●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Monday, March 22, 2021 ●● ● Mar 22 [00:38] *tr_guest|57300 (bcae39e8@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.188.174.57.232) has joined #boycottnovell [00:38] *tr_guest|57300 (bcae39e8@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.188.174.57.232) has left #boycottnovell ● Mar 22 [01:47] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) [01:47] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [01:56] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [01:58] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 22 [04:25] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [04:26] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [04:56] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [04:56] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 22 [07:06] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Mohsen_jokar/status/1373886715581063168 [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Mohsen_jokar: Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Upda https://t.co/w5XOXKU44p [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Mohsen_jokar: Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Upda https://t.co/w5XOXKU44p [07:06] schestowitz " [07:06] schestowitz Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Updatedx3). [07:06] schestowitz #RichardStallman #FSF #OpenSource #LibrePlanet [07:06] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/ric [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Updatedx3) | Techrights [07:06] schestowitz " [07:06] schestowitz https://twitter.com/newsyc300/status/1373883133779644417 [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@newsyc300: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF https://t.co/icngg5Gu6h (https://t.co/gJdEHNqwkp) [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> news.ycombinator.com | Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF | Hacker News [07:06] schestowitz https://twitter.com/M157q_News_RSS/status/1373873590613938179 [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@M157q_News_RSS: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF https://t.co/eapHM3or2J Article URL: https://t.co/7fMAUF81VO [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Updatedx3) | Techrights [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@M157q_News_RSS: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF https://t.co/eapHM3or2J Article URL: https://t.co/7fMAUF81VO [07:06] schestowitz https://twitter.com/JJ_Bloom/status/1373873321155174403 [07:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@JJ_Bloom: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF https://t.co/3zrdUo8tmP [07:07] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Hn251/status/1373872532181422089 [07:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Hn251: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF https://t.co/Dfpxk1r9Qe (https://t.co/wVrgDmtbFt) [07:07] schestowitz https://twitter.com/6ltdata/status/1373858871886888964 [07:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@6ltdata: Richard M Stallman Is Back on the FSF Board (https://t.co/OW2OX2cfOw) : https://t.co/skcjgZBxGu [07:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Welcome to Techrights [07:07] schestowitz https://twitter.com/webology/status/1373823060155990016 [07:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@webology: For the curious, related to this news (which I failed to link to earlier): https://t.co/rnwd3dXtHf [07:08] schestowitz https://twitter.com/wwahammy/status/1373821328017481732 [07:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wwahammy: FSF is back to being led by a chronic sexual harasser, a child molestation apologist and transphobe. RMS is a canc https://t.co/SkJwT1m9ZJ [07:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wwahammy: FSF is back to being led by a chronic sexual harasser, a child molestation apologist and transphobe. RMS is a canc https://t.co/SkJwT1m9ZJ [07:08] schestowitz " [07:08] schestowitz FSF is back to being led by a chronic sexual harasser, a child molestation apologist and transphobe. [07:08] schestowitz RMS is a cancer on FOSS and the struggle for digital autonomy and justice. [07:08] schestowitz Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35... [07:08] schestowitz Richard Stallman says hes coming back to the FSF and he will hopefully lead the FSF again [07:08] schestowitz techrights.org [07:08] schestowitz " [07:08] schestowitz https://twitter.com/citrusui/status/1373802178540924929 [07:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@citrusui: I hope he doesn't make any more stupid remarks defending pedos https://t.co/vNVpJvQy6G [07:09] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Alba_Roza/status/1373890136505729024 [07:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Alba_Roza: Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation https://t.co/ei0HWknKeU [07:13] schestowitz techrights was again at the top of the front page of HN, this time it did stick, RMS article accessed about 30k times so far ● Mar 22 [08:16] schestowitz >>> You may wish to use this quote ;-) [08:16] schestowitz > heh, I didn't expect you to use this part ;-D [08:16] schestowitz > [08:16] schestowitz > Thanks, my friend, this has been quite an adventure. [08:16] schestowitz > [08:16] schestowitz > On to the next one? :-) [08:16] schestowitz I wonder when the mediagoblin site will have a video of the talk. With over 30,000 views on this blog post there's lack of bw capacity for this copy of the video. So we're trying to find workarounds at the moment. [08:17] schestowitz me to RMS: "Congrats on your return!" [08:42] Techrights-sec TR is still in HN, the link has not been blocked yet, though that post [08:42] Techrights-sec points only to an external video and has no text [08:42] Techrights-sec oops. that linke *does* have text, so interesting that HN is letting it [08:42] Techrights-sec persist [08:42] Techrights-sec NH is garbage but any visibility is good [08:42] Techrights-sec It'll reach a different crowd so that's an advantage [08:42] Techrights-sec 421 points by wrycoder 8 hours ago | hide | 359 comments [08:42] Techrights-sec Visibility at HN will help reach the hostile crowd and some who [08:42] Techrights-sec are already on the edge might benefit and adapt ● Mar 22 [09:09] schestowitz
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    An Ode to Stable Interfaces: R and R Core Deserve So Much Praise
    [09:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [09:09] schestowitz
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    Stable and rigourously maintained interfaces are a fantastic resource that is dramatically under-appreciated. Efforts such as the ten-year reproduction challenge demonstrate that this really is not a given. Maybe instead of celebrating band aides (look, I reproduce via code I have frozen in a virtual environment / container / machine / ) we should celebrate languages, ecosystems, packages, that [09:09] schestowitz allow us to rely on the just code itself.

