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Notices by kuro (kuro@quitter.se), page 53

  1. Christian Pietsch (chpietsch@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 11:07:25 EDT Christian Pietsch Christian Pietsch
    Zankapfel Fahrzeugdaten: TÜV-Dachverband gegen Speicherung auf Hersteller-Servern - https://quitter.se/url/4725565 #Datenschutz #sicherheit
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 11:07:25 EDT from quitter.se permalink Repeated by kuro

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      Zankapfel Fahrzeugdaten: TÜV-Dachverband gegen Speicherung auf Hersteller-Servern
      from heise online
      Das Geschäft mit den begehrten Daten, die moderne Fahrzeuge generieren, verläuft für die Hersteller nicht so ungestört wie erhofft: Jetzt meldet der TÜV-Dachverband Bedenken gegen beabsichtigte zentrale Speicherungen an.
  2. Le Monde (lemonde@social.bitcast.info)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 14:55:02 EDT Le Monde Le Monde
    Au soir d’Halloween, la police préfère prévenir accidents et autres petits malentendus - https://social.bitcast.info/url/364634
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 14:55:02 EDT from social.bitcast.info permalink Repeated by kuro

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      Au soir d’Halloween, la police préfère prévenir accidents et autres petits malentendus
      from Le Monde.fr
      Le compte Twitter de la police a diffusé quelques règles pour cette soirée : sans surprise, se promener le visage masqué avec une arme en plastique n’est pas recommandé.
  3. BBC (bbc@social.undernet.uy)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:04:12 EDT BBC BBC
    India uncles convicted of raping and impregnating child, aged 10 #bbc #international http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41817519
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:04:12 EDT from social.undernet.uy permalink Repeated by kuro

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      Uncles convicted of 10-year-old's rape
      from BBC News
      The girl was raped by two uncles and the second uncle's DNA matched her baby's.
  4. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 15:16:39 EDT kuro kuro
    in reply to
    • Humor
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅
    I really wonder if the average programmer would laugh about this !humor? https://is.gd/W2iQYB Ah wait, the comic is longer than pictured...
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 15:16:39 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic]
      By Emma Murray from Toggl Blog
      If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic]
  5. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:12:05 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic] https://blog.toggl.com/world-created-programmer/

    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:12:05 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by kuro

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      If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic]
      By Emma Murray from Toggl Blog
      If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic]
  6. The Register (register@social.undernet.uy)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:41:30 EDT The Register The Register
    Official: Perl the most hated programming language, say devs #theregister #news http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/31/perl_most_hated_language/
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:41:30 EDT from social.undernet.uy permalink Repeated by kuro

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      Official: Perl the most hated programming language, say devs
      According to Stack Overflow, anyway. Disagree? Vote now right here
  7. Jeff Ratliff (gomerx@dent.gomertronic.com)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 10:56:58 EDT Jeff Ratliff Jeff Ratliff
    Someone bought the status.net domain. I guess maybe that's old news. In a way, the federation outlived its creator.
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 10:56:58 EDT from dent.gomertronic.com at 39°9'43"N 84°27'24"W permalink Repeated by kuro
  8. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 13:41:53 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Compliance Is Not Just For #Copyleft https://meshedinsights.com/2017/10/24/compliance-is-not-just-for-copyleft/ #freesw

    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 13:41:53 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by kuro

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      Compliance Is Not Just For Copyleft
      By Simon Phipps from Meshed Insights Ltd

      The cost of compliance may not just be a copyleft issue now we understand how to work with the GPL.

      Even before Christoph Hellwig (backed by the Software Freedom Conservancy) started his suit to enforce his copyright claims against VMWare, there was a great deal of fear of the GPL in particular and copyleft licensing in general among corporate lawyers, and hence among their executive clients.

