Bradley M. Kühn

Software freedom activist since 1992. Copyleft theorist & FOSS policy wonk. Expert in FOSS non-profit structures.

Views expressed herein are mine & not necessarily those of any organization w/ which I'm affiliated.

Fediverse “claim to fame”: Invented “Affero clause” of #Mastodon's license: https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2007/11/21/stet-and-agplv3

1ˢᵗ #Linux: 0.99pl12
1ˢᵗ #Debian: 🧊🥔

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#copyleft, #ethics for #LLMGenAI, #FOSS, #FreeSoftware, #OpenSource, #AGPLv3, #GPL, #LGPL

#StarTrek, #GreatestGen

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2026-06-26 17:22:04 GMT

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Glad to see @nprofile…79r0's new policy on #LLM-gen-AI announced today.
Since it's ≈1w after SFC's LLM-gen-AI Recommendations, NLNet's policy was likely drafted before SFC's recs came out.
It's a “great minds think alike” scenario, as NLnet's policy is an instantiation of the class of policies we drafters were recommending in the highest-priority 1ˢᵗ three recommendations.
It also shows how “recommendations” & “policies” should not be conflated.
https://sfconservancy.org/llm-gen-ai/llm-backed-generative-ai-recommendations.html#reject-ok
#LLMGenAI #OpenSource #AI

2026-05-30 14:42:47 GMT

Here's a #Unix tips and tricks quiz:
How do you remove filenames that have painful names because of what they mean on the command line?
I still just use #Perl as in:
$ perl -e 'unlink("--");'
What do you use?
(Not making this a poll because there are so many ways to do this I kinda wanna see where people go with it.)

2026-05-02 21:41:27 GMT

Am I the only person who, after 30 years of using `/bin/ln`, *still* gets its arguments backwards?
If I type:
$ ln -s x y
My mind is always thinking: “I want a symlink where x ⇒ y”, and as such I incorrectly put the destination *before* the source.
I am sure `ln` is this way in #POSIX to match the behavior of `cp` & `mv`. The latter two are intuitive to me because I read it as “copy/move x to y”.
$ ls -l y
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bkuhn bkuhn 1 May 2 14:39 y -> x
“y ⇒ x” … See!?!?!
#Unix

2026-04-21 17:53:24 GMT

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A minor typo clarification in
@nprofile…u9pr's post (which I otherwise agree with). I'm not the sole author of any version of #AGPL. I invented the method that makes the Affero clause work¹, and I helped codraft #AGPLv3§13.
License drafting has many contributors; no one is the sole "author".
¹ I invented the approach of an additional requirement when modifying the software that the complete, Corresponding Source be made available to all who had access to the running software.
#AGPLv3

2026-04-15 20:22:34 GMT

👀 … https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/15/eternal-november-generative-ai-llm/ …my colleague Denver Gingerich writes: newcomers' extensive reliance on LLM-backed generative AI is comparable to the Eternal September onslaught to USENET in 1993. I was on USENET extensively then; I confirm the disruption was indeed similar. I urge you to read his essay, think about it, & join Denver, me, & others at the following datetimes…
$ date -d '2026-04-21 15:00 UTC'
$ date -d '2026-04-28 23:00 UTC'
…in https://bbb-new.sfconservancy.org/rooms/welcome-llm-gen-ai-users-to-foss/join
#AI #LLM #OpenSource

2026-04-12 15:10:47 GMT

It's embarrassing to admit I like Red Hot Chili Peppers (as the band is problematic in many ways — especially given Anthony & Flea's dysfunctional relationship).
But, I basically like all forms of music ever. I listen to the 70s countdown on SiriusXM¹ each week — replays of the old Casey Casem countdowns. Today's is the countdown from 1979-04-07.
34th item is 1 hit wonder Chuck Brown &the Soul Searchers' “Bustin' Loose”. Listen to me & tell me it didn't inspire #RHCP's “Give it Away”.
#music

2026-03-27 21:34:52 GMT

Folks asked me about #chardet #LGPL situation. @nprofile…07sp (on @nprofile…k56f) published https://lwn.net/Articles/1061534/ it; everyone should read that.
Afterwards, take a 👀 at my comment on chardet's issue tracker:
https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/355#issuecomment-4145369025
TL;DR: I'm leading an effort at @nprofile…6lcl to analyze this situation. The results will be published. It will take a long time — for good reason. Meanwhile, anyone using chardet commercially should call their lawyer.
#LGPLv2.1 #copyleft #SFC #SoftwareFreedom #LLM #AI #copyright

