You are correct, I was confusing it with the Patriot Act.

It was a time when the world was especially paranoid, and we were willing to trade most of our privacy, for security. It wasn't a good trade then, and it still isn't a good trade.

Once upon a time, there were doctors. When you were sick, you called one to your home. But over time, the profession grew and became more specialized. These days, a doctor (primary care physician) is a member of a shrinking class of general practitioners.

Once upon a time, there were programmers. Programmers told computers what to do. But as time has passed, they have specialized into related fields: back end, front end, data management, analytics, and yes, AI. The specialization will continue. (And no, AI won't wipe out the profession, any more than power tools have wiped out construction professions.)

As a techno-geek, I can appreciate a good demonstration of technological capability. As a person, I can also appreciate that just because we can does not mean we should.

There are other actors. A lot of other actors. I am certain there are several that could have played this part well. Let one of them do it.

Learn the lesson: don't do this again.

I hope you find something good soon.

The FSF holds copyright on the AGPLv3. In order to use the AGPLv3, you must comply with the license on the license.

A version of the AGPLv3 that is modified without the permission of the FSF is not valid, as it does not comply with the license on the AGPLv3.

You could write your own license using very similar terms to the AGPLv3 plus other terms you have specified, but if you refer to it as "AGPLv3" it must be the AGPLv3 as provided by the FSF (per the license on the AGPLv3).

This entire debate has happened before.

This was not a secret.

When my business was selling on Amazon, it was spelled out in the agreement: We were required to sell on Amazon at our lowest online price. We could match that price on other channels, but not go lower. This included sales thru our own site.

Enforcement varied. If they found out, you were in trouble. A violation would result in a "strike" (warning) against your account. Multiple strikes would result in suspension from selling on Amazon for 30 days. Additional strikes could result in termination of your seller account.

I was just thinking how awesome it would be to actually smell those mountain flowers while doing Skyrim VR. Talk about immersion.

For those that missed it... Anthropic proposed to code the restrictions into the model itself. Other companies have proposed putting these restrictions in their contract -but lack any way of verifying or enforcing them beyond taking the government's word for it.

Google has proposed additional language in its contract with the department to prevent its AI from being used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without appropriate human control

Google is about to be declared a threat to national security! Blocked from doing business with anyone who does business with the US Government! OMG! Supply chain risk! Terrorists! /s (Hey, it happened to Anthropic...)

All of my services (at home and for business, including self-hosted and collocated servers) have been dual-homed with IPV4 and IPV6 for decades. I just can't grasp services that don't include IPV6 connectivity in this modern world.

We actually do understand ultrasound very well. In general, unlike x-rays, it seems to provide positive side effects where it is used on living tissue, promoting healing. Ultrasound is not an unknown.

Or how about, 4 sets of 16-bit numbers.

Before you know it, IPv6 will be everywhere, there will be nowhere to hide.

The only problem with national ID cards in America is the requirement to use them to exercise your rights without first ensuring that all Americans have them.