GNU/Matt :fedora: :kde:<p>Only 1170 days until the last patents on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/h264" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>h264</span></a> codecs expire!</p><p>*checks watch... come on</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rpmfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpmfusion</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepatents</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/codec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codec</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_H.264_MPEG-4_AVC_expired_yet%3F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_t</span><span class="invisible">he_patents_for_H.264_MPEG-4_AVC_expired_yet%3F</span></a></p>
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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)<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 & <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>
Jan Vlug<p>Very sad to learn that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> Location Service (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a>) is winding down.</p><p>Even more that this this is partially a result of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepatents</span></a>.</p><p>Will someone step up to take this over? Maybe the some organizations or companies supporting software <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> could step up?</p><p>I think here of maybe organisations like: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NGIZero</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sovtechfund</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@purism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>purism</span></a></span>.</p><p>Do you have any suggestions?</p><p>Let's stay out of the power of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/mozilla-location-services-axed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/mozill</span><span class="invisible">a-location-services-axed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Strypey<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><br>> Protect developer freedom. Abolish software patents</p><p>NZ did it. You can too.</p><p><a href="https://www.nzedge.com/news/new-zealand-abolishes-software-patents/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nzedge.com/news/new-zealand-ab</span><span class="invisible">olishes-software-patents/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SoftwarePatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwarePatents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/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>
Webmink In Draft<p>SEPs Cut Both Ways</p><p><a href="https://the.webm.ink/seps-cut-both-ways" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the.webm.ink/seps-cut-both-way</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></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>
IT News<p>FSF: Chrome’s JPEG XL killing shows how the web works under browser hegemony - Enlarge / When Google, whose Chromium/Chrome-related browsers make up 8... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1932231" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1932231</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/freesoftwarefoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftwarefoundation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/imagecompression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imagecompression</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepatents</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googlechrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googlechrome</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/imageformats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imageformats</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/webstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webstandards</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/compression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compression</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standards</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chromium</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/jpegxl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jpegxl</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fsf</span></a></p>
Geert Bevin<p>* I protested multiple times on the streets of Brussels as a teenager to prevent <a href="https://uwyn.net/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepatents</span></a> in Europe, two decades later I was sued by a US patent troll company and was untouchable thanks to this.</p><p>* I joined an idealistic handful of geeks that had the crazy idea to make a new Linux distribution that's highly flexible and driven by source code. Now, <a href="https://uwyn.net/tags/Gentoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gentoo</span></a> Linux is one of the biggest independent distributions.</p><p>2/4</p>
Kadin<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mspsocial.net/@t54r4n1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>t54r4n1</span></a></span> I wouldn't discount sexism being there, but the part of a 'recipe' that can't be copyrighted is the abstract procedure of what ingredients get added in what order, etc.</p><p>A specific written recipe (blog entry, cookbook page, etc.) *can* and generally is copyrighted by default. Working around the copyright generally involves rewriting the recipe in your own words.</p><p>Likewise, an *algorithm* can't be copyrighted, but an implementation of it written as code can be. Working around the copyright similarly involves doing a re-implementation of it, writing the code yourself.</p><p>The crap part is when we allowed algorithms to be de facto *patented* (even though they legally shouldn't be!) by allowing the "application of" loophole to be stretched almost infinitely large. IMO it's the patent issue, not copyright, that is really problematic w/r/t software.<br><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/IntellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualProperty</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SoftwarePatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwarePatents</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USPTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPTO</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> Sadly, that's exactly what <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oracly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracly</span></a> did when they were allowed to buy <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> and basically destroy <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> as well as declare the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SoftwarePatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwarePatents</span></a> - <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceasefire</span></a> against <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> null and invalid.</p>
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Oh, but it seems the talk will be more about the various attempts to patent ANS or applications of it. That's an interesting topic in itself too.<br><br>Microsoft was granted one patent in early 2022, so I suppose that's what prompted this talk later the same year.<br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems#Patent_controversy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetr…</a><br><br><a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=SoftwarePatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwarePatents</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a>
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