2026-03-25 15:44:10 GMT

👩‍🎤…I still got some #punk rock cred! So, it's last session after 3 days of #UndoneCS. I admit I zoned out, had trouble concentrating on Nils Bonfils' talk “Cultivating a Historicist Sensibility through Permacomputing”.
Through my mind haze, I hear Nils say the word “#anarchist”, then, “#anticapitalist”. Suddenly I'm wide awake & completely focused.
#PunksNotDead
I'm glad too as this #permacomputing stuff is extremely interesting & definitely important to future of #FOSS.
https://www.undonecs.org/2026/abstracts/UndoneCS26_abstract_47.pdf
https://cdn.masto.host/fedicopyleftorg/media_attachments/files/116/290/575/714/654/039/original/d97b530bf5773666.jpg

2026-03-24 15:58:18 GMT

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I'm speaking at #UndoneCS in 15 minutes. You can attend remotely gratis.
https://www.undonecs.org/2026/
My laptop problems mean the slides aren't in my usual place, and I can't seem to attach a PDF from Tusky, so I'll post them later.
@nprofile…jc4m

2026-03-23 10:06:32 GMT

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A questioner suggests talking of “techno-feudalism” instead of “surveillance capitalism”.
History doesn't repeat itself but often rhymes, & what's happening now certainly rhymes with “feudalism”.
I worry though that calling it “feudalism” downplays that unbridled capitalism may ultimately turn out to be more insidious and oppressive.
I often say that 300+ years from now, I expect all humanity will look back at capitalism the way we look at feudalism today.
#UndoneCS #FOSS #OpenSource

2026-03-23 09:55:21 GMT

❤ … I've been waiting for 20 years to see a talk that starts with a slide entitled “Socio-economic model of the YouTube platform” that has a DAG where all arrows feed to a node that says “surveillance capitalism” & “Google generates billions of revenue per year”.
In Big Tech if you aren't the customer, you're the product.
https://www.undonecs.org/2026/abstracts/UndoneCS26_abstract_38.pdf
Took me 30 hours to get here,but I'm so glad I came to UndoneCS!
#UndoneCS #Google #YouTube #capitalism #surveillance #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

2026-03-23 09:43:43 GMT

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A reminder to everyone that if you're awake (still middle of the night in USA), you can watch @nprofile…jc4m gratis. Sadly it's a proprietary software streaming service, but the organizers worked really hard to organize the event. If I come next year, I'll volunteer to help do FOSS streaming next year.
https://fediscience.org/@undonecs/116274076967611227
This conference is covering topics that everyone should hear if you work in tech. Check it out!
#UndoneCS #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #GPL
#nevent1q…n5n7

2026-03-19 16:59:00 GMT

Next week, I'll give a short talk at @nprofile…jc4m: Undone Computer Science 2026 conference.
This is a crossover event: activists, academics, & #FOSS enthusiasts explore issues CS researchers *should* be looking at, but are not.
My talk?: the unstudied question of so many Complete, Corresponding Source (CCS) candidates provided by companies— ostensibly to meet #copyleft license obligations don't, in fact, meet them — & no one has systematically examined them.
#UndoneCS #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

2026-03-01 17:29:22 GMT

The mental health toll of #Trump & his nihilist cronies — while small when compared to the murders they commit — is nonetheless palpable damage to all.
Since our Constitutional right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” has effectively been suspended, I'll focus exclusively on my #FOSS work. My whole adult life, I never outright ignored world news,but for my own mental health I must — at least until I've an idea on how to start a non-violent revolution.

