●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Thursday, May 20, 2021 ●● ● May 20 [00:05] schestowitz__ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/keeping-up-with-dutch-patent-litigation.html?showComment=1621422301800#c6392089770118428549 [00:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Keeping up with Dutch patent litigation: second half-year case law review 2020 - The IPKat [00:05] schestowitz__ "Wow, unless I haven't drunk enough coffee this morning yet, it seems to me the closest prior art decision is contrary to EPO BoA approach, since the EPO approach as far as I understand leaves the question of the solution's inventiveness to the characterising part of the claim only, as it were?" ● May 20 [01:43] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/wh0careswh0/status/1395078130436558858\ [01:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wh0careswh0: https://t.co/aYSzUcSlIc https://t.co/7b5HZZZWMP [01:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Release: Police Report About Arrest of Bill Gates Engineer for Pedophilia (Detained at Residence of Bill Gates) | Techrights [01:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@EmeraldRobinson: Bill Gates claiming that his long friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was just an attempt to win the Nobel Pe https://t.co/xSWVa8vX4N [01:43] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/wh0careswh0/status/1395078051525013505 [01:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wh0careswh0: @EmeraldRobinson Birds of a feather flock together https://t.co/aYSzUcSlIc [01:43] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/oGrandeAlberto/status/1395028628451303426 [01:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@oGrandeAlberto: "Release: Police Report About Arrest of Bill Gates Engineer for Pedophilia (Detained at Residence of Bill Gates)" https://t.co/jDICdyDLZr [01:44] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/uliwitness/status/1395006962102849536 [01:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@uliwitness: Huh. Seems there's something weird going on with Freenode (the IRC server) and a lawsuit: https://t.co/x2OGzM9lUc https://t.co/e2Po3FyzNX [01:44] schestowitz__ " [01:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Andrew Lee of Private Internet Access/London Trust Media Increasingly Owns and Controls Freenode (Updatedx2) | Techrights [01:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@uliwitness: Huh. Seems there's something weird going on with Freenode (the IRC server) and a lawsuit: https://t.co/x2OGzM9lUc https://t.co/e2Po3FyzNX [01:44] schestowitz__ Huh. Seems there's something weird going on with Freenode (the IRC server) and a lawsuit: [01:44] schestowitz__ http://techrights.org/2021/05/13/private-internet-access-and-freenode/ [01:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Andrew Lee of Private Internet Access/London Trust Media Increasingly Owns and Controls Freenode (Updatedx2) | Techrights [01:44] schestowitz__ My brain doesn't work well with the format of IRC (more a fan of asynchronous chat like Twitter, Slack or Discord), but a few projects are on IRC only. This is sad. [01:44] schestowitz__ " [01:48] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/fleming77/status/1394927239519772677 [01:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@fleming77: The newly ultraconservative court has agreed to hear a direct challenge to the landmark 1973 abortion case https://t.co/1i4OQiPxaM [01:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: NEWS #TheNation The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wades Death Warrant https://t.co/zX6JbaIJzj [01:48] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/kvbcarter/status/1394912896442724352 [01:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kvbcarter: @schestowitz @GOPLeader You should resign. You do not represent American values. The big lie is Biden won-Enough is https://t.co/Zdie30n3ri [01:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kvbcarter: @schestowitz @GOPLeader You should resign. You do not represent American values. The big lie is Biden won-Enough is https://t.co/Zdie30n3ri [01:48] schestowitz__ " [01:48] schestowitz__ @GOPLeader [01:48] schestowitz__ You should resign. You do not represent American values. The big lie is Biden won-Enough is Enough!! Democrats go it alone. The GOP doesnt give a shit about governing. Face with symbols over mouthSquared sos #McCarthyIsATraitor [01:48] schestowitz__ " [01:49] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/jriddlecult/status/1394895360783491072 [01:49] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@jriddlecult: @schestowitz That's got to be the shortest article ever. ● May 20 [03:22] schestowitz__ [08:26] [08:01] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx it is a "the owner of PIA is suing freenode for control of freenode" issue [03:22] schestowitz__ [08:26] [08:01] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx you probably want to cover this [03:22] schestowitz__ [08:26] [08:08] thanks, I will amend [03:22] schestowitz__ [08:26] [08:08] http://techrights.org/2021/05/13/private-internet-access-and-freenode/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/13/private-internet-access-and-freenode/ [03:22] schestowitz__ [08:26] [08:14] Updated ● May 20 [04:00] schestowitz_log NEWS #CraigMurray Bypassing the Road Block https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/04/bypassing-the-road-block/ [04:00] schestowitz_log "We will release a drop in replacement for ownCloud in a few weeks so that users and customers can easily upgrade to Nextcloud to benefit from the new bugfix and security improvements and features. Nextcloud GmbH will provide free support for all current ownCloud customers to simplify a transition." [04:00] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Bypassing the Road Block - Craig Murray ● May 20 [05:15] Techrights-sec https://nitter.cc/go_show95/status/1395181960302141442#m [05:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | GoShow95 (@go_show95): "techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Fo" | nitter ● May 20 [09:43] schestowitz__
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    My resignation from freenode
    [09:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461">My ) [09:44] schestowitz__
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    As it is now known, the freenode IRC network has been taken over by a Trumpian wannabe korean royalty bitcoins millionaire. To make a long story short, the former freenode head of staff secretly "sold" the network to this person even if it was not hers to sell, and our lawyers have advised us that there is not much that we can do about it without some of us risking financial ruin. Fuck you Christel, lilo's life [09:44] schestowitz__ work did not deserve this.

    • ● May 20 [12:01] Techrights-sec https://nitter.cc/JulianKlode/status/1395282819958681603#m [12:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Julian Andres Klode (@JulianKlode): "FreeNode is now controlled by Andrew Lee. Andrew Lee links to blog post by Roy Schestowitz. Roy Schestowitz is known associate of Dan Pocock, who runs a bunch of hate speech attack centers against Debian and related communities." | nitter [12:01] Techrights-sec "FreeNode is now controlled by Andrew Lee. Andrew Lee links to blog post by Roy Schestowitz. Roy Schestowitz is known associate of Dan Pocock, who runs a bunch of hate speech attack centers against Debian and related communities." [12:02] Techrights-sec https://nitter.cc/JulianKlode/status/1395283454280011776#m [12:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Julian Andres Klode (@JulianKlode): "This turns FreeNode to the rhetoric of the right wing, complaining about "cancel culture" and supporting aggressive mobbers." | nitter [12:02] Techrights-sec https://nitter.cc/JulianKlode/status/1395282818301837318#m [12:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Julian Andres Klode (@JulianKlode): "One of the two major free software IRC networks has been taken over by an enemy. It's a bad day." | nitter [12:20] Techrights-sec https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/stallman-isn't-out-of-touch-with:4 [12:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-odysee.com | Stallman ISN'T OUT OF TOUCH With Technology! [12:20] schestowitz__ dozens and monopolists and their front groups cannot lie to everyone forever. They've mostly harmed themselves at the end, in an attempt to distract from the messenger. [12:32] Techrights-sec Doctorow has been working against the idea of monopoly itself, rather [12:32] Techrights-sec than playing whack-a-mole with the many that pop up. [12:32] Techrights-sec However, as for RMS, the truth of his situation and accuracy and practicality [12:32] Techrights-sec of his stated positions are getting known finally. Rather than 4th or 5th [12:32] Techrights-sec hand lies. [12:32] schestowitz__ I wrote thousands of articles about Novell. But often I focused more on the brand than the issues. I no longer do this. [12:34] Techrights-sec But realize that the smears against RMS from within FOSS have been going for at least 15 years, that I know of. [12:34] Techrights-sec Yes, it is the principles which are involved which matter. The [12:34] Techrights-sec miscreants change. It's hard to imagine but decades ago Google was [12:34] Techrights-sec rather good. M$, however, never was, not even for a