●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Sunday, March 28, 2021 ●● ● Mar 28 [09:16] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [09:16] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [09:22] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [09:23] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [09:57] *rianne__ has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 28 [11:27] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [11:48] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 28 [12:49] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) ● Mar 28 [13:18] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [13:23] schestowitz__ As regards my fight over corruption at the USPTO, attached are two pdfs of Comments I have made to the Federal Register, and you might be interested in my observations about David Kappos in the pdf entitled "Comments regarding proposed fee adjustments." The other pdf is earlier material, but it might interest you, as well. [13:23] schestowitz__ Then, too, there is the issue of the USPTO not working with Linux, which might interest you. [13:23] schestowitz__ If you have any thoughts about this that you want to share, I would enjoy hearing from you. I need all the information and contacts I can get when I am battling the medical establishment and the USPTO. [13:23] schestowitz__ I will look forward to hearing from you. [13:23] schestowitz__ All the best, [13:23] schestowitz__ xxxx xxxx [13:26] schestowitz__ As you can imagine, I'm extremely angry, and I'm right now finalizing a big report that I'm going to send to a bunch of people in DC, hoping to get something done. [13:26] schestowitz__ Attached are some screenshots and excerpts from USPTO and Wikipedia pages that you can probably figure out. [13:26] schestowitz__ I'll send you the report when I finish it. [13:26] schestowitz__ You can share everything, and thanks for the interest. [13:26] schestowitz__ All the best, [13:26] schestowitz__ xxxxx ● Mar 28 [14:36] schestowitz__ Conflict of Interest: Microsoft and IBM Controlling the USPTO and Leaving GNU/Linux Users Shut Out (in the Cold) [14:36] schestowitz__ http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/freesw-out-in-the-cold/ [14:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Conflict of Interest: Microsoft and IBM Controlling the USPTO and Leaving GNU/Linux Users Shut Out (in the Cold) | Techrights [14:36] schestowitz__ It would be good to publish futher info as it comes: [14:36] schestowitz__ http://techrights.org/wiki/USPTO [14:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | USPTO - Techrights [14:50] schestowitz__ > Thanks. [14:50] schestowitz__ > [14:50] schestowitz__ > I'm almost finished with a long report that I'm going to send to people [14:50] schestowitz__ > in DC, and I'll send it to you as soon as it's done. Sometime in the [14:50] schestowitz__ > coming week, for sure. [14:50] schestowitz__ > [14:50] schestowitz__ > Thanks again. [14:50] schestowitz__ Thanks for the headsup. ● Mar 28 [15:24] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [15:33] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 28 [16:30] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [16:51] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [16:53] schestowitz__ I'll also like to ask you about something else, totally unrelated, as you happen to be the only person I "know" from England. [16:54] schestowitz__ I saw some news about Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccines in Italy, being saved for sending to England. IDK if this is public knowledge (it is here), but Argentina also produces that vaccine with its own infrastructure, and we made about 15-20 million doses that never ended up on any argentine: the doses are now in the USA. We made those doses for latin america, and no latin america country has seen any dose so far from it. And [16:54] schestowitz__ India is another producer, which recently closed the exports of the vaccine because of contracts being not fulfilled (and Indians dying, of course). So people is starting to talk about Oxford and/or AstraZeneca trying to benefit England over everybody else in the world. [16:54] schestowitz__ Yet, the Italy thing is scary, as the whole Brexit stuff made the relations between England and the EU very tense. And, to be honest, I'm very scared of this thing scalating to conflict (France stance is certainly not helping). What's the word around England about all this stuff? Do you believe actual conflict is a real possibility? [16:54] schestowitz__ I will respond to this in post form tomorrow, without mentioning names... ● Mar 28 [17:51] schestowitz__ > Added my sig, will ask others to do the same [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] schestowitz__ > https://codeberg.org/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter/issues/1#issuecomment-185588 [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-codeberg.org | #1 - Make a comment here if you want to be added without a github account - rms-support-letter - Codeberg.org [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] schestowitz__ > Good! I'm not sure what Bill can do about that.:-) [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] schestowitz__ > I'll suggest to the codeberg people that they put the actual text of the [17:51] schestowitz__ > letter on codeberg.org too. [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-codeberg.org | Codeberg.org [17:51] schestowitz__ > Adrienne [17:51] schestowitz__ We'll reach 4000 soon, maybe 5000 (I hope) [17:52] schestowitz__ > Roy, [17:52] schestowitz__ > [17:52] schestowitz__ > The github page is periodically mirrored at: [17:52] schestowitz__ > https://rms-support-letter.gitlab.io/ [17:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-rms-support-letter.gitlab.io | An open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman | An open letter in support of RMS. [17:52] schestowitz__ > [17:52] schestowitz__ Thanks, I was not aware. [17:52] schestowitz__ You can see who lead the anti-GNU movement: [17:52] schestowitz__ 1220 Neil McGovern [17:52] schestowitz__ https://daniel-lange.com/archives/171-The-Stallman-wars.html [17:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-daniel-lange.com | The Stallman wars | Daniel Lange's blog [17:57] schestowitz__ >> I like the idea. Sometimes I'm left with no links to post. They help me [17:57] schestowitz__ >> take "breaks" from writing... and reading instead, clutter-free. [17:57] schestowitz__ > Ok. I'll start working on that. It may take quite some time since it [17:57] schestowitz__ > appears that many of the sites have problems with their web pages and I [17:57] schestowitz__ > will have to change the core functionality, Specifically, I will have [17:57] schestowitz__ > to convert the read pages to XHTML using Tidy and then parse that with a [17:57] schestowitz__ > more generic XML parser instead of the now too outdated HTML parser. [17:57] schestowitz__ There's no hurry while the existing workflow still works OK. [17:57] schestowitz__ I will back up the whole pi soon, just in case... more and more critical stuff on it, over time... [17:58] schestowitz__ https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20392646#6b48015071ff0139cbc3005056264835 [17:58] schestowitz__ "IBM -- The big BM! * MS -- Microsnot! **SOSO -- Same Old Same Old" [17:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Conflict of Interest: #Microsoft and #IBM Controlling the #USPTO and Leaving #GNU / #Linux Users Shut Out (in the Cold) http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/freesw-out-in-the-cold/ [17:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Conflict of Interest: Microsoft and IBM Controlling the USPTO and Leaving GNU/Linux Users Shut Out (in the Cold) | Techrights [17:58] schestowitz__ 'IBM -- The Big BM! MS -- Microsnot! ----------------------- SOSO -- Same Old Same Old" [17:58] schestowitz__ https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20393209#2d47e240720a01397fa27085c2fdcc0b [17:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Get Ready for Richard M. Stallman to Become FSF President Again (for Continuity of the FSFs Mission) http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/rms-return/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/28/rms-return/ [17:58] schestowitz__ "Get ready for the FSF to not exist anymore: https://www.zdnet.com/article/return-of-stallman-to-fsf-sparks-outrage-among-open-source-and-free-software-leaders/" [17:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Get Ready for Richard M. Stallman to Become FSF President Again (for Continuity of the FSFs Mission) | Techrights [17:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.zdnet.com | Return of Stallman to FSF sparks outrage among open-source and free software leaders | ZDNet [17:59] schestowitz__ IBM- and Microsoft-funded ZDNet still spreading lies, as it did before: http://techrights.org/2020/09/10/sjvn-senior-moment/ [17:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | One Year Later Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Libel Against Richard Stallman Remains Online and Uncorrected at ZDNet | Techrights ● Mar 28 [20:26] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [20:30] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 28 [22:58] schestowitz__ The Free Software community is a lot more diverse in opinions than the [22:58] schestowitz__ corporate-centered fossal scene where the present moral panic (no [22:58] schestowitz__ offense intended with this term; I aim to *not* pass a judgment on its [22:58] schestowitz__ legitimacy by using it) appears to be running strongest. [22:58] schestowitz__ If FSF's experiences in 2019 are of any use, though the wave of [22:58] schestowitz__ community pressure for Richard's removal or resignation hit hard, the [22:58] schestowitz__ wave of complaints that he had resigned, shortly thereafter, was about [22:59] schestowitz__ an order of magnitude stronger, according to my analysis of the data [22:59] schestowitz__ that was made available to me. [22:59] schestowitz__ Right now, published voices are quite divided, but there are also lots [22:59] schestowitz__ of people being driven into silence by the aggressiveness of the [22:59] schestowitz__ emotional peer pressure. There are also reports of one-sided corporate [22:59] schestowitz__ pressure. Richard's support base is not quite as vocal, furious or [22:59] schestowitz__ deep-pocketed, but it's far more numerous and more discrete. [22:59] schestowitz__ All in all, it looks to me like, in the long term, a public stance in [22:59] schestowitz__ alignment with present emotional demands is more likely to backfire, and [22:59] schestowitz__ make the project seem less welcoming, than staying put. [22:59] schestowitz__ > The active developers know he is not involved in any significant way, but [22:59] schestowitz__ > you wouldn't know that from the web page. [22:59] schestowitz__ The Free Software community is a lot more diverse in opinions than the [22:59] schestowitz__ corporate-centered fossal scene where the present moral panic (no [22:59] schestowitz__ offense intended with this term; I aim to *not* pass a judgment on its [22:59] schestowitz__ legitimacy by using it) appears to be running strongest. [22:59] schestowitz__ If FSF's experiences in 2019 are of any use, though the wave of [22:59] schestowitz__ community pressure for Richard's removal or resignation hit hard, the [22:59] schestowitz__ wave of complaints that he had resigned, shortly thereafter, was about [22:59] schestowitz__ an order of magnitude stronger, according to my analysis of the data [22:59] schestowitz__ that was made available to me. [22:59] schestowitz__ Right now, published voices are quite divided, but there are also lots [22:59] schestowitz__ of people being driven into silence by the aggressiveness of the [22:59] schestowitz__ emotional peer pressure. There are also reports of one-sided corporate [22:59] schestowitz__ pressure. Richard's support base is not quite as vocal, furious or [22:59] schestowitz__ deep-pocketed, but it's far more numerous and more discrete. [22:59] schestowitz__ All in all, it looks to me like, in the long term, a public stance in [22:59] schestowitz__ alignment with present emotional demands is more likely to backfire, and [22:59] schestowitz__ make the project seem less welcoming, than staying put. [22:59] schestowitz__ > The active developers know he is not involved in any significant way, but [22:59] schestowitz__ > you wouldn't know that from the web page. [22:59] schestowitz__ https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-March/235103.html [22:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-gcc.gnu.org | Remove RMS from the GCC Steering Committee [22:59] schestowitz__ > Thanks, I appreciate that. [22:59] schestowitz__ > [22:59] schestowitz__ > [22:59] schestowitz__ > Two other conversations you might want to have a look at, if you haven't [22:59] schestowitz__ > yet. I've sort of sneaked in some background story on FSF/RMS [22:59] schestowitz__ > resignation/return in both of them, which you might find relevant. [22:59] schestowitz__ > [22:59] schestowitz__ > ● Mar 28 [23:00] schestowitz__ > One starts here https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-March/235091.html [23:00] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-gcc.gnu.org | Remove RMS from the GCC Steering Committee [23:00] schestowitz__ > [23:00] schestowitz__ > [23:00] schestowitz__ > The other conversation took place on the second day of #libreplanet, [23:00] schestowitz__ > starting at about 19:00 (UTC-3). My nick is lxo. I attach the chat [23:00] schestowitz__ > logs from that day for your perusal, in case you weren't there. [23:31] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1221419088937611264?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1221419088937611264:0:0:0:1221450974382129152 [23:31] schestowitz__ "Don't let them in to begin with. Biden has encouraged and perpetrated human trafficking of the worse kind. Why isn't their any outrage over the children in cages from the left." [23:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Biden to Stop Detaining C... | Minds [23:31] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1221823876478664704?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1221823876478664704:0:0:0:1221860537403568128 [23:31] schestowitz__ "Lol public health is endangering the public " [23:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Gun Manufacturers Are Endangering Public Health. They Sho... | Minds [23:31] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1222123046955552768?