2026-02-28 05:28:51 GMT

Installing #Debian 13 (trixie) on 2017-era laptop. Hardware is fine, but was built when #UEFI was barely supported yet,but had become standard.
I struggled to boot after install (yes, I used UEFI installer).
TIL
💡 Old BIOS's have UEFI/LEGACY/ BOTH setting w/ a CSM Support Bit. Chose UEFI ONLY & CSM NO.
💡old UEFI NVRAM is *tiny*. Mine was full. Deleting dump-* data wasn't enough. I had to delete 2 esoteric Boot options (such as IDE FDD 🤣) to even change another entry.
Cc: @nprofile…lh76
#FediTips

2026-02-22 01:33:01 GMT

An experienced developer said re: #LLM-backed #AI
> “things can move as fast as they want but the speed of my actual understanding is the only one useful to me”
They make an essential point: new tools aren't magically useful because companies are selling them.
Experienced people in the field have to spend some time to determine: “What Fresh Snake Oil”? This takes wall-clock time.
There are far too many PT Barnums and far too few Alan Turnings in our field today.
I fear for users' rights.

2026-02-03 17:10:25 GMT

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
I know it's been a long fundraising season given #SFC's stretch match, but we are getting close to the end and we are just about to be ≤ $10k to raise to take advantage of all our generous match donations this season.
We'd really appreciate all who have donated, and hope that you can give a little bit more now.
Or, if you forgot to give last year, now is your change to double your donation.

2026-01-30 14:28:28 GMT

To old guard of #FOSS:
When you reach ages ≥ 0x32 —as I have— ∃ a saying: you're old enough to “have no 🤬s left to give”. It's liberating, but take care w/ that new feeling; it *can* turn you into a mean person.
I'm watching a talk by ███¹ who has some interesting things to say, but is flippant & rude to the audience who ask about any issue not of ███'s interest.
No matter how smart you are: as a speaker, your audience has something to teach you.
Open your mind.
#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

2026-01-26 19:26:46 GMT

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@nprofile…3k8n
I wore a mask the whole time at #FOSDEM 2025, never took it off unless outside & far from people, & still got COVID. I wear bona fide tight fitting N-95s. They aren't perfect.
When everyone masks, it's when it really helps. There is really no good reason to not mask at a big event like @nprofile…jjs5 except when speaking on stage or asking a question or meeting outside.
My current predicament is highly offensive: someone coughing & blowing snot over & over just 3 feet from me with no mask.

2026-01-26 19:06:40 GMT

As always these days, I'm the only person 😷'd on my flight.
The air is awful on this equipment: 1925 ppm of CO₂ at my seat.
Person next to me has a productive cough …😮‍💨… (can tell by sound), yet she isn't masked. 🙄
Welp, whatever 🦠 she's spewing on this row, I guess I'm bringing it to #FOSDEM.😔
As a reminder for those coming to @nprofile…jjs5 … please mask! It's not life-or-death anymore for most, but I lost a month of work (& missed my OWN keynote) last year when I got #COVID at FODSEM.
https://cdn.masto.host/fedicopyleftorg/media_attachments/files/115/962/932/679/921/066/original/b42f13d4858730da.jpg

2026-01-16 13:54:34 GMT

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@nprofile…5rtp
Thanks for mentioning _IBM & the Holocaust_ early last year & again now. I've mentioned that book in talks for years — not just for its content, but for the meta-issue: $IBM's (relatively successful) PR campaigns to keep the book & its research marginalized.
>20 years later, $PLTR does not even need to use PR to discredit those documenting Karp's willingness to do evil with code (if the price is right). It's just widely considered standard operating procedure in Big Tech.
😩
Cc: @nprofile…7yuj

2026-01-13 13:02:35 GMT

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
This is the toughest time to work at a charity. When a charity posts its fundraiser, the total ask has been vetted 100 times: it's the amount that the org needs to keep going for the coming year.
Unlike your local PBS/NPR station, #SFC doesn't have a service we can interrupt to
pitch appeals for donations (& we probably wouldn't even if we did).
#SFC is short $48k with just days to go.
If you want me & my colleagues to work for #SoftwareFreedom in 2026, please give.

