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  1. Richard Fontana Richard Fontana Bradley M. Kuhn

    Announcement: @bkuhn (and legions of interested others) shall have 6 days to copy currently nondestroyed dents. #denticideispainless

    about 2 days ago from web
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    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn disturbing

      @fontana, I perfectly caught #MASH reference & thought it was good, but your insistence on deleting our past communications is !disturbing

      about 19 hours ago
    • Richard Fontana Richard Fontana disturbing , Bradley M. Kuhn

      @bkuhn strangely I didn't think of connection between "denticide" and "dentist" till after making that #MASH reference

      about 19 hours ago
    • Richard Fontana Richard Fontana Bradley M. Kuhn

      Announcement: @bkuhn (and legions of interested others) shall have 5 days to copy currently nondestroyed dents. #denticideispainless

      about 12 hours ago
  2. V.Villenave V.Villenave The GNU General Public License

    Guess what: when the numbers aren't from #BlackDuck, !GPL use is actually increasing http://identi.ca/url/66725977 #liesdamnlies

    about a day ago from web
    • Richard Fontana repeated this.
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    • Brett Smith Brett Smith Mike Linksvayer

      I think "only" is meant in the "merely" sense there (if I correctly understand your concern).

      about a day ago
    • V.Villenave V.Villenave GNU's Not Unix , Mike Linksvayer

      @mlinksva Certainly is an annoying website. Plus, reading a !GNU/Linux-related article interleaved with #MSFT ads is pretty frustrating.

      about a day ago
    • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer Brett Smith

      @brettcsmith ah, yes, my brain erroneously saw "the" before "only" and jerked. oops.

      about a day ago
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    Silner Silner Debian , The GNU General Public License

    !GPL use in !Debian on the rise: study http://feedly.com/k/wR1vzn

    about 2 days ago from silner.status.net
    • Wes likes this.
    • ggoes repeated this.
  4. V.Villenave V.Villenave The GNU General Public License , Cyber Killer

    #Wired spreading #FUD about !GPL http://ur1.ca/87azz (via @cyberkiller)

    about 3 days ago from web
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn Greg K-H

      #Corbet at #ELC2012 quotes @gregkh's blog from 1 year ago: http://ur1.ca/362xt re: #Ralink working upstream. Corbet says this isn't uncommon

      about 4 days ago from web
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      • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn

        #ELC2012: #Corbet says "We do not take the security problem serious enough" making reference to kernel.org compromise.

        about 4 days ago
      • Alexandre Oliva Alexandre Oliva

        @bkuhn IOW (MSNBC/MSBBC headline for this): Jon Corbet says Linux is going to die ;-)

        about 4 days ago
      • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn Linux , Greg K-H

        #ELC2012: #Corbet jokes: "What's @gregkh up to at new !Linux Foundation job, given that his first act was to send patches to #LibreOffice?"

        about 4 days ago
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

      @fontana, I see the tempting sophistry in that. OTOH, locking things down restricts use by customers & users very much. Who matters more?

      about 4 days ago from mustard
      • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License

        Someone said: !GPLv3 is wrong re: lock down provisions b/c "Licensing shouldn't be about policy". I'm left wondering what they're about,then

        about 4 days ago
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

      @fontana I'm convinced that #Yocto is a key component in making is easy to do !GPL compliance right. I hope upstream system on chip adopt it

      about 4 days ago from mustard
      • Brian van den Broek Brian van den Broek Richard Fontana

        @fontana you forgot #outrage.

        about 5 days ago
      • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn disturbing , All Things Problematic in this World , Richard Fontana

        I'll be deeply honest: I'm new to #Yocto myself & it's tough to live-dent stuff one is just learning. More live-denting later this week.

        about 4 days ago
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

      Seriously? That's your argument: Larry #Rosen should write #GPLv4? Remember always: I asked you to volunteer to help & you sent me to Larry.

      about 5 days ago from web
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      • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer The GNU General Public License

        @bkuhn anything on the web about this? I tried the obvious searches/sites.

        about 6 days ago
      • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

        @fontana, I'm sure I only said they aren't possible as © actions. As fraud, contract, or other actions, !GPL enforcement downstream may work

        about 6 days ago
      • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

        @fontana curious, IDNKA http://ur1.ca/85hrz points to need for a license #deconstruction session at #disturbicon

        about 6 days ago
    • John Christian Stoddart John Christian Stoddart The GNU General Public License

      read with bated breath: !apple’s great !gpl purge http://is.gd/gOWy1m

      about 11 days ago from web
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    • Nathan Willis Nathan Willis The GNU General Public License

      Interesting case of !GPL versions complicating adoption: http://is.gd/9eVZbf <-seems like GPL does not handle inherited-maintenance well….

      about 24 days ago from Gwibber at Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha
      • Mike Linksvayer and der.hans like this.
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      • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer maiki

        @maiki 3 not bilateral compatible w/any previous versions. if mixing=derivative can use 3, but often impractical to upgrade whole proj/host

        about 23 days ago
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        maiki maiki Mike Linksvayer

