Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@zleap I hear it's just mastodon, but we'll see, I guess. That would be hilarious

@zleap They probably have a plan to handle this relatively smoothly like some sort of redirect or something.

The Conservancy's argument is that free software users *also* have standing to enforce the GPL, because a failure to comply with the GPL harms them. They call this "Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement."

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html

And because the Conservancy's goal is to create a bigger commons, they have pre-committed to refusing cash settlements - they will settle for full GPL compliance, and nothing less.

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Vizio's free ride is over. The nonprofit Software Freedom Conservancy has filed suit against Vizio to force it to comply with the GPL - and this legal challenge has the potential to change the game for GPL enforcement in a profound way.

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

You see, the Conservancy isn't suing on behalf of the copyright holders whose code Vizio is illegally using - it's suing on behalf of the *users* of free software who are injured by Vizio's attack on the commons.

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I tend to keep a lot of reminders about system/network maintance I need to do. Things that are every few weeks or months like updating the system or renewing certs.

Sometimes I find that there is a bit of a mental hurdle to do a task when it comes in. Even though its not much it can feel daunting when you dont remember the exact steps and need to pull up a how-to again or remember where you stored your notes, if you even have any.

So what im doing now is when i create a reminder I actually copy and paste the step-by step instructions from the documentation into the comments itself. So when the reminder comes in I literally just copy and paste them into a terminal, hit enter, and im done.

I also add the links to the documentation and my personal notes in the reminder itself. That way if something doesnt go as planed I dont need to start digging around for the complete instructions, its all right there for me.

This has cut down my procrastination significantly. Instead of waiting a day or two and maybe forgetting to do the task at all I now have it over and done with after like 5 minutes max from seeing the alert.

@MaceDindu

Someone took his pulse (a fellow cop) and informed him there was no pulse and he seemed dead, insisting he needed help. His body was limp. There is no conceivable way you can justify his actions following that. Even if there is an off chance the police officer was wrong, your just grasping at straws at that point. When someone is unconscious and your told they have no pulse, your priority as a cop is to help the person, espcially considering this is a person who was not being arrested for any acts of violence of any kind.

@icedquinn @zleap

@MaceDindu

Not true, and wouldnt even be relevant if it were true. Sitting on a dead persons chest for 4 minutes after they die refusing people to do CPR is more than daming enough regardless of if he suffocated him or not, which he did.

@icedquinn @zleap

@icedquinn

jail as a form of punishment is not at all effective at preventing crime really. There is a much bigger effect in preventing crime by simply providing good living conditions for the population and good mental health access.

@zleap

@freemo @zleap altho as a USian i wouldn't say that making jail terms longer actually helps anything. There was a whole book on the evolution of the infinite jail sentence obsessions called "Just and Painful" where the author goes in to the history of Britain trying to codify rope lashes and then people started bikeshedding over how many croppings goes to how many crimes and then they replaced corporal punishment with confinement and keep going on about the number like its some high score.

@zleap wow this is a new level of attempted rape/attack I havent heard before. Quite disgusting of course.

BREAKING: Coalition of 25 groups including Amnesty International and ACLU demand immediate release of Julian Assange:

'In light of the shocking reporting about CIA plans to kidnap or even assassinate [#Assange] the charges must be dropped' #FreeAssangeNOW
https://t.co/M2bpn0DhTL

For everyone in the EU who wants to work on the future of social media, the metaverse, interoperability and openness.

Please don't start working for Facebook. You won't be part of the solution, you won't improve the world. At most, you will hinder the actual technical innovations we both dream of.

Organise yourselves, look for leaders to start a co-operative or nonprofit and work with everything you have to bring the true vision of ethical technology to the masses.

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/creating-jobs-europe-metaverse/