2025-12-31 01:21:03 GMT

Hey everyone, you've got 40 more minutes to Ask SFC Anything here on #Fediverse. @nprofile…245g @nprofile…rdwy, and I will be here to answer questions that include the #SFC has tag!
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #AMA

2025-12-30 03:34:51 GMT

What are you up to the next two days?
I ask because there are *three* opportunities to ask me & my #SFC colleagues (including @nprofile…245g & @nprofile…rdwy
) *anything* in real-time *right here on the #Fediverse & #Mastodon:
$ date -d "Tuesday 30 Dec 2025 10:00 EST"
$ date -d "Tuesday 30 Dec 2025 20:00 EST"
$ date -d "Wednesday 31 Dec 2025 13:00 EST"
Hopefully one of those times is convenient in your timezone.
Get your questions ready!
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/28/match-challenge-upped-to-251939/
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SoftwareFreedom

2025-12-26 00:27:05 GMT

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@nprofile…lepz Have you heard the podcast from Financial Times called _Hot Money_? https://www.ft.com/hot-money
It talks a lot about how the credit-card processing system actually imposes shadow restrictions on all sorts of social morays regarding what can and cannot happen for money in the world.
You might consider reaching out to the journalist who made that podcast and see if they want to do a follow up article about what happened to you.

2025-12-24 20:16:27 GMT

Did you know that #Abbott caused the deaths of seven diabetics this year?
Some of Abbott's continuous glucose monitor (ironically named the #FreeStyle #Libre 3 Plus) incorrectly reported low blood sugar — a grave & dangerous error for insulin-dependent #diabetes. I fortunately wasn't injured, but Abbott's refusal to allow public examination the technical details of their devices is tantamount to a cover-up.
More here: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/dec/23/seven-abbott-freestyle-libre-cgm-patients-dead/
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #SoftwareFreedom

2025-12-22 17:46:34 GMT

We were in the local grocery store / home good store & walked past the holiday aisle.
My spouse made a great observation: “Elf on the Shelf is a method to indoctrinate young children to be comfortable with mass surveillance”.
My “Yes, and…“ is: “& quite a capitalist trick, as #Google & the rest have to give you *something* gratis to let them watch you. People actually buy this Elf to stare at their kids!”
Yes, I know there is no actual camera in the thing, but surely the kids assume there is.

2025-12-10 00:52:39 GMT

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@nprofile…675k One of the (many) reasons I'm studying German again is so that I can someday before I die actually give a talk *auf Deutsch* at XYC3. I'm hoping for, like, XY == 45, maybe?
Cc: @nprofile…ccne

2025-12-04 17:35:56 GMT

😲 👀 … Judge Leal in #SFC's landmark impact litigation against #Vizio (regarding their violations of #GPLv2 & #LGPLv2_1) is leaning toward partially granting our motion for summary adjudication.
Such motions are difficult to win, so this is amazing.
Her decision is tentative; join the hearing today (details in linked post) to hear the oral arguments in real time.
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/04/tentative-vizio-ruling-in-favor-of-sfc/
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #SoftwareFreedom

2025-11-27 19:33:06 GMT

I *hate* the phrase “touch grass”. Among other problems, the phrase assumes the Internet exists only for doom-scrolling, 💩posting,& amusing Tiktok videos.
The Internet (& earlier, BBS's) have been my workplace, professional development center, educational environment, & community since 1983
I *am* disturbed that so-called “social media” has gravely harmed human discourse. In response, though, we should learn from good #FOSS communities to use the Internet to enable egalitarian communication.

2025-11-18 06:33:05 GMT

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Thanks those who shared this satire:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person
IMO, only paragraph missing was:
> “3 hours/week, my company lets me upstream code to their favorite MIT-licensed #FOSS project! That counts. Of course, in exchange, I have to post on y-combinator how bad #copyleft is & file a #GitHub ticket telling some #AGPLv3'd project to change licenses. Oh, & all the best patches with new features stay on our internal branch…but *I* fixed all typos & misspellings upstream!”
Cc: @nprofile…lu0c @nprofile…3tvf

2025-11-13 16:08:40 GMT

Big hearing today in #Vizio case re: their violations of #GPL.
Vizio requested summary adjudication…
https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html#vizio-msa
…arguing users have no right to install their own software onto their devices.Judge has already tentatively DENIED their motion: https://www.occourts.org/sites/default/files/oc/default/tentative-rulings/slealrulings.pdf
The hearing on the tentative ruling occurs in 2 hours (10:00 US/Pacific). You can watch¹:
https://occourtsapp.occourts.org/aci/checkin-results?dept=C33
¹ This requires proprietary software, but Zoom for Government terms are less onerous than standard terms.

