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schestowitz            <li>Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz              <h5><a href="https://blog.communitydata.science/detecting-at-risk-software-infrastructure/">Detecting At-Risk Software Infrastructure</a></h5>Mar 30 09:17
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.communitydata.science | Detecting At-Risk Software Infrastructure – Community Data Science CollectiveMar 30 09:17
schestowitz              <blockquote>Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz                <p>Critical software we all rely on can silently crumble away beneath us. Unfortunately, we often don’t find out software infrastructure is in poor condition until it is too late. Over the last year or so, I have been leading a project I announced earlier to measure software underproduction—a term I use to describe software that is low in quality but high in importance. </p>Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz                <p> Underproduction reflects an important type of risk in widely used free/libre open source software (FLOSS) because participants often choose their own projects and tasks. Because FLOSS contributors work as volunteers and choose what they work on, important projects aren’t always the ones to which FLOSS developers devote the most attention. Even when developers want to work on important projects, relative neglectMar 30 09:17
schestowitzamong important projects is often difficult for FLOSS contributors to see.</p></blockquote></li>Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz     <li>Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz                  <h5><a href="http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-end-of-tenfourfox-and-what-ive.html">The end of TenFourFox and what I've learned from it</a></h5>Mar 30 09:17
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-end-of-tenfourfox-and-what-ive.html">The )Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz                  <blockquote>Mar 30 09:17
schestowitz                    <p>TenFourFox FPR32 will be the last official feature parity release of TenFourFox. (A beta will come out this week, stay tuned.) However, there are still many users of TenFourFox — the update server reports about 2,000 daily checkins on average — and while nothing has ever been owed or promised I also appreciate that many people depend on it, so there will be a formal transition period. After FPR32 is releasedMar 30 09:17
schestowitzTenFourFox will drop to security parity and the TenFourFox site will become a placeholder. Security parity means that the browser will only receive security updates plus certain critical fixes (as I define them, such as crash wallpaper, basic adblock and the font blacklist). I will guarantee security and stability patches through and including Firefox 93 (scheduled for September 7) to the best of my ability, which is also the point atMar 30 09:17
schestowitzwhich Firefox 78ESR will stop support, and I will continue to produce, generate and announce builds of TenFourFox with those security updates on the regular release schedule with chemspills as required. There will be no planned beta releases after FPR32 but Tenderapp will remain available to triage bugfixes for new changes only.</p></blockquote></li>Mar 30 09:17
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schestowitzx https://itwire.com/security/php-shifts-to-github-after-malicious-commits-to-own-git-server.htmlMar 30 13:16
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-itwire.com | iTWire - PHP shifts to GitHub after malicious commits to own git serverMar 30 13:16
schestowitzhttp://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/chairman-and-enlarged-board-criticised.html?showComment=1617093382735#c64239029856778831Mar 30 13:39
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Chairman and Enlarged Board criticised for lack of impartiality in ViCo oral proceedings referral (G1/21) - The IPKatMar 30 13:39
schestowitz"Mar 30 13:39
schestowitzThe difficulty with Art 4 RPEBA is not so much that its provisions are unclear (they are not) or that there is any doubt that they should be invoked in this case (they most certainly should). Instead, it is that the EBA itself, INCLUDING the members to whom the reasons for exclusion and objection apply, which is charged with deciding to apply the provisions of Art 4.Mar 30 13:39
schestowitzIn this case, the members to which there are clear grounds for exclusion are not only in the majority but also include the Chair. In view of this, what are the chances that the grounds for exclusion will simply not be addressed by the EBA? On the other hand, if the EBA refuses to address such a clear contravention of a fundamental principle of natural justice (nemo judex in causa sua), it is difficult to see how the external members ofMar 30 13:39
schestowitzthe EBA can, with a clear conscience, agree to continue their participation and to thereby lend credence to what would undoubtedly be a kangaroo court.Mar 30 13:39
schestowitz"Mar 30 13:39
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Bobby_Network/status/1376825917901799427Mar 30 14:30
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Bobby_Network: @weaponizedword1 thx man! as always 1st class infos & info dumps. I'm still going through the gates dump here: https://t.co/86aJpQyh50Mar 30 14:30
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Gates Foundation Critique - TechrightsMar 30 14:30
schestowitz"thx man! as always 1st class infos & info dumps. I'm still going through the gates dump here: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php "Mar 30 14:30
