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Comment Re: Have *you* actually read it??? (Score 1) 51

They seem to somewhat waffle on that. Their FAQ calls it a legal notice, but in some of their communications, they refer to it as attribution. It's worth noting that they do have conflicting terms. They claim that by paragraph 7(b) they can insist that you maintain their logo, but they also use 7(e) to deny use of their trademarks. They state several places they are open source, not FOSS, but they are trying to have it both ways by claiming a FOSS license.

Comment Re: Have *you* actually read it??? (Score 1) 51

OnlyOffice is specifically using the AGPL as written by FSF, so FSF's interpretation of the license, while perhaps not legally binding, is germane. It's worth noting, however, that it is not possible to modify and redistribute OnlyOffice and comply with their interpretations. They claim that it is a requirement to maintain their logo to comply with legal notice and attribution requirements, but also disallow use of their trademarks, which includes their logo.

Comment Re: standard FSF overreach (Score 3, Informative) 51

OnlyOffice explicitly uses AGPL. https://www.onlyoffice.com/lic.... They are trying to make the argument that they are allowed to do this by claiming their logo is a legal notice, and it's ok to require the retention of legal notices. FSF says the branding doesn't meet the definition of legal notice, so the requirement is null.

Comment Re: Ask /r/mbfiai (Score 1) 27

Yeah, if you are someone who is going to be bothered by accidentally making small talk with the AI as if it were human, you aren't the right person to be reviewing how good the experience is. Same for the person with the "how many fingers" questions. Those parts of the story comes across as "person hostile to the idea of AI companions finds them creepy." Most of the rest is either poor planning on the restaurant (you know you're going to have 30 concurrent video calls, run Ethernet cables), typical teledating issues (my wife and I were long distance for much of our dating relationship and engagement, and had plenty of times we couldn't hear each other because of noise, and video conferencing frequently has noticable lag even with good network conditions). Yes, what the AI does with the bad connection is odd, and personally I find the idea creepy, but this is really just a place trying to get clickbait articles written about it.

Comment Re: Can the USPS be next? (Score 1) 41

I'm a fan of the post office, but having lived in several states, the delivery services' relative reliability is more variable than your comment suggests. I've lived in places where seeing USPS as the delivery service meant you didn't bother expecting it for an extra week but FedEx and UPS never had issues. At our last place, we had multiple packages almost get sent back because the mail carrier didn't bother leaving any notices except the last one 3 weeks later, and when we requested a vacation hold they decided to return all our mail to sender with the notation we had moved without leaving a forwarding address.

Comment Re:nuance? (Score 1) 35

I looked at the rule. If I'm reading it right, compensated reviews are acceptable as long as it's an actual review by the person in question, and excerpts used are representative of the full review. Payment, including in the form of product, must not be conditioned on the content of the review. Though if I read it right, the reviewer doesn't have to have experience with the product as long as it is clear to the reader that the review is not based on experience with the actual product. (I assume this is allowed to allow the use of reviews of other products by the manufacturer to establish trust in the company itself.)

Comment Re:SMS/MMS vs iMessage(data) vs a matter of cost.. (Score 1) 122

Even in 2014, I'm pretty sure that only applied to people who were still on legacy plans that didn't want to give up some perk on a 10- or 15-year-old plan. I got Verizon in around 2004 or so, and even back then they only advertised unlimited text plans. You might have been able to get a limited plan, but only if you specifically asked for it.

Comment Re:Told you so (Score 1) 48

Even in the US, the difference in fraud protection between debit and credit cards is largely one of timing. As long as you report it lost or stolen within 2 days of discovering the issue (practically speaking, within two days of receiving the statement, as they can't prove you knew it was lost before then), you are still limited to $50, and as long as it's within two months of the statement date, $500, but like credit card companies, banks tend to waive this allowance. It sounds like you are generally using the term debit vs credit card the same way as the US, debit cards in the US are just ATM cards that are also branded with a Visa or Mastercard (typically) logo, and are accepted by the respective network. They'll all have some sort of note on them that indicates they aren't credit cards, typically "DEBIT" somewhere on the front.

Comment Re:Told you so (Score 1) 48

Most of those merchants (that accept debit cards) aren't actually treating the cards differently, and put the hold on the card regardless of debit or credit. The difference is that on a credit card, it's a hold against your credit limit, while on a debit card, it's a hold against the balance in your account. Since most people have a fair bit of headroom on their credit limits, this hold has no practical effect on them. Most people expect to be able to spend all the money in their checking account, however, and may even intentionally keep the balance low to prevent fraudsters from being able to take as much. In this case, knowing that you are losing access to money above and beyond the cost can be important in order to assure that you have sufficient available balance to cover the hold. The main difference to the merchant (on a "purchase" that has the potential to end up much higher than the initial cost) is that a customer that knows they've done something that increases their liability to the merchant can empty the bank account linked to the debit card to force the upcharge to be declined, while they would have to max out the credit card to do the same on a card.

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