2025-11-11 04:44:15 GMT

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@nprofile…f4xf
I'd vote for @nprofile…jfkz, too. But he lacks name recognition outside of the tech world.
The only idea I had was to convince Stephen Colbert to run for President as an Independent — or at least in the Democratic primary.
He is more qualified than Trump & it's clear our elections are just about being a fan of someone's TV shows now.
John Oliver would also make a great Secretary of HHS.

2025-11-11 03:27:07 GMT

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@nprofile…3gt0 folks coopt things that are good. (It's what's happening to #FOSS rn.)
I do prefer Dead Kennedys and other political punk, but I'll always respect Dee Schneider & John Denver for taking on the PMRC.
Michael Moore always talked about using comedy & pop culture as a Mack truck you could use to drive radical politics into the main stream.
Now that there is no main stream it doesn't make sense, but did in the 1980s and 1990s.

2025-11-11 02:50:38 GMT

I heard Twisted Sister's “We're not gonna take it” today. It reminded me of when #LinuxFoundation made a promo video on a shuttle bus to its fancy reception — trying to get attendees to sing that.
I listened to the lyrics today & I'm quite sure wealthy trade associations that pay executives millions doesn't fit those lyrics.
It's hard to stay anti-establishment as one gets older. I've done a reasonably good job & I still regularly say the moral equivalent of those lyrics to the powers-that-be.

2025-11-07 15:56:25 GMT

https://sfc.ngo/diabetes is an article I wrote last night to coincide with my colleague, @nprofile…245g's excellent keynote #SFSCON 2025 earlier this morning.
This year I faced an eerily similar medical experience to her story. I now wear a proprietary medical device, but fortunately control it fully with #FOSS.
I was angry though not surprised that #Abbott (a $200+ billion company) worked with #Google to attempt to take #Juggluco out of Google's store last year.
Juggluco won & it's back for patients!

2025-11-05 03:28:15 GMT

Websites often pressure users to change browsers needlessly.
I run Firefox ESR 128.14.0.
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/128.14.0/releasenotes/ says it's nary 3 months old. Yet my bank says:
> “Your browser is no longer supported. For…improved security, update to…latest version.”
Reading bank's FAQ it's b/c they only support last 2 #Firefox releases (ignoring ESRs).
Web designers once aspired to “graceful degradation” — but that principle slowly declined in fashion since ≈ 2011.
Today, those who aspired to it now shun it.

2025-10-26 00:51:05 GMT

Hilf mir, mein deutschesprachige Freunde:
So, in my weekly German class we're doing that thing where we learn how to ask questions about people's work, training, schooling, etc.
I cannot figure out best translation of “Policy Fellow”. 2 problems: it seems “policy” & “politics” both translate “Politik”. Definitely lots of Politiken in mein Arbeit aber ich bin keine Politiker — nicht wirklich, glaub ich. So I went with “policy wonk” which translates “Politik-Experte” but still seems wrong.
🤔

2025-10-13 21:05:45 GMT

2FA message says:
“Do not share this code with anyone. We will never ask you for this code.”
The only reason I have this code is because you're currently asking for it.
🤦
Also, are you not in the class of people that includes “anyone”.
Meanwhile, tangentially, as Homer Simpson once asked, where *is* the “any” key on my keyboard?

2025-09-29 17:52:31 GMT

Over next 1-2 weeks,I'd appreciate an extended thread re: #FrameworkLaptop, #mntreform, & #FOSS.
TL;DR on my idiosyncratic needs:
* minimize binary firmware blobs¹
* Having 2 disks in RAID-1²
* Runs stock Official #Debian stable³
* Understanding best current replacement keyboard options⁴
* Form factor that works for my travel needs.
Is @nprofile…8xaf or @nprofile…hkdp better for me?
I'd be glad if ∃ active engagement on this!
#AskFedi #AskFediverse #Framework #OpenSource

2025-09-05 03:27:37 GMT

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@nprofile…tcw6 For about 5 years, I've been calling what's going on here “Civil Cold War”.
It's unlikely we'll have widespread armed conflict — just the kinds of violent short-term but repeated skirmishes we've been seeing.
I got really into both USA Civil War history & international Cold War policy (which was contemporaneous news at the time) when I was a kid, and I think this best describes what's happening.
I can easily imagine USA/USSR using vaccine deployment as Cold War proxy fight in 1982.

