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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/theaspect/status/1374118336582258688Mar 23 11:27
schestowitz>> Some other sites have made copies by now (It's FOSS, LWN links to anMar 23 17:22
schestowitz>> audio), so by the time the official video is out not many people willMar 23 17:22
schestowitz>> turn to it.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Oh, my, the FSF is screwing this up so badly :-(Mar 23 17:22
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schestowitz> Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz>> My wife watches the RMS talk; my post about this got nearly 100,000Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz>> viewers (highest since I reported in Red Hat layoffs last summer).Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Wow, that's great.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> I wonder if you got a sense of the kind of responses this news isMar 23 17:22
schestowitz> bringing about.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> My own observations are that the outbursts in LibrePlanet IRC channelsMar 23 17:22
schestowitz> was unanimously favorable (lots of cheering and clapping and YAY!, I wasMar 23 17:22
schestowitz> so moved that I even failed to express it myself :-)Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> As expected, corporate media didn't have good words to share about it.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz> Broader community reactions seem to be mixed, also as expected, but I'mMar 23 17:22
schestowitz> surprised and happy to see strong responses and bs-calling in theMar 23 17:22
schestowitz> relitigation of the nonsense raised against Richard.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitzFrom what I have seen, there are 2 types of people in the anti-RMS camp:Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz1. workers of proprietary software #monopolies Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz2. people misled by the group (1)Mar 23 17:22
schestowitzWe know who owns the big media, which compels (2) to act based on misunderstandings.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitzI am trying to shift the discussion beyond all that...Mar 23 17:22
schestowitzLet this become "old news" ASAP*.Mar 23 17:22
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2021/03/23/10-reasons-or-ways-to-support-fsf/ Mar 23 17:22
schestowitz____Mar 23 17:22
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | High-Priority Proposals for the FSF in 2021 | TechrightsMar 23 17:22
schestowitz*It's not even news anywayMar 23 17:22
Techrights-secYes, TR support of software freedom and the fight against software patentsMar 23 17:27
Techrights-secis essential.Mar 23 17:27
schestowitzhttps://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/fifteen-year-old-linux-vulnerability-allows-local-privilege-escalation-information-leak-and-denial-of-service/Mar 23 18:40
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cpomagazine.com | Fifteen-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation, Information Leak, and Denial of Service - CPO MagazineMar 23 18:40
schestowitz[18:58] <xxxxxxxxx> by the way, i intend to sign the open letter calling for the FSF board to resign.  i have to go with my heart on this one.Mar 23 19:18
schestowitz[19:18] <schestowitz> that's okMar 23 19:18
schestowitz[19:18] <schestowitz> up to youMar 23 19:18
schestowitz[19:19] <xxxxxxxx> i just thought you should be aware.  i'm still committed to the mission of software freedom, but i want to protect some of the people who signed that letter who i mentored by lending them my own privilegeMar 23 22:59
schestowitz[22:58] <schestowitz> that's OK, we will never agree 100% of the time (that's fine!)Mar 23 22:59
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1374422385420464130Mar 23 23:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: If FSF should do something, is to create a broad alliance against software patents in the US, via a "bipartisan" Ti… https://t.co/zd0I2VOWK2Mar 23 23:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: If FSF should do something, is to create a broad alliance against software patents in the US, via a "bipartisan" Ti… https://t.co/zd0I2VOWK2Mar 23 23:07
schestowitz"If FSF should do something, is to create a broad alliance against software patents in the US, via a "bipartisan" Tillis&Coons. One of the reason why FFII was created was because we could not trust other organisations to the job, and still the name sucks"Mar 23 23:07

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