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schestowitz>> OH! and he won FSF AWARD!!!Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> *nod*Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> *shrug*Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> I still don't get how come *I* got the award :-(Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> It's hard to tell whether people get the award for becoming traitors, orNov 26 13:47
schestowitz> become traitors for getting the award.Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> I've been oblivious to these machinations for too long a time.Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> This might have turned out better at the FSF had I got to my postNov 26 13:47
schestowitz> understanding how widespread it was.  I knew there was some weird shitNov 26 13:47
schestowitz> going on as I joined the board, but that not the extent of it.Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> For a brief time, I got some insights into past nominations and theNov 26 13:47
schestowitz> award selection processes for a brief time.  It hasn't shed any light onNov 26 13:47
schestowitz> what gets so many award recipients to turn against the movement :-(Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:47
schestowitz> Maybe most don't turn, they just happened to do something useful for theNov 26 13:48
schestowitz> movement and got recognition for it, without ever having been so alignedNov 26 13:48
schestowitz> with the movement.Nov 26 13:48
schestowitz> Nov 26 13:48
schestowitz> Alas, this has made the award a lot less valuable for me :-(Nov 26 13:48
schestowitzkaniini said it was a way for RMS to appease his haters.Nov 26 13:48
schestowitzEither way, those awards harm some of us who fight for the cause by giving a veneer of supremacy to those who attack us.Nov 26 13:48
schestowitzFwd: Software patents in JapanNov 26 13:48
schestowitz Bastian Best Nov 26 13:48
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schestowitzThe EPO and the JPO have quite similar approaches when it comes to patenting computer-implemented inventions. But there are subtle differences, and the devil is in the details.Nov 26 13:48
schestowitzI found this comparative study on computer-implemented inventions/softwarerelated inventions published by the EPO and JPO quite interesting. Maybe that’s something for your weekend reading list.Nov 26 13:48
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