2025-08-16 22:56:41 GMT

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It occasionally bugs me that absolutely no one is working on the YEAR 9999 problem.
Meanwhile, I once had a t-shirt that said on the front:
“Linux: Y2K compliance since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z”
on the back it read:
“… just don't ask me about 2038!”
… at least many folks are working on that one. Which is kinda too bad as I thought it'd be my retirement job to work on it, but it'll probably be fully solved by 2036.
(I have the shirt but it's almost illegible now.)
Cc: @nprofile…ktud @nprofile…jqlt

2025-08-15 19:16:45 GMT

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I have a follow up question, though, @nprofile…8x0h, re: @nprofile…tftv's question. Is it *possible* that giant human farms of Anubis challenge-solvers actually did it? Or did it all happen so fast that there is no way it could be that?
#Huawei surely could fund such a farm and the routing software needed to get the challenge to the human and back to the bot quickly enough that it might *seem* the bot did it.

2025-08-15 16:54:20 GMT

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😲🤬 re: what's happened to @nprofile…8x0h today.
The AI ballyhoo *is* a real DDoS against one of the few code hosting sites that takes a stand against slurping #FOSS code into LLM training sets — in violation of #copyleft.
Deregulation/lack-of-regulation will bring more of this. ∃ plenty of blame to go around, but #Microsoft & #GitHub deserve the bulk of it; they trailblazed the idea that FOSS code-hosting sites are lucrative targets.
https://giveupgithub.org
#GiveUpGitHub #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

2025-08-11 17:42:24 GMT

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There has never been a better time to #GiveUpGitHub: https://giveupgithub.org/
Cc: @nprofile…cp9x @nprofile…rqxs
#GitHub #Microsoft

2025-08-04 23:32:09 GMT

🤔
Q: how many sock puppets does it take to win an argument with me?
A: A lot more than three.
Q: how many sock puppets does it take to get me to invest time figure out how to block an entire #Mastodon server?
A: Exactly three.
For the legit posters in this conversation (such as @nprofile…my04 & @nprofile…aqgu & @nprofile…av3l (who posted the root of this thread)), keep in mind I won't see that server anymore RSN.
It's my first time blocking this way I'm worried what it does to legit parts of thread. 😬

2025-08-02 19:23:31 GMT

At #FOSSY25, I participated in a panel¹ discussion w/ @nprofile…6t3h (SFC's Board Chairperson), Denver Gingerich, & Rick Sanders (SFC'S GC) about SFC's #Vizio case…
https://sfc.ngo/vizio
… There were lots of interesting questions both during the session & from the crowd that gathered afterward.
If you are not at #FOSSY & have questions of your own, feel free to ask them in this thread.
Also, *come to the trial*!!
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/
¹ Sadly @nprofile…dvqh couldn't travel here due to recent ❤️surgery.

2025-07-18 22:41:53 GMT

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@nprofile…tftv wrote:
> “I'm not the most qualified person to answer this question, the camera operator on your left is.”
Frankly, this does not need context for anyone who “gets” #FOSS to see what this is about:
In true FOSS communities like @nprofile…ra2c , everyone pitches. The person running the camera, or serving the food, or cleaning the kitchen may well be the developer who packaged or even wrote your favorite program.
Sorry to not be there with you all in Brest.

2025-07-09 16:35:11 GMT

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Ok, @nprofile…ndcz, I couldn't resist showing off (… both my advanced age & geek cred). I did successive `find`s w/ older & older `-mtime`s. I found my oldest record of using LaTeX's ‘---’ command to yield ‘—’. Turns out, I first did it on 1993-04-06 at 13:28 US/Eastern, in a paper for a literature class about _Waiting for Godot_.
I realize LaTeX reserved single ‘-’ for a hyphen, but I remember @nprofile…dvqh when I first met her asking my WTF I used *3* (& not *2*) ‘-’'s for ‘—’ in emails.
Cc: @nprofile…lst5
https://cdn.masto.host/fedicopyleftorg/media_attachments/files/114/824/238/497/760/630/original/ab3d713ad1fa0afc.png

2025-07-07 01:43:32 GMT

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@nprofile…lst5 I was so glad when — was a supported Unicode character everywhere.