Nemo_bis @nemobis@mamot.fr

Rieccomi sul #SoftwareLibero! Ciao ciao https://identi.ca/nemobis

According to family lore, when I was a small kid (6?) I used to say "when I grow up I'll buy a Peugeot" (actually "una pigiò"). I guess it happened.

#RMS addresses the #FreeSoftware community
https://www.fsf.org/news/rms-addresses-the-free-software-community

Understatement of the year: «We have no reason to believe that the Copyright Act seeks to protect third parties' investment in learning how to operate a created work.»

«In our view, for the reasons just described, the declaring code is, if copyrightable at all, further than are most computer programs (such as the implementing code) from the core of copyright.»

I stress "If copyrightable at all".

Yes, let's consider the «extent to which yet further protection creates unrelated or illegitimate harms [and] keep a #copyright monopoly within its lawful bounds».

Go #JusticeBreyer go!

«In a 6-2 decision, the justices overturned a lower court's ruling that found Google's inclusion of Oracle's software code in Android did not constitute a fair use under U.S. #copyright law.»
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2BS1A9
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-956_d18f.pdf

#SCOTUS

Modern standards.

"For centuries Diogenes was known as a weirdo who lived like a dog. The city should have sent someone else to talk with Alexander."

"A generation of citizens of Königsberg only knew Kant for his monomaniacal daily walks."

"Everyone knows about the activities in Lesbos but how many know Sappho's works by heart?"

"For centuries kids have only known Francis as a madman who talked with birds."

#nt #leadership

"New #Libreboot release, ETA late April 2021 / early June 2021". New structure and relationship to #osboot, #coreboot.
https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot202104xx.html

With updates on governance, #freesoftware and #CoC.

A decent approach to the role of #automation in #logistics and beyond: «To maximize the value of human expertise, retailers need to ensure that their experts' days aren't filled with managing routine exceptions that an intelligent retail planning system could handle».
https://www.relexsolutions.com/resources/retail-sales-operations-execution-soe-4-foundational-capabilities-for-managing-disruptions/

#ML #AI #SCM #ethics #nt

Last week #Microsoft discovered that monopolies are bad, competition good. It immediately proceeded to suggest that the USA expand monopolies further, "copy" the restrictive #copyright -related regimes.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2021/02/11/endorsement-australias-proposal-technology-news/

30 minutes since waking up and already I wrote two emails strategising about #EU #copyright. Maybe I should stop.

I love how #Reddit ads are downright trolling the #WSB crowd: advice on how to get welfare in #USA, for those who tried to get rich quick on #GME #WallStreetBets. #nt

I just finished my usual membership fees spree of January... hopefully this time I didn't forget any.

With the last USA org finally switched to a SEPA bank transfer, only 3 remain for later: one which uses SDD and a couple associations which prefer a Finnish bank transfer (with a reference code produced at some point during the year).

I had a good year so I added 2 more orgs. This year I might go over 20, depending how you count. O_o #nt