The EU, for example, has no problem with putting 49 individuals, without court case or judicial decision, without any possibility of appeal, on a sanction list, banning them from all financial transactions such as paying their rent.
If you are okay with that, but think the Trump regime, fascism, then you are part of the problem.
When those who oppose freedom of opinion, of speech, of assembly,
Europe, is wonderful, the EU is a tyrannical construct.
By their actions, shall you know them.
If Software is subject to the same copyright law,
then does this mean, that AI-generated software
is also not subject to copyright?
Interesting implications, if so.
Especially considering that Microsoft allegedly trained copilot
on the Github *private* repositories as well.
Theoretically, by querying an AI trained on confidential data and code,
and asking it to generate using that knowledge, software which is similar
in operation and outputs
into a non licenced but legal, form.
Ahh, the lawyers will love this.
Well, how can the creators of WordPress complain?
They chose to use a licence, which is explicitly created by people who hate the idea of software costing any money.
And as a happy side-effect, allows non-creators to package and distribute it, with added services, without any development or support costs.
Now the courts have upheld, as desired by copy-left, the terms of the licence, preventing measures to block the downstream parasites.
Open-source slavery!
But all of this is a choice. If they don't like it, then they can fork and change the licence.
Shrug.
But where is the Event DB?
I'm not sure why we see such different results, but when I search amazon for "iFixIt Repair Kit", the first 2 results I get are iFixit brand repair kits. If I put it in quotes, the first 7 results are iFixit Brand kits.
> "previous administration" (as you dogwhistle it),
How is this a dog whistle? Do Republicans not know that Trump was the previous administration?
Stallman in person, is an utter ass. Arrogant to the point of self-parody.
Both on a personal "human" level, and on an intellectual one.
Maybe "evangelising" is a great choice of words, since it involves religious fervour.
Discussion, debate and nuanced consideration of alternative viewpoints?
Nah.
Aggressive re-statements of opinion, as "fact".
Denigration of those holding opposing views.
Partisan positions on all issues.
Stallman is simply a product of the WEIRD mindset, and anyone
surprised at his interactions with people he perceives as "lower"
in his hierarchy, including women, is ignoring unpleasant truths.
Self-appointed Saviours: follow at your peril.
"As a High Ranking Member of Dr. Seuss: We Own the Rights to Him Inc, I'm uncomfortable with the thought of Dr. Seuss being seen as a racist - let's pull a few of his books from publication so hopefully they won't accidentally cause a fuss and taint his legacy".
"Hm, yes, I agree, that could be bad for us. Shall we quietly delete the offending books from the catalog?"
"No, let's announce what we're doing to the media. I'm sure this won't turn into one of those weeks-long moral panic shitstorms."
You can dress it up however you like, but when a single company controls a vast segment of the market, hiding behind the disingenuous argument that "they shouldn't be forced to [let other people] sell [what the company considers to be] rude and offensive materials" is functionally siding with the book-burners.
And I'd be careful where you go on that train. Some people consider public displays of homosexual relationships rude and offensive. Some pharmacists consider birth control rude and offensive. Some people consider Dr. Seuss's caricatures of white people rude and offensive. Green Eggs and Ham can be read as a sneering and contemptuous belittlement of the challenges those on the autistic spectrum face when being asked to step outside their comfort zone.
That the HR people who revel in these new AI systems,
including the ability to silently, legally, eliminate all the "non mainstream"
candidates, including those who are older,
will inevitably be fired based on the recommendations of the same systems,
brings a smile to my face.
"democratic institutions at both the political and industrial level"
From Marxists? Citation very much needed.
You lie, sir.
For example, do you claim that Marxists or Socialists,
believe in *multiple* unions?
Or was it just the "People's Union" as an aspect of The Party?
Marxism is fundamentally opposed to Democracy.
It is a tyranny.
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket. -- George Orwell