        Interesting. I do so with my stuff, but I imagine that can be difficult with contributed projects. Hmmm, is a best prac…

        about 23 days ago
      • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer maiki

        @maiki no such best practice rec, but or later'd be helpful, esp as BY-SA's, though builtin, only applies to adapts, not full "or later"

        about 23 days ago
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

      @fontana, "day spa" renovations were in progress then. Was more "historic B&B" when I stayed. All other State College hotels had #bedbugs.

      about a month ago from web
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      • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Christopher Allan Webber

        @cwebber, this tripadvisor review is the only time I've found #bedbugs, although this was a dead one by itself. http://ur1.ca/7m0da

        about a month ago
      • Christopher Allan Webber Christopher Allan Webber The GNU General Public License

        Aha, good to know. I'll be following your #bedbug advice in upcoming travels, don't want to find them same way I did last time!

        about a month ago
      • Paul Visscher Paul Visscher

        @bkuhn I don't think so.

        about a month ago
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

      @fontana, Ugh! I'm sick of these LLCs in our community pretending to be trade associations! Is #OpenStack therefore as bad as #OIN is?

      about a month ago from web
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      • drew Roberts drew Roberts Evan Prodromou

        and we *need* that possibility in our economy because?

        about a month ago
      • drew Roberts drew Roberts

        Fame seems to be scalable on its own without any "product" whatsoever other than fame itself.

        about a month ago
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      • John Mark John Mark

        @bkuhn you know what else hoarders do? dictate the terms of the industry to us. unless you're going to outlaw hoarding, that's our reality

        about 24 days ago
    • Jason Self Jason Self The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

      @fontana I think that's pretty much the position Linus has today. At least he's consistent over the years if nothing else. #antidrm

      about a month ago from web
      • Glyn Moody Glyn Moody

        British company looks to create cheap, open platforms - http://bit.ly/wUABzA cheaper than Raspberry PI? #choice #linux

        about a month ago from web at London, England, United Kingdom
        • Matija Šuklje repeated this.
        • Stephen Michael Kellat Stephen Michael Kellat

          @glynmoody I am more interested in when something ships. Raspberry Pi kept slipping on release date already...

          about a month ago
        • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer The GNU General Public License

          itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/52054-british-company-looks-to-create-cheap-open-platforms?tmpl=component&print=1 !gpl #china

          about a month ago
        • James Elian James Elian

          @glynmoody I am buying that tablet as soon as it comes out. Want! :D

          about a month ago
      • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer Creative Commons , The GNU General Public License , Richard Fontana

        @fontana anything written on this suboptimality?

        about a month ago from web at San Francisco, California, United States
        • Michał Andrzej Woźniak Michał Andrzej Woźniak Creative Commons

          @fontana @mlinksva /me is also interested in the issue and in a blogpost on that matter :)

          about a month ago
        • Francois Marier Francois Marier Richard Fontana

          @fontana Is https://opensource.com/user/216/feed your "blog" or do you also write elsewhere?

          about a month ago
      • Arne Babenhauserheide Arne Babenhauserheide The GNU General Public License

        Use cases for #cc by-sa compatibility with !GPL: http://ur1.ca/79r3f

        about a month ago from Choqok at Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
        • Nathan Willis Nathan Willis The GNU General Public License

          Cool; x10 home automation server #Heyu is finally moving to !GPLv3 after 25Y under a custom, pre-GPL-era license. Up next, Debian packaging?

          about a month ago from web at Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha
          • Mike Linksvayer likes this.
          • Mike Linksvayer Mike Linksvayer The GNU General Public License

            @n8 cool! I see the 1986(?) noncommercial license being replaced by GPLv3 in http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/heyu_users/message/6630

            about a month ago
          • Nathan Willis Nathan Willis The GNU General Public License , Mike Linksvayer

            @mlinksva yep; original code all gone, consent obtained from subsequent maintainers or their executors. glad to see their work will spread!

            about a month ago
        • Arne Babenhauserheide Arne Babenhauserheide Everything role-playing , W20 - die freundliche Rollenspielgruppe von nebenan , Science Fiction , Role Playing Games , Fantasy Art , Ein Würfel System , The GNU General Public License

          Erschöpfungsregeln (ErRe) → http://1w6.org/node/484 #modul für !1w6 !fantasy !rpg !rsp !sciencefiction unter !gpl !roleplaying

          about a month ago from Choqok at Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
          • Arne Babenhauserheide Arne Babenhauserheide The GNU General Public License , Bradley M. Kuhn

            @bkuhn: If a webcomic author allowed us to license one strip under !GPL, would that mean people could use his characters in their strips?

            about 2 months ago from Choqok at Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
            • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn

              @arnebab, If this is a hypothetical, I'm reluctant to spend time thinking about it.

              about 2 months ago
            • Arne Babenhauserheide Arne Babenhauserheide Bradley M. Kuhn

              @bkuhn it is real: It decides if we get a strip for our RGP licensed RPG or not.

              about 2 months ago
            • Arne Babenhauserheide Arne Babenhauserheide Bradley M. Kuhn

              @bkuhn: I sent you an email with additional information.

              about a month ago
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