Other than not funding them, and putting shame-pressure on them, is there anything one can do about the FSF?
If the FSF got dissolved, what happens to the copyrighted code that it owns / that has been assigned to it?
You are right that this identifies a huge "bus factor" for all FSF-stewarded projects. Anyone who works in operating systems knows how fundamental many of these pieces are. A few things could happen.
Option 1: The ongoing work to Rust-ify everything is accelerated. A new surge of energy appears to move to a Rust future.
Option 2: Good Person(s) Scenario. FSF gracefully hands over copyright ownership to a responsible steward.
Option 3: Bad Person(s) Scenario. S***show.
I went through the FSF copyright assignment process once (for some automake patches). From memory, there were some conditions attached to the assignment related to how the FSF would license the code.
If the FSF dissolved and the copyrights transferred to a successor org, I assume those promises would also transfer with it. It's possible that they might be able to relicense the code under a more permissive free software license, but they couldn't sell commercial licenses to the code.
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Amyl and The Sniffers - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)
http://KEXP.ORG presents Amyl and The Sniffers performing live, recorded exclusively for KEXP.Songs:Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)HertzGuided By AngelsSecurit...YouTube
Welcome to the RB family, OwnTracks 🥳
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OwnTracks allows you to keep track of your own location. You can build your private location diary or share it with your family and friends.
With this app, now 24% = 291 apps at the #IzzyOnDroid repo have #reproducibleBuilds – almost every 4th app 
Top-ranked Surfshark is 87% off with this early Black Friday VPN deal
Editor's choice Surfshark VPN is kicking off the holiday shopping season early with what is sure to be one of the best VPN Black Friday deals.Sam Singleton (PCWorld)
Latest update from @brewsterkahle: "Wayback Machine running strong (yippie!).
Still working to bring archive.org items & other services online safely.
@internetarchive
team spirits high, but tired."
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Doctor Who Time War Sale! - News - Big Finish
Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Legends, The Prisoner, Adam Adaman…www.bigfinish.com
Beyond Death
Most of us have no idea what will happen when we die. But some people were actually declared dead and came back with remarkable stories—like meeting dead relatives. Science is now beginning to tell us what happens in near-death experiences.To The Best Of Our Knowledge
I think part of the reason why Mastodon fails for me is because it offers far too much control to users over what they see. I think this creates insular communities where reach is limited and opinions go unchallenged because that makes people uncomfortable.
If BLM / George Floyd happened on Mastodon instead of other social media, I do not think that change would've occurred because either people would mute the tags or words, or admins would ban profiles talking about it (because Masto is white)
My peeps, we are hiring. I've been at Coda for nearly a year and genuinely look forward to work every day. I get to work on the cool projects I want, with smart, kind people who enjoy what they're doing. And now we can use more help in our security department.
We're looking for a 100% remote (in the US, due to compliance obligations) security engineer. Downside: you have to see me all the time. More info at job-boards.greenhouse.io/coda/…
If this looks interesting, please hit me up for the details.
AMD and Intel are teaming up to fend off ARM chips
Chip makers AMD and Intel are feeling the pressure as ARM gains momentum in the PC market, pushing the two competitors into an unlikely alliance.Allison Johnson (The Verge)
I have to ask, because apparently a lot of people don’t use the keyboard to navigate websites at all. I do it all the time.
#a11y
- Use Keyboard sometimes (41%, 39 votes)
- Use Keyboard frequently (33%, 31 votes)
- Use Keyboard with assistive tech (4%, 4 votes)
- Only use the mouse/touchpad/pointer (20%, 19 votes)
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My violence towards robot vacuums (usually when they get caught in cords for the MILLIONTH TIME) is vindicated.
They're spies.
werd.io/2024/insecure-deebot-r…
Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/robot-vacuum-deebot-ecovacs-photos-ai/104416632 [Julian Fell at Australian ABC News] "Ecovacs robot vacuums, which have been found to suffer from critical cybersecurity flaws, are collecting photos, videos and v…Ben Werdmuller (Werd I/O)
If you are using a so called smart connected TV and are concerned about your privacy, you should read the following scientific article: "Watching TV with the Second-Party: A First Look at Automatic Content Recognition Tracking in Smart TVs"
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.06203v1
In short, if your TV's settings are not correctly adjusted, it can periodically (in some cases, every 10 seconds) send a fingerprint of what is being displayed to a server to find out what you are watching.
"#PHP RFC: Add persistent #curl share handles"
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The PR => github.com/php/php-src/pull/15…
feat: enable persistent `CurlShareHandle` objects by ericnorris · Pull Request #15603 · php/php-src
This PR introduces a new function, curl_share_init_persistent, that creates a php_curlsh struct that can live beyond a single PHP request. Persisting a curl share handle would allow PHP userspace t...GitHub
The incredibly talented Lupita Nyong’o now has a podcast:
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Kenyan Actress Lupita Nyong'o Brings Light to Global Storytelling in her New Podcast!
Lupita Nyong'o's podcast, Mind Your Own, is all about belonging. Whether that's belonging in a family, relationships, or self-love, it's about sharing stories around the globe.Brittle Paper
It is sad that the comment section was exactly what I expected, even here on Mastodon.
Woman posts about how men often react negatively to things women say for no apparent reason.
The exact kind of man she's talking about shows up and does exactly that. Exclaims, I would never do that, while doing that.
"Incremental #HTTP Messages" proposal:
Upon receiving a header section that includes the Incremental header field, HTTP intermediaries SHOULD NOT buffer the entire message before forwarding it. Instead, intermediaries SHOULD transmit the header section downstream and continuously forward the bytes of the message body as they arrive.
datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft…
Incremental HTTP Messages
This document specifies the "Incremental" HTTP header field, which instructs HTTP intermediaries to forward the HTTP message incrementally. Discussion Venues This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.IETF Datatracker
why is the sky a SPHERE???
why do I have to know SPHERICAL GEOMETRY?????
we should live in a CUBE. a CUBE is a nice, sensible shape! flat planes are EASY.
this has been the latest in my series of rants about how astronomy is unnecessarily hard, tune in next week for "why does everything have to be MOVING all the time"
edited to add necessary context: I am a professional astronomer
(Update: I previously said “mailing lists” but very little of the recent report concerns itself with email. The point still stands.)
There is a point getting lost in the noise of the Stallman thing which I’d like to highlight, in the hopes of helping reply guys understand why they’re receiving such a furious response to what they believe is a principled defense of open debate:
The events where Stallman was obnoxious were *for free software projects*. That is to say, a *professional context*.
#SKpolitika, verzia "posledne slovo #BraňoBezák" + #HowItStartedVsHowItsGoing:
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How it started: "Programové vyhlásenie tejto vlády sa volá: Lepšie, pokojnejšie a bezpečne žiť."
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Newsfilter: Správu o atentáte objednal Fico, píše ju Gašpar. Aký asi bude výsledok?
1. Minister vnútra jedno nedorozprával, druhé odpinkal. 2. Ficova bilancia sa len zhoršuje. 3. Načo sú nám ícečká, keď budú lietadlá?Tomáš Gális (Denník N)
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