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> Quotinghttps://techrights.org/n/2023/11/26/When_the_So_called_Cancel_Culture_Sees_Everything_in_Free_Softw.shtml:

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>> I used to think that at least some of Stallman's critics are closeted

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>> anti-Semites, but in recent years it become more apparent that even more are

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>> ableist (or both).

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> And some are anti-semites of the not-at-all closeted variety.

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> You remember the Vice hit piece on RMS in 2019? I was doing a web

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> search back then and accidentally stumbled on an article on some Nazi

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> site. Daily Stormer or Stormfront or one of those. The article was

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> praising the "brave bi-racial woman" for taking down "Jewish computer

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> scientist" Richard Stallman.

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> And related to the infamous Stallman Report: correct me if I'm wrong,

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> but isn't painting Jews as sexual deviants a frequently-used tool in the

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> anti-semitic toolbelt?

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> PS. Devault closes down his mailing lists every time there's a scandal.

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> He did it just after the Stallman Report release, when someone posted

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> all of the claims about him on the sourcehut discussion list. Here is

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> my reply to that discussion:https://the-brannons.com/srht-mail.txt. I

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> sent that 30 seconds before unsubscribing from the list, and his mail

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> server rejected it with a 500 error code.

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> BTW, I don't think you've covered this yet, so let me point you at

> https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/09/core_python_developer_suspended_coc/.

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> If you do some deep digging into this stuff, it looks like the Python

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> Software Foundation, and specifically its Code of Conduct enforcement

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> committy, are running their very own Court of Star Chamber.

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It's not trivial to prove the true motivations, but the likelihood is there.

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Core Python developer suspended for three months • The Register

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"AlmaLinux Joins Azure’s Endorsed Linux Distributions"

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | AlmaLinux Joins Azure’s Endorsed Linux Distributions

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So sorry, I just posted this today. It's just crazy busy days.

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Br,

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Rianne

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No worries. Hope you're good, busy is good but look after you.

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Did a Halloween episode yesterday."

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<h5><a href="https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-black-screen.html">VirtualBox, Linux distributions, black screen after inactivity</a></h5>

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<p>Running operating systems as virtual machines is a pretty magical thing. You want to try something, but you don't have spare hardware? No issue. Power on a hypervisor, create a virtual machine, and then inside it, test whatever you need, be it Windows, Linux, DOS, or something even more arcane and ancient. This elegant magic brings in a few complexities of its own. Like display configuration, 3D accele

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ration, and associated problems. </p>

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<p> I have already talked about the Linux black screen problem in VirtualBox a while back. That tutorial still stands. But now, I've encountered a brand new issue. This one manifests inside a running system, not on login. What happens is, you boot your distro, you let it be, you come back after a period of idleness. The screen will have timed out and turned dark/black in the guest operating system. The pr

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oblem is, when you try to "wake" it, as any one action will normally do (e.g.: move your mouse cursor), the screen will stay black. A reboot helps, but that's no solution. Let's talk about this some more, shall we. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dedoimedo.com | VirtualBox, Linux distributions, black screen after inactivity

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<h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-41-released/">Fedora 41 Released, Here’s What’s New</a></h5>

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<p>Another six-month cycle has passed, and the highly anticipated Fedora 41 release is finally here, now available for download. It packs a bevy of new features, software upgrades, and tweaks, promising an improved user experience. So, without further ado, straight to the point. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Fedora 41 Released, Here’s What’s New

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<h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-9-now-available-with-tor-and-thunderbird-updates/">Tails 6.9 Now Available with Tor and Thunderbird Updates</a></h5>

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<p>Three weeks after its previous 6.8 release, Tails announced the release of version 6.9, which brought a host of improvements focused on keeping software up to date and addressing bugs. </p>

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<p> Among the key updates in this release is the upgrade of Tor Browser to version 14.0.1, ensuring users have access to Tor’s latest security enhancements and features. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Tails 6.9 Now Available with Tor and Thunderbird Updates

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<h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-3-7-1-released/">Nitrux 3.7.1 Launches with Linux kernel 6.11 and Latest Hardware Support</a></h5>

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<p>The release announcement has a full list of the changes. The ISO image is now available for download here. A fresh installation using the latest media is recommended for new users. Those currently using previous versions can find upgrade instructions here. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Nitrux 3.7.1 Launches with Linux kernel 6.11 and Latest Hardware Support

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<h5><a href="https://pointieststick.com/2024/10/30/help-fight-the-proprietary-software-monsters/">Help fight the proprietary software monsters!</a></h5>

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<p>KDE’s yearly fundraiser is now live, with the theme of spooooky proprietary software. Go check it out — no, really! It’s great! </p>

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<p> I think this one absolutely nails it, because the stories there are relatable. They describe common problems with proprietary software most of us have personally experienced in our journeys to the FOSS world, and how FOSS fixes it. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pointieststick.com | Help fight the proprietary software monsters! – Adventures in Linux and KDE

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<h5><a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/unstoppable-linux-3-things-red-hat-enterprise-linux-has-kept-30-years">Unstoppable Linux: 3 things Red Hat Enterprise Linux has kept for 30 years</a></h5>

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<p>Here are the top 3 things that Red Hat Enterprise Linux has done unwavering ever since its humble beginnings 3 decades ago.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.redhat.com | Unstoppable Linux: 3 things Red Hat Enterprise Linux has kept for 30 years

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The morality (and patentability) of inventions derived by immoral means (T 2510/18) - The IPKat

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"The discussion of novelty here reminded me of Lord Hoffman's comments in Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc v HN Norton & Co Ltd [1995] UKHL 14 (26 October 1995):<br /><br />"There is an infinite variety of descriptions under which the same thing may be known. Things may be described according what they look like, how they are made, what they do and in many other ways. Under what description must it be known in order to justify

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the statement that one knows that it exists? This depends entirely upon the purpose for which the question is being asked. Let me elaborate upon an example which was mentioned in argument. The Amazonian Indians have known for centuries that cinchona bark can be used to treat malarial and other fevers. They used it in the form of powdered bark. In 1820, French scientists discovered that the active ingredient, an alkaloid called quinine,

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could be extracted and used more effectively in the form of sulphate of quinine. In 1944, the structure of the alkaloid molecule (C20H24N2O2) was discovered. This meant that the substance could be synthesised.<br /><br />Imagine a scientist telling an Amazonian Indian about the discoveries of 1820 and 1944. He says: "We have found that the reason why the bark is good for fevers is that it contains an alkaloid with a rather complica

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ted chemical structure which reacts with the red corpuscles in the bloodstream. It is called quinine." The Indian replies: "That is very interesting. In my tribe, we call it the magic spirit of the bark." Does the Indian know about quinine? My Lords, under the description of a quality of the bark which makes it useful for treating fevers, he obviously does. I do not think it matters that he chooses to label it in animisti

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c rather than chemical terms. He knows that the bark has a quality which makes it good for fever and that is one description of quinine.<br /><br />On the other hand, in a different context, the Amazonian Indian would not know about quinine. If shown pills of quinine sulphate, he would not associate them with the cinchona bark. He does not know quinine under the description of a substance in the form of pills. And he certainly would not

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know about the artificially synthesised alkaloid.<br />...<br />Section 2(2) does not purport to confine the state of the art about products to knowledge of their chemical composition. It is the invention which must be new and which must therefore not be part of the state of the art. It is therefore part of the state of the art if the information which has been disclosed enables the public to know the product under a description suffic

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ient to work the invention."<br /><br />Unless there is some later UK case law (which I am not aware of), there seems to me to be a direct contradiction on this point between the UK position and the position of this EPO Board of Appeal."