The Week Against Software Patents at Techrights

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2011-04-27 22:39:36 UTC
Modified: 2011-04-27 22:39:36 UTC

Summary: Preparation for special coverage (in video) about software patents

In the coming week or so we will be posting a lot of recent videos that protest against software patents and explain why these are bad. That seems to be the #1 issue right now, at least from the position of Free software advocacy. By combining a lot of voices we can help amplify the opposition to a patent lawyer's dream and a software developer's nightmare. ⬆

Google Has Only Solidified Its Search Monopoly in Africa Since Microsoft's Chatbot/LLM Hype Started: Africa is basically a "Failed Market" to Microsoft
Protecting People From So-called 'Social Media' is Not Censorship (No More Than Banning or Restricting Access to Cigarettes is 'Censorship'): it's not censorship when the thing you are censoring [sic] is itself a censorship powerhouse operated by a foreign and hostile nation (or oligarchs of Musk's nature)
[Meme] Solving Real Problems With So-called 'Social Media'?: Feeding and medically treating animals helps, unlike "likes"
Links 12/12/2024: Another 'Self-driving' Cars Dead End, Infowars Sale Blocked by Court: Links for the day
Links 12/12/2024: "Hey Hi" Hype Debunked, ActivityPub and Gemini Software on Same Server: Links for the day
[Teaser] EPO is Running Out of Brains: EPO has been in the business of offering fake patents
South Korea Has Its Own Alternative to IBM's Proprietary RHEL: Owing to the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA)
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 11, 2024: IRC logs for Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Fresh Rumour of Wave of IBM Layoffs Less Than a Fortnight Before Xmas Day: Unverified and anonymous
Links 11/12/2024: Additional Surveillance Ambitions and Cyberattacks on Sudanese Media: Links for the day
Links 11/12/2024: More Google Layoffs Rumoured for January, 'Linux' Foundation Colonises India: Links for the day
Mozilla's Firefox is Floundering, in the United Kingdom Its Share Fell to 2% This Month: HTTPS is becoming little but a transport layer for Chrome-like browsers, i.e. proprietary things with DRM and perhaps attestation (which means you cannot modify them; you'd get blocked for trying)
Links 11/12/2024: Climate Warming, 'People Can Fly' Layoffs: Links for the day
Gemini Links 11/12/2024: LLMs as Plagiarism, Advent of Code 2024 Momentum: Links for the day
In United Arab Emirates (UAE), Microsoft Now on One in 8 Internet-Connected Devices?: Web-connected clients are becoming scarce that run Microsoft operating systems (Windows)
IBM and Microsoft Hats at Linux Foundation: "Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: A change of hats!"
IBM's Latest Fedora Divestment Speaks for Itself: Microsoft must be very pleased with what IBM is doing
Why is UK Press Gazette Jingoistic About Plagiarists and LLM Slop Disguised as Journalism?: Press Gazette appears to be participating in the attack on honest journalism
EPO is Corrupt Like Always, What Changed is the Lack of Media Coverage (No Transparency Means No Democracy): We need to revive online media and encourage dissent
[Meme] How NOT to Do Activism Online: So many self-professed liberals continue participating and driving traffic (ads) in X
In Central Africa, Which is Bigger Than Europe, Windows is About 5% in Terms of "Market Share": they apparently got so fed up with colonialism
Communicating Outside of Skinnerboxes and Social Control Media: Tackling collective isolation and miscommunication (or communications being controlled by middlemen)
Number of Libera.Chat Users (Simultaneously Online) Falls to Lowest Figure in Over 3 Years: Notice the downward trend/curve in recent months
[Meme] Social Control Media is NOT Free Speech: It's time to discard that stupid argument that banning an abusive censor is "censorship"
Banning Not Only TikTok... if Not for FOMOC (Fear of Missing on Constituents): It's a sort of addiction by peer pressure
Shedding Light on How the EPO Sheds Off Staff in Order to Grant Loads of Invalid (Fake) Patents in Europe: The people who decide on these policies lack a background in science
Montenegro's Share of GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High: We don't really know why, but that's just what the data from statCounter suggests
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 10, 2024: IRC logs for Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Yes, Of Course the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF Rejects Open Source and GNU/Linux (New Report): longstanding tradition
Links 10/12/2024: Nvidia's Regulatory Woes, Trust Issues in LLMs (and Similar Recent Hype): Links for the day
Gemini Links 10/12/2024: Lagrange 1.18.4 Released, New RNG: Links for the day
More Chatbot 'Articles' About Chatbots: Look what's happening to the Web...
Microsoft Falls to All-Time Lows in Cameroon: Windows down to just 4.6%
Brittany Day Still Uses Bots to 'Write' Articles (But Not All the Time): it leads to a presumption of plagiarism
Links 10/12/2024: Trying "Hey Hi" With New Hype and Buzzwords, TikTok Bans Imminent: Links for the day
Google's CEO: LLMs' ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Now Exhausted: They basically tell shareholders not to expect returns on this hype
Microsoft Windows Falls to 11% in Senegal, an All-Time Low: In neighbouring countries (to the east of Senegal) the "market share" of Windows is even lower
The EPO's Corrupt Dealings With Microsoft Never Addressed, Only Worsened: it helps Microsoft spy on the competition and manipulate examiners dealing with its files
The Catching of Luigi Mangione Shows We Need Not Have More Surveillance (Than We Already Have; It's Excessive Anyway): instead of saying surveillance is insufficient and thus we need more of it, now they can claim they have enough of it
[Teaser] Fate of Formalities Officers (FOs) at the EPO: Coming soon
Libre Liberia: Windows Down to 8% in Liberia: In Liberia, only about 1 in 12 Web requests seems to originate from Windows
Links 10/12/2024: Health, Politics, Economics, and More: Links for the day
Gemini Links 10/12/2024: LLM Plagiarism and "Flow" Review: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 09, 2024: IRC logs for Monday, December 09, 2024

The Week Against Software Patents at Techrights

Recent Techrights' Posts