IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, July 28, 2021

schestowitz

It is difficult not to link what has been happening since 2010 and 2018 at the EPO by making abstraction of who was sitting on the 10th floor.

schestowitz

I agree with you that the essential issue rightly raised in my comment, is the potential shift to EPO 2.0 in the absence of a Diplomatic Conference. The mechanism to amend the EPC is in Art 172. That the AC cannot take decisions contrary to the EPC is in Art 164(1). No exceptions are foreseen.

schestowitz

This issue is not blurred by personal allegations (cronyism, conflicts of interest, incompetence and the like). Napoleon 4th brought with him a group of people of which some of them are still active at the destruction of the EPO.

schestowitz

The latest tenant of the 10th floor has done even worse. He brought chores of people from Alicante, to start with VP1 and VP5. Nowadays if you do not come from the Iberian Peninsula or if you did not have any contacts with the EUIPO, you do not stand a chance to be admitted to the EPO at director or PD level.

schestowitz

When taking as VP5 the former head of the AC and as PD 5.2 shows that “in-breading” has taken proportions which are not any longer tolerable.

schestowitz

All those people are indebted to the past and present head of the EPO for their position within the management of the EPO. Do you honestly think that their attitude will be any different of all the people displayed in the famous series “Yes Mr PM”, here “Yes Mr President”? In French: des bénis oui, oui!

schestowitz

Mentioning those facts are not there to obfuscate the debate, but to show that the tenants of the 10th floor have managed to gather around them only people which will find any idea uttered by the heads of the EPO as being the 7th world marvel.

schestowitz

How do you think it would possible, not only to pursue EPO 2.0, but also making sit all examiners in open spaces rooms, should their dare want to come on the premises of the EPO to exercise their duties?

schestowitz

This is the result when of people having no clue of what is the work done at the EPO, allow themselves to decide how it has to be carried out. This is the real scandal.

schestowitz

That the AC is accomplice to this destructive behaviour is also a scandal.

schestowitz

I am pleased that epi has decided to react in G 1/21. I would have liked to have seen a reaction when Napoleon 4th introduced R 12a-d and exiled the BA to Haar. Ironically the BA should come back to Munich, but like for examiners all members of the BA will not have a dedicated working space and even less a dedicated office.

schestowitz

Seeing how the BA has been acting up to now in G 1/21, the only logical conclusion is that the EBA is nothing more than a puppet on the strings of EPO’s management.

schestowitz

Seeing that Art 4a EPC 2000 has not been applied once does not lend me to be optimistic.

schestowitz

I have nothing against amending the EPC, but it should be done the proper way with the proper instruments and not by way of secondary legislation like in G 3/19.

http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/07/21/trade-union-to-epo-president-campinos-quash-unlawful-strike-restrictions/

schestowitz

-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | Trade union to EPO president Campinos: Quash unlawful strike restrictions - Kluwer Patent Blog

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schestowitz

I have a question regarding networking (checked your resume today for the first time since I was sent a copy):

Jul 28 10:28

schestowitz

today I packaged up the latest router to send back to BT

Jul 28 10:28

schestowitz

it says, in paper -- like it said in emails (x3 -- that unused routers will be "recycled"

Jul 28 10:29

schestowitz

I assume the one still packed and unused won't be broken apart; it's brand new

Jul 28 10:29

schestowitz

but if I also send out ones, recycle won't mean reuse of repurpose

Jul 28 10:29

schestowitz

If I sent out OLD ones... they'll basically bin them... and I'd rather find a way to salvage them.... they're perfectly fine but locked down computer... we have about 4 unused ones

Jul 28 10:30

Techrights-sec

The old ones will be binned for sure. The new ones, probably, even though

Techrights-sec

they are in the original containers. They sometimes ask for them back

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anyway, but usually just to be dicks and not because the hardware will

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get repuposed. Best to find a project which can get them to a school

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or other worthy entity.

schestowitz

Thanks, well, they charge if I don't return the latest one. The rest I will keep for now. Will research hacking options...

https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v3b

Techrights-sec

Excellent. OpenWRT is the first project to look at in that regard.

Jul 28 10:35

schestowitz

Jul 28 10:36

-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-openwrt.org | [OpenWrt Wiki] BT Home Hub 3.0 Type B

Jul 28 10:36

Techrights-sec

BTW a link to a page linking to this https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210629-01.en.htm

Jul 28 10:37

-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210629-01.en.htm )

Jul 28 10:37

Techrights-sec

" The law stated that internet service providers (ISPs) should not prevent an end-user from

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connecting to a public communications network any radio or telecommunications terminal equ

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ipment that meets the legal requirements."

Techrights-sec

That's in XXXXXXXXXX maybe there is similar in .uk

https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v2a https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v3b

schestowitz

-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-openwrt.org | [OpenWrt Wiki] BT Home Hub 2.0 Type A

schestowitz

I have 1 or 2 of this: https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v5a

-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-openwrt.org | [OpenWrt Wiki] BT Home Hub 5.0 Type A