moment. [12:34] schestowitz__ What are your gut feelings re freenode? We might be writing a lot more about them for a while. [12:37] Techrights-sec I don't know enough about Freenode or the due who bought it out. [12:37] Techrights-sec I may be quite wrong but it looks like he has been, in practice, in [12:37] Techrights-sec posession of it for quite a while. It also looks like the person [12:37] Techrights-sec who sold it had no right to do so but the courts would take a while [12:37] Techrights-sec to solve that and getting them involed would be a lot of time, work, and money [12:37] Techrights-sec which no one has to spare. [12:38] Techrights-sec I would look to see how many of the [12:38] Techrights-sec original FreeNode components have already moved to Libera.Chat and [12:38] Techrights-sec also check how many (if any) remain at FreeNode. [12:54] Techrights-sec https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=1323-14313024-5DUR5O5ID0FMAGA88BVMR01M86 [12:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-markets.ft.com | Proposed acquisition of Private Internet Access Company Announcement - FT.com [12:55] Techrights-sec There are a lot of M$ GitHub links about the FreeNode situation. [12:55] schestowitz__ lots of abusive comments there too [12:57] Techrights-sec Yes, M$ GitHub is mostly a waste of time but unfortunately a few [12:57] Techrights-sec of the principals for FreeNode have posted there. [12:57] Techrights-sec (in their role as staff) [12:57] schestowitz__ I pointed this out in my article, ● May 20 [13:20] Techrights-sec The self-hosted ones are the ones to prioritize, IMO [13:20] Techrights-sec It's good that the article connects those who joined the attack letter against [13:20] Techrights-sec RMS so one can see the cross over between that letter and various troubles [13:20] Techrights-sec elsewhere [13:20] Techrights-sec I've read the article now, it is quite thorough. [13:21] schestowitz__ I don't think freenode staffer intended so, but what they do is a strike at the very core of many projects. Microsoft could NOT BE ANY HAPPIER. Heck, dumb "SHITTY IRC" and "COME OVER TO GITHUB and enjoy FREE SPACE of Microsoft censors" [13:22] Techrights-sec "*dump [13:22] Techrights-sec *saffers [13:22] Techrights-sec Yes. There is plenty of friction anyway, but when they have the chance, [13:22] Techrights-sec M$ always tries to feed it and / or put sand in the gears. That's how they [13:22] Techrights-sec have always worked. [13:23] schestowitz__ IBM will ship the popcorn to Redmond [13:24] Techrights-sec Basically. [13:24] Techrights-sec I'm still not sure what IBM gets out of buying RH just to look like shutting [13:24] Techrights-sec it down. [13:25] schestowitz__ I think they tried to attack the communities to make Red Hat (and SUSE) the only "good" choice for "business", but they clearly play with fire and now they lose Red Hat brains [13:25] Techrights-sec Do they think they have enough of the market to take it fully proprietary in [13:25] Techrights-sec practice? [13:28] Techrights-sec They are certainly looking like they are hemorrhaging their key employees. [13:28] schestowitz__ see all the stuff I've been quoting lately from thelayoff.com [13:28] schestowitz__ stupid MBAs killing the company for short-term gains [13:29] Techrights-sec They are certainly looking like they are hemorrhaging their key employees. [13:29] Techrights-sec After a certain percentage go, the remainder won't be effective and [13:29] Techrights-sec new talent will be unavailable because of that. [13:29] Techrights-sec Yes, I've seen that but the layoff.com is a site which always should [13:29] Techrights-sec be followed up with verification. [13:29] Techrights-sec I'm not sure the MBAs will even get short term gains out of this. [13:29] Techrights-sec It looks motivated by ideology and not bottom-line profits, since the [13:29] Techrights-sec latter are missing. [13:30] schestowitz__ I only ever quote latest comments from that forum/board in social control media [13:32] Techrights-sec Yes, but they are more or less unsourced quotes. Aynone can write there. ● May 20 [19:06] *rianne has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [19:06] *rianne (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 20 [20:17] Techrights-sec https://nitter.cc/vineethjose/status/1395435359257780226#m [20:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Vineeth Jose (@vineethjose): "Richard Stallmans talk about new/er risks to free software. http://techrights.org/2021/05/15/richard-stallman-2019-talk/" | nitter [20:18] Techrights-sec https://nitter.cc/h2gtim/status/1395396206931546117#m [20:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.cc | Assault Fish/ Pepper Fish Burritos (@h2gtim): "techrights.org/2020/06/20/yo" | nitter