      It arises from concern that software developers may inadvertantly impact corporate valuations and invite shareholder action by their routine development work. Lawyers are aware that the reciprocal terms of the GPL have been upheld in the courts of multiple jurisdictions. While there are many nuances, those terms summarise as “if any part of the code used to create the software you distriubute is licensed to you under the GPL, then every part of it must be made available under the GPL.” Since the GPL licenses copyright conditional on every recipient being free to request full corresponding source and then modify and/or distribute it, this could mean losing control of every part of your corporate product. Those are real concerns.

      For a hardware vendor embedding open source code, a GPL violation would mean the loss of the copyright license and might require a whole warehouse of devices to be reflashed or destroyed. At a minimum it would probably mean stopping shipment while the matter was resolved.

      For a software vendor, a strategy relying on trade secrets and vendor lock-in for monetisation could be severely disrupted by a GPL violation. Since funds loaned by VCs are not only scaled according to revenue but also use the degree of customer lock-in to determine the valuation multiplier, this could prove a disaster. While a company with massive proprietary lock-in might be valued by a VC at ten times its revenue, a pure service business on public code might only be valued at twice its revenue. No wonder VMWare fought back so energetically.

      Of course, in VMWare’s case the alleged violation of the GPL was a strategic decision rather than an accident. But for the rest of us, the advice of corporate counsel to non-savvy CEOs leads to extreme risk aversion regarding the GPL. A whole industry has sprung up around this, dubbed by some the “compliance-industrial complex”. On the one hand companies like Black Duck and Palamida supply consulting and tools to root out GPLed code. On the other, entities like the Linux Foundation and Software Freedom Conservancy publish GPL compliance how-to guides.

      This all adds to development expense and avoidance of the GPL as a license. But that action may not actually be helping the VP of Engineering. While concern over reciprocal terms has validity, it’s not the only license requirement deserving compliance. Even simple, so-called “permissive” licenses require compliance — just not regarding reciprocity. They commonly include attribution requirements that can become a major compliance challenge for the product team.

      For example, the BSD license says in clause 2:

      Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

      As soon as you use any part of a BSD-licensed source, you have to include details of its copyright holder with your program. As the number of sources used increases, so does the challenge of ensuring all the vary attribution requirements of the licenses they use are met. Due to the subtle variations of text of BDS/MIT/ISC licenses and their ilk each attribution replicates the text; the list often covers many, many pages.  Maintaining it is a major headache for product engineering.

      In the common case of the Apache License, things are even more complicated. It requires maintenance of a NOTICE file containing attribution lists, but also demands the insertion of “file changed” indicators in the code and even applies default licensing terms (including patent licensing) on upstream contributions if there’s no other contributor agreement. All of these requirements need tracking.

      Just assuming that denouncing the GPL solves all your problems is thus a serious error. That’s why I prefer not to use the term “permissive” for non-copyleft licenses. All open source licenses are permissive as they grant you the freedom to use, improve and share copyrighted materials. That freedom is contingent on compliance with the license terms, though, and calling a license “permissive” masks that reality.

      Some of your business functions may may emphasise the importance of reciprocity requirements in licenses (and for good reasons), but product engineering teams have to respect all requirements of both proprietary and open source ingredients. That compliance burden is not necessarily minimised by avoiding the GPL. Indeed, the wealth of resources and how-to guides for GPL compliance may make it the least problem.

      Just because the “compliance-industrial complex” wants you to fear reciprocity, that doesn’t mean you should. Each case needs understanding on its own merits. Who knows — in your case, embracing the GPL may well be the least-cost option.

       

      (Made possible by Patreon patrons. Perhaps you should become one?)

