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Jason Self Matt Lee

@mattl 'cause those are square lenses covering the eyes. Obviously. :)

Jason Self lnxwalt280

Backed out changes; time to try again later.

Jason Self lnxwalt280

That was my initial hope too but statusnet insists it can't find gd even though package is installed. Borked server trying to handle that.

Jason Self

#statusnet / #gnusocial has too many dependencies. The docs read as "You have to install this and this and this and this and this and..."

Jason Self

With this news about #statusnet and #gnusocial I suppose it's time to set up my own instance at jxself.org.

Jason Self

Finish this sentence: If I could have one super power it would be...

Jason Self Lohan G

@lohang Doesn't that presuppose that there is such a thing?

Jason Self Bradley M. Kuhn

@bkuhn 'cause some are moving to other #statusnet instances so as to maintain interoperability, since #pumpio currently is not.

Jason Self

Finally; some good news in the patent world: http://ur1.ca/e6q40

Jason Self grote

@grote Basically, anything interacting with the hardware.

Jason Self

@grote And I assume it comes with all of the usual proprietary software found on #Android devices (GSM, Bluetooth, WiFi, camera, etc.)

Jason Self Christopher Allan Webber

@cwebber Too bad the "FairPhone" doesn't come with 100% free software & wasn't designed for RYF logo to begin with - http://www.ur1.ca/dmsap

Jason Self Free Culture , douglasawh

& seems to validate concerns of @dennisgut cc: @kevingranade

Jason Self Free Culture , douglasawh

Not all proprietary programs can work with free formats, which seems to exclude them from being able to make free cultural works.

Jason Self Free Culture , douglasawh

Isn't there already an established definition? http://www.ur1.ca/0j2 such as "use of a free format", etc.

Jason Self

Look at all those (bike) pedals - must be spring

Jason Self Free Culture

@douglasawh I doubt people would like to describe their work as a flop, as in to fail completely.

Jason Self tius

@tius This argument reminds me of http://ur1.ca/4yfv1

Jason Self Free Software Foundation

@johns Time for an !FSF television spot?

Jason Self lnxwalt280

@lnxwalt280 You're welcome. Hopefully they enjoy it. I've more stuff planned.