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1222123046955552768:0:0:0:1222126910525403136 [23:31] schestowitz__ "Corrupt to the core!" [23:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | About this file - European Patent Register | Minds [23:32] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1220111954702139392?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1220111954702139392:0:0:0:1220119261594943488 [23:32] schestowitz__ "Any word if Putin is shutting down child trafficking twitter in Russia? Or is All of Russia now the Hells Angels territory? #truth #meme #maga #freedom #politics https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=883kU6MFG1A" [23:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Tourism to Turkey under threat due to rising coronavirus ... | Minds [23:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | WARNING FROM 1965 - YouTube [23:32] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1220132640517894144?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1220132640517894144:0:0:0:1220133631707426816 [23:32] schestowitz__ "Im afraid Putin is not man enough and Russia has officially been apprehended by the Hells Angels, we recommend all Russian to close twitter and Facebook accounts. #trump #maga #freedom #meme #politics https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vQSb_dfietk [23:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | I still see some k00ks in #minds but the past month or so... | Minds [23:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Hells Angels 1965 - YouTube [23:32] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1220019144732868608?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1220019144732868608:0:0:0:1220253852654194688 [23:32] schestowitz__ "there are no progressive policies, and they were never really planned. all is lie." [23:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Will new NAFTA block Biden's progressive regulatory polic... | Minds [23:33] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1220423729252708352?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1220423729252708352:0:0:0:1220427882414166016 [23:33] schestowitz__ " [23:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | #microsoft #xbox https://hugelolcdn.com/i/634598.png | Minds [23:33] schestowitz__ https://hugelolcdn.com/i/634598.png [23:33] schestowitz__ strange that it doesn't pull in a thumbnail at least. [23:33] schestowitz__ " [23:33] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1221408253227433984?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1221408253227433984:0:0:0:1221414514918363136 [23:33] schestowitz__ "It does go undetected, and when revealed, it is ignored by the corrupt judicial system." [23:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | 8 Cybersecurity Reasons Why Online Voting May Never Happe... | Minds [23:34] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1219664486341361664?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1219664486341361664:0:0:0:1219672771366670336 [23:34] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | IBM is Destroying Red Hat and Red Hatters Are Leaving | Minds [23:34] schestowitz__ "I started out with using Red Hat in Jan 1996 up until the IPO announcement mid 1999 when I thought that they were no longer the subversive revolutionary group of software engineers but a for-profit corporation that would trash the open source culture. And that they did, along with others who have followed. For the most now I use Ubuntu and Parrot, considering Arch." [23:34] schestowitz__ Red Hat is not openly hostile towards free software [23:34] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1220014121802170368?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1220014121802170368:0:0:0:1220021659910176768 [23:34] schestowitz__ "AmberAlert! Celebrities are to blame for child trafficking as they fuel the Nazi propaganda doxing rings Facebook and Twitter. Today we are asking people to give celebrities the ultimatum!... leave Facebook/twitter or face EXTORTION! #truth #meme #politics #trump #maga https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k44bYBR0ZjM&t=84s" [23:34] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Ghost of Elizabeth Holmes Still Haunts EPO as Her Patents... | Minds [23:34] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Celebrities are Pussies, Turn Off Music - YouTube [23:36] schestowitz__ https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1218216195183112192?focusedCommentUrn=urn:comment:1218216195183112192:0:0:0:1218223246633811968 [23:36] schestowitz__ "Gates somewhat systematically debunked - a healthy, critical approach avoiding unnecessary conspiratorial clap-trap." [23:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.minds.com | Real History of Microsoft and How It Became 'Successful' | Minds