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Main Page - TechrightsMar 30 14:30
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/psymin/status/1376929687641882627Mar 30 17:15
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@psymin: "Free software liberates society" https://t.co/7j11N0QLK1Mar 30 17:15
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Why the Fate of an RMS-Led Free Software Foundation Matters to You Even If You’re Not So Technical | TechrightsMar 30 17:15
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Equitis_Rubrum/status/1376932357626814471Mar 30 22:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Equitis_Rubrum: @mmillions Social constructs are not invalidated merely by virtue of being social in their constructions. Also, yo… https://t.co/0LvxPaqfxJMar 30 22:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Equitis_Rubrum: @mmillions Social constructs are not invalidated merely by virtue of being social in their constructions. Also, yo… https://t.co/0LvxPaqfxJMar 30 22:09
schestowitz"Mar 30 22:10
schestowitzSocial constructs are not invalidated merely by virtue of being social in their constructions.Mar 30 22:10
schestowitzAlso, your smear campaign is socialized as an extension of your organization's (OSI) intent to destroy the FSF:Mar 30 22:10
schestowitz"Mar 30 22:10
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/joshsimmons/status/1376943360368254977Mar 30 22:11
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@joshsimmons: @zoobab @conservancy I challenge you to highlight an actual problem caused by that financing. Also, Tech Rights is… https://t.co/DdVlPqnfV6Mar 30 22:11
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@joshsimmons: @zoobab @conservancy I challenge you to highlight an actual problem caused by that financing. Also, Tech Rights is… https://t.co/DdVlPqnfV6Mar 30 22:11
schestowitzI challenge you to highlight an actual problem caused by that financing. Also, Tech Rights is the furthest thing from a trustworthy and reliable citation I could imagine.Mar 30 22:11
schestowitzHere, with thanks to @thenibMar 30 22:11
schestowitz. https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/Mar 30 22:11
schestowitz"Mar 30 22:11
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/flukejones/status/1376454091941933058Mar 30 22:53
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@flukejones: @JackRedstonia @fasterthanlime "by Dr. Roy Schestowitz" is exactly the person I want to avoid reading anything from… https://t.co/25ltwWenGTMar 30 22:53
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@flukejones: @JackRedstonia @fasterthanlime "by Dr. Roy Schestowitz" is exactly the person I want to avoid reading anything from… https://t.co/25ltwWenGTMar 30 22:53
schestowitz"Mar 30 22:53
schestowitz"by Dr. Roy Schestowitz" is exactly the person I want to avoid reading anything from, ever.Mar 30 22:53
schestowitzwetheweb uses fallacies such as slippery slope, argument to power etc.Mar 30 22:53
schestowitz"http://debian.community" is utter bullshit and hey lets use the same arguments and arrest RMS for harassment.Mar 30 22:53
schestowitz"Mar 30 22:53
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-debian.community | Debian Community NewsMar 30 22:53
schestowitzno substance to this rebuttalMar 30 22:53
schestowitzjust... I don't like this person :DMar 30 22:53
schestowitzso I must be doing something rightMar 30 22:53
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schestowitz> Hello,Mar 30 23:17
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:17
schestowitz> I hope your day is going well. My name's Daina and I'm reaching out toMar 30 23:17
schestowitz> you on behalf of ProtonMail.Mar 30 23:17
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:17
schestowitz> We’re appreciative that you care about the internet privacy. Thank youMar 30 23:17
schestowitz> for featuring ProtonMail in one of your publications - this means a lotMar 30 23:17
schestowitz> to us:Mar 30 23:18
schestowitz> http://techrights.org/2020/10/21/reducing-dependency-on-google/Mar 30 23:18
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:18
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Ways and Means to Reduce One’s Dependency on Google’s Various Monopolies and Near-Monopolies | TechrightsMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> As we aim to educate users about how they can protect their data, I wasMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> wondering whether it would be possible for you to add a link to ourMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> homepage https://protonmail.com <https://protonmail.com/> beneath theMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> word ProtonMail, please?Mar 30 23:18
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-protonmail.com | Secure email: ProtonMail is free encrypted email.Mar 30 23:18
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:18
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-protonmail.com | Secure email: ProtonMail is free encrypted email.Mar 30 23:18
schestowitz> We’d really appreciate it if you can help us out with this small, yetMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> meaningful, edit. We truly depend on mentions like yours, as we collectMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> no user data and no revenue from advertisers. Our vision is to buildMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> internet where privacy is the default, and thank you for contributing toMar 30 23:18
schestowitz> that.Mar 30 23:18
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:18
schestowitz> Let me know your thoughts - would be great to connect with you!Mar 30 23:18
schestowitzseems like a BOT  :/Mar 30 23:18
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schestowitzRe: Planet -> WeMakeFedora.org RMS: what are people saying?Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> It is a strange coincidence that Planet Fedora has stopped syndicatingMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> the blogs of volunteers in the same week that Red Hat stopped[1] fundingMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> the FSF.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitzThis does not surprise me at all. Been very predictable for months...Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> I promised I would consider the Fedora Code of Conduct[2] and with thatMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> in mind, I will not speculate that this is any more than a coincidence.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitzFedora? What's that Vatz dat? NOT MA DEPARTMENT!Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> Nonetheless, I was curious what Fedora contributors are writing aboutMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> the RMS situation.  In the spirit of free software development, IMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> created a Fork of Planet Fedora so we can all see if any insights appearMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> about RMS:Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz>     https://WeMakeFedora.orgMar 30 23:34
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> Please have a look, share and subscribe.  Please post.Mar 30 23:34
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-WeMakeFedora.org | We Make FedoraMar 30 23:34
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz>     https://WeMakeFedora.org/rss20.xmlMar 30 23:34
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz>     https://WeMakeFedora.org/atom.xmlMar 30 23:34
schestowitzOK, subscribed.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> Fedora is a trademark of Red Hat.  We can be grateful to Red Hat forMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> their immense contributions to Fedora, the FSF and free software inMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> general.  Using Fedora in a domain name creates challenges.  It is notMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> my intention for WeMakeFedora.org to hijack or impersonate in any way.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> I plan to add suitable disclaimers to the site to make that clear.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> Trademark law and previous legal judgments make it clear that we can useMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> the name Fedora to take credit for our contributions to the product.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> This site has been created for that purpose in good faith.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitzThe Fedora project might need to be forked at some stage, but I don't know if that's feasible because IBM controls all the complexity associated with it.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> In some ways it may help Red Hat.  Trademark owners rarely give formalMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> endorsement to third-party sites but if the site does not attempt toMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> impersonate or deceive, they can choose to ignore it.  As a bonus, theyMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> can not be held responsible for what you choose to post there, this mayMar 30 23:34
schestowitz> make their lives easier.Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> Remember the four Foundations[3];Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> *Freedom*:Mar 30 23:34
schestowitz> "We are dedicated to free software and *content*."Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> *content* is important.Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> *First*:Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> Some of you have made far bigger contributions to Fedora, but somebodyMar 30 23:35
schestowitz> had to be first to fork Planet in this week.Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz>Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> I though about creating an Uncensored Fedora site.  fedorauncensored.orgMar 30 23:35
schestowitz> is available.  But I didn't want it to look likeMar 30 23:35
schestowitz> https://uncensored.debian.community because in many ways, Fedora doesMar 30 23:35
schestowitz> not behave like Debian.  So I had to choose some other name.Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> WeMakeFedora.org felt like a good choice.Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> 1.Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/26/redhat_fsf_funding_richard_stallman/Mar 30 23:35
schestowitz> 2. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/Mar 30 23:35
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-uncensored.debian.community | Planet Debian UncensoredMar 30 23:35
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Red Hat pulls Free Software Foundation funding over Richard Stallman's return • The RegisterMar 30 23:35
schestowitz> 3. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/Mar 30 23:35
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-docs.fedoraproject.org | Code of Conduct :: Fedora DocsMar 30 23:35
schestowitz> s/business/scam/;Mar 30 23:35
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-docs.fedoraproject.org | Fedora’s Mission and Foundations :: Fedora DocsMar 30 23:35
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