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Independent geek working for digital liberty. Dir of Standards/Policy@OSI (previously OSI President). Also doing other stuff. My opinions alone.

Southampton, UK
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  1. Vastgemaakte Tweet
    24 feb.

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  2. The words we use to describe licenses matter and it's worth making the effort to make them more accurate. All open source licenses are permissive, for example.

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    7 jul.

    DRM is made to look like it's enforcing fairness but actually it's extending publisher control so far after purchase that it's endangering our cultural memory.

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    7 jul.

    Should you be fishing offshore and spot a dingy sinking and a child drowning this Government intends you be subject to criminal proceedings, maximum life in prison, for saving that child's life. Pure evil.

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  5. heeft geretweet
    7 jul.

    53% of non tech companies surveyed contribute to open source software in the UK

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    7 jul.

    97% of businesses in the UK use Open Source. Full report

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    7 jul.

    It’s kick off! Open is coming home. State of Open:The UK in 2021, Phase 2 Survey results live now. Full Report sponsored by

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  8. 7 jul.

    DRM is made to look like it's enforcing fairness but actually it's extending publisher control so far after purchase that it's endangering our cultural memory.

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    6 jul.

    Assertions that "the GPL is declining" are more a matter of outlook and expectation related to how is being used and understood than they are of absolute reality.

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    2 jul.
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    Red Hat employees couldn't have been given a starker contrast between the leader they loved and their new overlord. Google and Apple are on their way to Raleigh and will have some motivated Red Hat talent to choose from.

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  11. 6 jul.

    Assertions that "the GPL is declining" are more a matter of outlook and expectation related to how is being used and understood than they are of absolute reality.

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  12. 5 jul.

    It's like there's a Sociopath Of The Year contest the whole cabinet is trying to win.

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    Masks protect others, not yourself. For most people using public transport wearing a mask is a small act to reduce the risk of someone else’s loved one falling ill. Johnson’s recklessness is terrifying for anyone with low immunity or unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons

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  14. 5 jul.

    Is that single-company-controlled project actually in the sense of delivering software freedoms to you, or just about delivering prospective customers to its host company? Here are 7 tests.

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  15. 4 jul.

    Make no mistake, Johnson disposed of Hancock to get the outcome Javid is driving; Britain as one of the world's Covid Variant Factories.

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  17. 4 jul.

    Seems Javid wants Britain to be the pioneering origin of the next Covid variant.

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  18. 3 jul.

    How would an infosec pro signal they were being held hostage without alerting the VC who is holding them?

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    3 jul.

    I think that's why one can both love the commons and feel weird about GitHub Copilot. All rights, no responsibilities.

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  20. heeft geretweet
    2 jul.

    As a pediatrician I'm going on record saying that allowing kids to be freely infected with a novel disease that has unknown long term consequences is the worst idea of 2021 despite being a pretty crowded field so far

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  21. heeft geretweet
    2 jul.
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    Oh dear. Some serious passive/aggressive shade.

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