IanKelling

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by IanKelling 8y ago
Free Software Foundation https://fsf.org | Program Manager | Boston | Full-Time, Onsite This position develops and promotes longer-term resources and advocacy programs related to increasing the use of free software and expanding
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by IanKelling 8y ago
Free Software Foundation https://fsf.org | Web Developer | Boston | Full-Time Join us in our worldwide mission to protect and expand computer user freedom. I'd be on your team. I've worked at startups and big co, and t
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by IanKelling 8y ago
Free Software Foundation | Boston, MA | Copyright and Licensing Associate, Business Operations Manager | Onsite | Full-time The Free Software Foundation (FSF), is a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to protect and pro
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by IanKelling 8y ago
Free Software Foundation | Contract opportunity: JavaScript Developer for GNU LibreJS | full-time | remote Join us in our worldwide mission to protect computer user freedom. https://www.fsf.org/news/contract-opportunity
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by IanKelling 9y ago
> better using I meant to write "better than using." Also, I was not aware of the implied patent license argument.
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by IanKelling 9y ago
I see. Thanks for the information.
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by IanKelling 9y ago
Fair enough. And my point about why Apache avoids stronger licenses actually applies to google too, but they are just more flexible about it on a case by case basis.
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by IanKelling 9y ago
Fair enough.
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by IanKelling 9y ago
Edit: afaik, implicit patent license for free software licenses are unproven in court. It's an interesting idea, and I actually hope it's the case that everyone is getting an implied patent license that will hold up in court. Than
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by IanKelling 9y ago
> Once their is an explicit grant, any implicit grant you would have gotten is extinguished. Citation needed. And if you aren't planning to sue over software patents, then the author is clearly correct that this is strictly better t
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by IanKelling 9y ago
> multiple legal teams (Apache and Google, at least) don't want to entangle themselves with it. Citation needed on Google. Apache isn't "not wanting to be entangled", they reject EVERY license which gives stronger pro
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by IanKelling 9y ago
> I am frustrated with software with trivially incompatible licenses. It's not a copyright license, and it's not incompatible with any other free software license. I'm frustrated with the misinformation spread about it. If
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by IanKelling 9y ago
> if a project's license is radioactive It's not a copyright license. It's a patent grant/license which is completely independent. This matters for several reasons, including when just saying "license", this
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by IanKelling 9y ago
And without running proprietary javascript, their page displays no text. So, ya.
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by IanKelling 9y ago
FSF assignments have had full digital support in every country since 11/2016. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-now-offering-paperle...
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by IanKelling 9y ago
FSF assignments have had full digital support in every country and very fast since 11/2016. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-now-offering-paperle... Sad to see this outdated info in the top comment.
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by IanKelling 9y ago
CDF = cumulative distribution function People who care about how fast the internet is are not the same set as people who know statistics acronyms, and they don't show up in a simple web search. You know how else we can make the interne
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Say O(n²) Eighty Eight Times Fast(iankelling.org)
6 points by IanKelling 12y ago|3 comments
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Python's setup.py and the oft neglected uninstall feature(iankelling.org)
3 points by IanKelling 12y ago|0 comments
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by IanKelling 12y ago
And he has now updated the post to clarify about paypal.
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by IanKelling 12y ago
He was unemployed by choice, not incompatibility. I know he has written quite a bit of good emacs documentation and elisp code, and just that is worth donating for to me.
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by IanKelling 12y ago
I just spoke to Xah on the phone. He does want people to donate to his paypal address. He can transfer it to someone to cash it out if needed. He will be making further updates on his site, probably later today to be clear about that. He wi