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    Because we can.

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    And we should strengthen and reinforce that ability. And discourage rapid changes just for changes sake. Code running for a decade, or even longer, is a huge boon to everybody relying on it.

    Three cheers to R Core.

    • [09:21] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/board-of-appeal-in-t180715-continues.html?showComment=1616240581143#c558721178525094255 [09:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | BREAKING: Board of Appeal in T1807/15 continues with ViCo oral proceedings referral - The IPKat [09:21] schestowitz " [09:21] schestowitz In my opinion, two important pieces of information worth reading: [09:21] schestowitz 1) Read the editorial of epi-information 1/2021 [09:21] schestowitz Subtitle: "The manants rebel". [09:21] schestowitz While epi had officially said very little when the BA were "reformed" and banished to the outskirts of Munich, for once it is speaking out. [09:21] schestowitz Bravo, keep up the fight, it's only a start! [09:21] schestowitz 2) EPO launches an investigation into what it would like to see established as "New Normal [09:21] schestowitz https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210319_fr.html [09:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.epo.org | EPO - Contribute to EPOs public consultation first draft of Towards a new normal orientation document [09:21] schestowitz New normal = maximum digitisation and more or less complete dematerialisation of the office, with agents spread throughout Europe and mixed Hague-Munich divisions. Maximum 50% of agents on site. [09:21] schestowitz I find the amazing the nerve put to light by the upper management. When it came to deciding that OP in the form of ViCo are compulsory, users were not asked for their opinion. [09:21] schestowitz Now that the office is to be completely dematerialised, he is asking users for their opinion. [09:21] schestowitz When you know what the office does with the responses to "consultations", it is difficult to do better in terms of mocking the world. [09:21] schestowitz The aim is clearly to save 50% of the buildings. It had actually started with the sale of part of the BT 8, but the city of Munich did not go for it. [09:21] schestowitz Before reselling buildings in the city centre of Munich, it would be necessary to repatriate the BA from the outskirts. [09:21] schestowitz The legal basis for all this: nope! [09:21] schestowitz The aim is see trough, being able to tell the AC that the users approve. Not with me! [09:22] schestowitz I am torn between telling the pseudo-managers of the office what I think of them and boycotting the survey! [09:22] schestowitz " ● Mar 22 [11:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/neapovea/status/1373925823829454850 [11:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@neapovea: Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Despus de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junt https://t.co/yG1Rm6hbs1 [11:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@neapovea: Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Despus de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junt https://t.co/yG1Rm6hbs1 [11:37] schestowitz " [11:37] schestowitz Bearded person [11:37] schestowitz Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Despus de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junta de directores. No me queda claro si puede o ser elegido presidente de nuevo. http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/richard-stallman-is-coming-back-to-the-board-of-the-free-software-foundation-founded-by-himself-35-years-ago/ [11:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Updatedx3) | Techrights [11:37] schestowitz a travs de @mixx_io [11:37] schestowitz " [11:39] schestowitz https://twitter.com/0atman/status/1373907564371578880 [11:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@0atman: When I met Stallman a decade ago, it was obvious what he was: A talented asshole. Our industry doesn't need any mo https://t.co/NIDCkS0Y7a [11:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@0atman: When I met Stallman a decade ago, it was obvious what he was: A talented asshole. Our industry doesn't need any mo https://t.co/NIDCkS0Y7a [11:39] schestowitz " [11:39] schestowitz When I met Stallman a decade ago, it was obvious what he was: A talented asshole. [11:39] schestowitz Our industry doesn't need any more of these people. [11:39] schestowitz In every interview board I sit on, I advise against hiring talented assholes, they are poison. [11:39] schestowitz rms will hurt the @fsf [11:39] schestowitz . [11:39] schestowitz " [11:39] schestowitz https://twitter.com/LafontLft/status/1373906823128944641 [11:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@LafontLft: Welcome back https://t.co/Tc9EQ4WwNf [11:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago (Updatedx3) | Techrights [11:40] schestowitz https://twitter.com/dachelc/status/1373900665374838785 [11:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@dachelc: Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF https://t.co/GProPLKLPk ● Mar 22 [17:36] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/board-of-appeal-in-t180715-continues.html?showComment=1616419075025#c7168985705163768738 [17:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | BREAKING: Board of Appeal in T1807/15 continues with ViCo oral proceedings referral - The IPKat [17:36] schestowitz " [17:36] schestowitz Perhaps the thinking is, at the level of the EPO President and the members of the EPO Administrative Council, that cases at the EPO are not as important as those in "real" courts that concern personal liberty /jail sentences) and universal human rights, and therefore a ViCo is proportionate and "good enough". [17:36] schestowitz That's because they always concern just one patent, usually one within a huge portfolio, and only the issue whether that one patent survives or not. Patents are restraints on free trade so the fewer of them the better, eh? [17:36] schestowitz Only a matter of money. Therefore, shoulder shrug and the thought: So What? [17:36] schestowitz " [17:41] schestowitz " [17:41] schestowitz I think that it is fair to criticise a composition that is unlawful (as per Art 24(1) EPC), especially when an individual who clearly has a personal interest in the question referred takes a number of important decisions in the case, contrary to Art 4(3) RPEBA. [17:41] schestowitz However, it is nice to know that senior management of the EPO is monitoring this thread! [17:41] schestowitz " ● Mar 22 [19:19] schestowitz https://twitter.com/javier_paredes/status/1373998350601707528 [19:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@javier_paredes: Que buena noticia, nunca se debera haber ido https://t.co/Pc8lVKsGe9 [19:20] schestowitz https://twitter.com/tronguy/status/1373994105064329218 [19:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tronguy: I am not among Richard Stallman's legion of admirers...but I an very happy to hear he's un-cancelling himself and g https://t.co/3G35hBOnY3 [19:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tronguy: I am not among Richard Stallman's legion of admirers...but I an very happy to hear he's un-cancelling himself and g https://t.co/3G35hBOnY3 [19:20] schestowitz "I am not among Richard Stallman's legion of admirers...but I an very happy to hear he's un-cancelling himself and going back to lead the FSF. This is an unalloyed good thing." [19:20] schestowitz https://twitter.com/mixx_io/status/1373989847434690563 [19:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@mixx_io: Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Despus de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junt https://t.co/zumxX7VwIn [19:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@mixx_io: Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Despus de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junt https://t.co/zumxX7VwIn [19:20] schestowitz " [19:21] schestowitz Bearded person [19:21] schestowitz Richard Stallman vuelve a la FSF. Despus de abandonar su puesto de presidente en 2019, vuelve a estar en la junta de directores. No me queda claro si puede o ser elegido presidente de nuevo [19:21] schestowitz " [19:21] schestowitz https://twitter.com/RiverVanRain/status/1373987765080231938 [19:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@RiverVanRain: #RichardStallman is coming back to the board of the #FSF via https://t.co/EIdJRtyRNC https://t.co/eRkhbPa0xb [19:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> o.wzm.me | Reaction #138244 :: RiverVanRain :: Reactions :: organiZm [19:21] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Jinzang/status/1373949759703158787 [19:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Jinzang: Richard Stallman is returning to the board of the Free Software Foundation https://t.co/Z9fIPluWLQ [19:21] schestowitz https://twitter.com/reddit_progr/status/1374077542194409473 [19:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@reddit_progr: Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago. https://t.co/MsbjWXtz79 [19:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@reddit_progr: Richard Stallman is Coming Back to the Board of the Free Software Foundation, Founded by Himself 35 Years Ago. https://t.co/MsbjWXtz79 ● Mar 22 [22:12] schestowitz https://twitter.com/theaspect/status/1374118336582258688 [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@theaspect: https://t.co/6HGqvF48WJ https://t.co/p0LBlImh0o [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@theaspect: https://t.co/6HGqvF48WJ https://t.co/p0LBlImh0o [22:12] schestowitz https://twitter.com/GODWRATH4/status/1374114606763835392 [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GODWRATH4: https://t.co/0vtwy5L514 Informationon the status of patents can be key for medicines procurement agencies seeking https://t.co/mp64b1V0dD [22:12] schestowitz " [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | 2018 | Techrights - Part 8 [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GODWRATH4: https://t.co/0vtwy5L514 Informationon the status of patents can be key for medicines procurement agencies seeking https://t.co/mp64b1V0dD [22:12] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2018/0/page/8/ [22:12] schestowitz Information on the status of patents can be key for medicines procurement agencies seeking to know if they can source cheaper generic products. Several databases providing free information on patent status were presented [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | 2018 | Techrights - Part 8 [22:12] schestowitz "