●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Sunday, May 16, 2021 ●● ● May 16 [02:50] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/fcassia/status/1392295613669257216http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/05/11/a-few-more-thoughts-on-normality/http://suepo.org/may_2021_press_articles/d-47418 [02:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@fcassia: So, any news site wants the stories of this scribbler? I'm cheap and every once a while I got scoops: https://t.co/osZVztJ1QV [02:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@fcassia: So, any news site wants the stories of this scribbler? I'm cheap and every once a while I got scoops: https://t.co/osZVztJ1QV [02:50] schestowitz__ > On 14/05/2021 12:50, Matthew Garrett wrote: [02:50] schestowitz__ >> The Council has once again failed to call elections, so I'd like to [02:50] schestowitz__ >> announce my intention of standing for election to the Council. I'm a [02:50] schestowitz__ >> former member of the FSF board of directors, a winner of the FSF Award [02:51] schestowitz__ >> for the Advancement of Free Software, and I have spent a large amount of [02:51] schestowitz__ >> time over the past few years writing free software to replace [02:51] schestowitz__ >> proprietary components running in a variety of circumstances. I continue [02:51] schestowitz__ >> to write free software and assist organisations in demonstrating that [02:51] schestowitz__ >> vendors are failing to comply with the GPL. I am also an EU citizen, and [02:51] schestowitz__ >> so am at no risk of jeopardising the right to use the fsfellowship.eu [02:51] schestowitz__ >> domain. [02:51] schestowitz__ >> [02:51] schestowitz__ >> Daniel, if nobody else is willing to do so, could you please run the [02:51] schestowitz__ >> election again and include me on the ballot? [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > Elections are always a great idea. Democracy. Bring it on. [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > Fellowship elections are far more positive than the negativity of the [02:51] schestowitz__ > Debian vote on Dr Richard Stallman. [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > The Debian vote about Dr Stallman had all the negativity of an expulsion. [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > But Dr Stallman was never a member of Debian [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > How can you have an expulsion vote for somebody who is not a member? [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > It was not an expulsion. Molly de Blanc and all those who seconded the [02:51] schestowitz__ > motion have endorsed the mindset of the acid attack. [02:51] schestowitz__ >> Elections are always a great idea. Democracy. Bring it on. [02:51] schestowitz__ >> [02:51] schestowitz__ >> [02:51] schestowitz__ >> Fake democracy for fake elections for fake group. [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > What is the difference between Open Source and Free Software? [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > Open Source has fake leaders with fake principles [02:51] schestowitz__ > [02:51] schestowitz__ > FSFE has a fake leader. Matthias Kirschner never wrote any code. He is [02:51] schestowitz__ > just a pocket-size nazi that Google found in the bargain sale. 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[22:04] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/GaWojtek/status/1393892537539121152 [22:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@GaWojtek: Wkrtce w Polsce Firmy prosz by pracownicy przyszli do pracy. Po co, socja nam wystarczy, odpowiadaj ... https://t.co/my3yJcnCaR [22:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #FAIR #Finance Jobs Report Coverage Lacked Context, Worker Perspective https://t.co/NxHeEe13TL [22:04] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/TaseTasew/status/1393863757693132800 [22:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@TaseTasew: @schestowitz About time! It looks like western journalists are searching for anything to criminalize ethiopia. They https://t.co/KjvJxTQKBj [22:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@TaseTasew: @schestowitz About time! It looks like western journalists are searching for anything to criminalize ethiopia. They https://t.co/KjvJxTQKBj [22:04] schestowitz__ "About time! It looks like western journalists are searching for anything to criminalize ethiopia. They can't prove their claims. Fake news is a crime." [22:04] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/Dekinblus/status/1393846386530168834 [22:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Dekinblus: @schestowitz Give them a decent world to bring them into. [22:05] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/stautistic/status/1393640418890313728 [22:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@stautistic: Hell of a documentary. https://t.co/Px6T3uqtZg [22:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: "he opening scene of the film sets the tone with a long-shot of an isolated fishing trawler at sea as the voice-ove https://t.co/Qn0dMcHg5C [22:58] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● May 16 [23:34] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes