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Notices by Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net), page 80
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se eu fosse me limitar a um só sentido das palavras, eu deixaria de escrever uns 180°/. das bobagens que escrevo ;-)
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if this article was anything but a scaremongering attack on the FSF and on our movement and communities at large, it would mention and recommend the GPLv3-introduced possibility:
If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you to choose that version for the Program.
it doesn't, therefore it's either ill intentioned or poorly informed
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that's an interesting narrative, but I was on GNU social the whole time, I read the posts about going developments of activitypub in it, and I got the plug pulled by Mastodon for no better reason than not wishing to retain compatibility any more, i.e., kicking the ladder. GS eventually got to interoperate again, but how is that move defensible, from the supposed compatibility standpoint?
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que estranho...
vc sabe que, quando tá no pique, não pode pegar?
:-)
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our js firewalls (as I call LibreJS, NoScript, JShelter et al) should probably block and highlight such weirdnesses, but my advice in the article and lecture on spectre & meltdown get me wondering whether software with such tricks could possibly qualify as free software. with invisible characters, you can't really see the complete sources, can you? with misleading characters, what you (think you) see is not really what's there. whether or not it fits the free software definition, the advice that you shouldn't let into your computer software that doesn't serve you stands
https://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/#specmelt
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it's so nice to be able to trust others, and to have them trust you
alas, the software industry, and tech industry in general, have proven time and again that whenever we trust them, they will abuse that trust
every industry has some bad apples (pun intended), but in most of them there are alternatives, and most alternatives are trustworthy. in tech, the only trusthworthy alternatives are those that respect our freedom, possibly because they deprive themselves of the possibility of betraying their users before the economic pressure to betray us mounts
but I'd still choose to have freedom even if suppliers could possibly be trusted. trusting psychopaths is always risky, and corporations are psychopaths by design
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muchas gracias por recomendar que me bloqueen :-( yo uso Tor, y corro un nodo de salida
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it's hard for me not to perceive as passive violence one's refusal to protect oneself, and imposition on others, who share the same space, of the increased risk maintained through this refusal. it's a bit like farting in the elevator, which is unkind and unpleasant, but with toxic gases that may kill all parties involved. is it really violence to wish someone who fights for their freedom to fart toxic gases, and will do so to make a point, to do so elsewhere rather than in the room whose air you breathe?
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I presume you're human
picture someone's twisting this word into a derogatory meaning, and misleading people into believing that these negative connotations apply to you.
it doesn't really matter if some humans deserve that negative connotation; that's not what "human" has ever meant, and you, as human, are not required to silently accept the attempted disparagement campaign that demeans you
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I simulate thought, therefore I simulate existence?
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it's notable that their diversity efforts have so far focused only on fonts
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program or be programmed --- d. rushkoff
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choosing a favorable jurisdiction is a very corporate thing to do, I'm not sure it's the sort of thing we want to promote in our freedom communities, since its point is generally to favor the corporate licensor who already got to choose the licensing terms. such terms tend to make it more difficult for the other party to initiate or even defend from a legal dispute, unless they happen to be under the same jurisdiction. from the POV of licensor-initiated enforcement, it makes little difference, since they can already initiate the legal procedures wherever they like, so AFAICT what the addition of such terms would accomplish would be to limit the possibilities of user-initiated enforcement against intermediate distributors. why would it be in our interest to impose such constraints? would they even apply? jurisdictions often override such constraints as abusive
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puxa, tem toda razão!
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GNU social is a double survivor. if only every "failure" had so much resilience and success
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puxou uma memória de uma anedota curiosa aqui.
havia no Brasil uma organização de software livre chamada quilombo digital. estavávamos os fundadores da FSFLA reunidos em Rosario, na Argentina, para formalizar nossa existência no dia em que, por coincidência, o fundador do quilombo digital anunciou o encerramento das atividades.
vi o email dele e vesti a camiseta que tinha levado na bagagem. o pessoal me olhava torto na rua. só depois aprendi que na Argentina quilombo significa zona, tanto no sentido de bagunça quanto no sentido de prostíbulo. vivendo e aprendendo...
desculpaí por invadir a thread de assunto tão sério com algo tão pouco relevante
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GNU social "failed" because Mastodon broke compatibility with status.net, the protocol that kept the early fediverse together, kicking the compatibility ladder just before GNU social gained its own implementation of activitypub, after watching what identi.ca's migration to pump.io did to the community. *so* uncool :-/
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+1
https://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/#Trabaco
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*nod*, I could never figure out what they expect to gain through the acceptance of their subscription requests. it's not like one needs a subscription to be able to send messages. it's almost like someone does that for the purpose of pushing people away from xmpp :-/
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funny tidbit: Marshall Deodoro da Fonseca was a monarchist. Brazilian history is full of such contradictions. independence from Portugal was proclaimed by the heir of the Portuguese crown. republic was proclaimed by a monarchist. democracy was installed by an expiring military dictatorship. an innocent president was judged guilty and removed by a corrupt congress. an innocent former president was sentenced and barred from running by a corrupt judge, who then became minister and now wants to run for president against his victim. the military quasi-dictator currently in power was elected by democratic vote. the nation's flag and other national symbols were coopted by his supporters. yay us
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
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