  9. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 14:53:42 EDT kuro kuro
    • Kevie
    @kevie I'm not sure if you're right about the dimension of change to come. (fish&chips price doubling??) But I appreciate your opinion!
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 14:53:42 EDT from quitter.se permalink
  10. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 14:31:57 EDT kuro kuro
    • Nature (federati)
    • Health care
    Klimashift ist nicht nur ne künftige Bedrohung, sondern hat für viele heutige Menschen harte Folgen https://is.gd/cRgN0S !climate !health
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 14:31:57 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      Forscher: Gesundheitliche Folgen des Klimawandels schon heute drastisch
      from heise online
      Der Klimawandel ist nicht nur eine künftige Bedrohung, sondern hat auch für viele derzeit lebende Menschen schon harte Auswirkungen. Darauf verweisen hochrangige Forscher und Organisationen.
  11. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:39:29 EDT kuro kuro
    • Nature (federati)
    "The Paris agreement boosted !climate action, but momentum is clearly faltering," says UN Environment Assembly. https://is.gd/JOzUHd #OMFSM!
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:39:29 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      UN: Emissions gap is 'alarmingly high'
      from BBC News
      Carbon cuts planned under the Paris accord still fall well short of what's needed, says the UN.
  12. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:29:59 EDT kuro kuro
    • Science (News, Articles, …)
    Kazakhstan to Qazaqstan: Why would a country switch its alphabet? https://is.gd/N530gm social !science
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:29:59 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      Why would a country just switch its entire alphabet?
      from BBC News
      Kazakhstan is to shed its heavy Cyrillic coat and don a more fashionable attire: the Latin alphabet.
  13. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:24:05 EDT kuro kuro
    Edward Zielinski, 42, Nottingham, admitted 2 counts of modern slavery now jailed for 3 years and 4 months https://is.gd/ch2Hbb #21thcentury
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:24:05 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      Greetings card slave worker kept in loft
      from BBC News
      Edward Zielinski, who forced his victims to urinate in plastic bottles, is jailed for 40 months.
  14. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:17:26 EDT kuro kuro
    • Kevie
    BBC: Cod and haddock will vanish from Scotland's west coast https://is.gd/T84tPe Hi @kevie, would it make any difference for Scots like you?
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:17:26 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      Cod 'may vanish' from west Scotland
      from BBC News
      Herring and haddock could also disappear by the turn of the century due to global warming, warn scientists.
  15. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:12:39 EDT kuro kuro
    • Evolution
    Mehr Verkehrstote und Verletzte - weil Autofahrer die Geschwindigkeit der Pedelecs unterschätzen https://is.gd/dbCQNT !Evolution #cycling
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 09:12:39 EDT from quitter.se permalink

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      Das Risiko der Pedelec-Fahrer – Mehr Verletzte und Tote in NRW
      from heise online
      Pedelecs sehen aus wie ganz normale Fahrräder – doch der Motor macht sie schnell. Das wird auch von Autofahrern unterschätzt, sagen Experten in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Unfallzahlen steigen.
  16. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:49:01 EDT kuro kuro
    in reply to
    • zoowar
    No, just the same name. - He is the Polish Erdogan, ruler of the state in all things.
    In conversation Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:49:01 EDT from quitter.se permalink
  17. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:46:57 EDT kuro kuro
    • BBC
    I'd be glad #IF that'd be a stable development: declining smart phone use among young. #psy
    In conversation Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:46:57 EDT from quitter.se permalink
  18. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:39:35 EDT kuro kuro
    in reply to
    • therubackup
    Immigrate to #Poland? They'll have eternal summertime starting 2018. ;-) Alas, there's Jarosław Kaczyński's dictatorship too. So chose well.
    In conversation Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:39:35 EDT from quitter.se permalink
  19. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:34:16 EDT kuro kuro
    • Economy
    SoundCloud’s recent financial struggle lead us in the talk about decentralization and business models. https://is.gd/BZopzv !economy
    In conversation Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:34:16 EDT from quitter.se permalink
  20. kuro (kuro@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:29:59 EDT kuro kuro
    It looks like nothing changed since 2014, but GOOG and FB now have direct #influence over 70%+ of internet traffic. https://is.gd/vgLNS4
    In conversation Monday, 30-Oct-2017 12:29:59 EDT from quitter.se permalink
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