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Jeff Fortin T.<p>Me: "Obi Wan never told you why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOMEShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOMEShell</span></a> still uses the VP8 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codec</span></a> to record screencasts, instead of newer codecs…"</p><p>Them: "He told me enough! He told me <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> hates its users!"</p><p>Me: "No. It's mostly a temporary performance tradeoff around a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> middleware &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepatents</span></a> problem."</p><p>Them: "No… No… It's not true… That's impossible!"</p><p>Me: "Search the commits log. You KNOW it to be true."</p><p>Them: "DO NOT WANT"</p><p>Source: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@nekohayo/112615135771775130" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@nekohayo/1126</span><span class="invisible">15135771775130</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarefreedom</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> Warner/DC comics shuts down children’s cancer charity auction over trademark <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517045311/https://sayitbackwards.blogspot.com/2008/05/important-charity-auction-update.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2008051704</span><span class="invisible">5311/https://sayitbackwards.blogspot.com/2008/05/important-charity-auction-update.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> @GratefulDead shake down NPR over including a song in an online mix <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/monitormix/2008/05/days_be_more_than_all_we_have_2.html/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/monitormix/20</span><span class="invisible">08/05/days_be_more_than_all_we_have_2.html/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> Analog switchoff == DRM screwjob <a href="https://tidbits.com/2008/05/12/digital-rights-misery-when-technology-is-designed-to-fail/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tidbits.com/2008/05/12/digital</span><span class="invisible">-rights-misery-when-technology-is-designed-to-fail/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> US and EU commissioner trying (again!) to sneak <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SoftwarePatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwarePatents</span></a> into Europe <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080514074905/http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/McCreevy_wants_to_legalise_Software_Patents_via_a_US-EU_patent_treaty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2008051407</span><span class="invisible">4905/http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/McCreevy_wants_to_legalise_Software_Patents_via_a_US-EU_patent_treaty</span></a></p><p>5/</p>
Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hostux.social/@fsf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fsf</span></a></span> yes, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepatents</span></a> fundamentally suck. We managed to get them banned here in Aotearoa NZ - see <a href="https://softwarepatents.org.nz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">softwarepatents.org.nz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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