37
schestowitz"A FRAND commitment ... requires the patent owner to license to all participants in the standard upon payment of a FRAND royalty.Jul 26 08:37
schestowitz...Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzIn December 2019, the Justice Department, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a formal policy statement on remedies for SEPs. The new statement declares that injunctions should be available for SEPs on the same terms as for patents generally. It also states in a footnote that the antitrust laws are not generally applicable to FRAND disputes."Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzhttps://www.theregreview.org/2020/01/06/hovenkamp-justice-department-new-position-patents-standard-setting-injunctions/ [theregreview.org] [theregreview.org] [theregreview.org]Jul 26 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregreview.org | Justice Department's New Position on Patents, Standard Setting, and Injunctions | The Regulatory ReviewJul 26 08:37
schestowitzThis looks bad no? If companies wish to voluntarily enter into an agreement to cross license patents why should the government get to dictate the terms? No one is forcing anyone to enter into the agreement, if a patent holder doesn't like the terms of the agreement simply don't enter. This seems to go against contract law (but you will have all the IP zealots claiming that copy'right' is also about protecting contract law).Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzAlso how does not allowing SEPs to prohibit injunctions to those that voluntarily sign up to the SEPs help spur innovation. It would seem that prohibiting injunctions and requiring reasonable licensing rates to those that sign up would help spur innovation as it would allow more companies to benefit from being able to do more stuff instead of locking out everyone from being able to do anything. Isn't the point of patents to spur, Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzand not to hinder, innovation? The individual inventor that doesn't want to sign up to the SEPs doesn't have to but if a collective group wants to pool their patents and agree not to sue each other for an injunction and to cross license with each other at reasonable rates then allowing them to voluntarily enter into such an agreement to do so would spur innovation. Them agreeing on their patents doesn't affect the person that doesn'Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzt wish to enter into the agreement in a way that harms overall innovation.Jul 26 08:37
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schestowitzUhm ... it looks like the original Slashdot post got removed, probably by accident while Slashdot was having all of those problems with their comments.Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzHere is another link that links to the Slashdot article.Jul 26 08:37
schestowitzhttps://shamelesslyplugged.blogspot.com/2020/07/slashdot-huawei-fights-back.html [blogspot.com]Jul 26 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-shamelesslyplugged.blogspot.com | Slashdot: Huawei Fights BackJul 26 08:37
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