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| *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast | May 26 03:33 | |
| *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021 | May 26 03:33 | |
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| schestowitz[TR] | > Hey Roy: | May 26 09:17 |
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| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > But the current | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > composition seems OK-ush. | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > This doesn't square with your earlier assertion: | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > "Some are /already/ bought and on the board" | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > I understand why you might want to keep mum. Also, please remember, I'm | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > being stalked by the defendants of abertheid and all my emails are | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > being read. | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Also, having read a couple of web articles, I'm still at sea as to why | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Oliva resigned from the board in the first place? | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | There is a series about it: | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | https://techrights.org/2020/02/24/fsf-transparency/ | May 26 09:17 |
| schestowitz[TR] | Look under "Pages that cross-reference this one, if any exist, are listed below or will be listed below over time." | May 26 09:17 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | New Series: Inside the Free Software Foundation (FSF) | Techrights | May 26 09:17 | |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Let's leave the topic of bribery. Thank goodness Sullivan, Walsh, | May 26 09:18 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Garrett and co. have left the FSF. | May 26 09:18 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:18 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > RMS knows who his real friends are. | May 26 09:18 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:18 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Happy Hacking | May 26 09:18 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Roy: | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Just found these pages at TechRights: | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > http://techrights.org/2020/09/05/bribing-public-interest-groups/ | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > <http://techrights.org/2020/09/05/bribing-public-interest-groups/> | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > http://techrights.org/2020/09/05/big-sponsors-dilemma/ | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > <http://techrights.org/2020/09/05/big-sponsors-dilemma/> | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > http://techrights.org/2020/08/11/infographic-by-marcia-wilbur/ | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > <http://techrights.org/2020/08/11/infographic-by-marcia-wilbur/> | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > I applied to the Pineapple Fund too, but got nothing. | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > I just quickly skimmed the pages as I'm supposed to be resting today. :-) | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > So it seems like Microsoft itself was behind the pineapple fund - a way | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > to disguise payoffs to control Free Software. But why did the other | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > patrons disappear from the FSF? | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Not surprised that SFC was involved either. Please tell me more. | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | it's very improbable pineapple fund is connected to Microsoft. | May 26 09:20 |
| schestowitz[TR] | SFC is connected to Microsoft in other ways - plenty of that in techrights already. | May 26 09:20 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Bribing Free Software Institutions: A Primer | Techrights | May 26 09:20 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Big Money Can Do Big Damage to Membership-Dependent Organisations (Which Should Remain Accountable to Members, Not Big Sponsors) | Techrights | May 26 09:20 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Infographic by Marcia Wilbur: Where’s My Refund?! | Techrights | May 26 09:20 | |
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| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 26 11:43 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2023-05-24-pypi-was-subpoenaed/">PyPI was subpoenaed</a></h5> | May 26 11:43 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 26 11:43 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>In March and April 2023, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) received three (3) subpoenas for PyPI user data. All three subpoenas were issued by the United States Department of Justice. The PSF was not provided with context on the legal circumstances surrounding these subpoenas. In total, user data related to five (5) PyPI usernames were requested.</p> | May 26 11:43 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 26 11:43 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 26 11:43 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.pypi.org | PyPI was subpoenaed - The Python Package Index | May 26 11:43 | |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Dear Roy | May 26 11:53 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 26 11:53 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Lucy has contacted Action Fraud on your behalf requesting that they | May 26 11:53 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > review their decision and investigate the fraud ,you have suffered. We | May 26 11:53 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > will be in contact as soon as we have a response. | May 26 11:53 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Best Wishes xxxx – Caseworker | May 26 11:53 |
| schestowitz[TR] | Thank you, that is encouraging news. | May 26 11:53 |
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| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 26 13:02 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://www.fossmint.com/popsicle-multiple-usb-creator-in-linux/">Popsicle – Multiple USB File Flasher for Linux</a></h5> | May 26 13:02 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 26 13:02 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Popsicle is a free and open-source USB file flasher for parallelly flashing multiple USB devices. It has a simple, themeable user interface with a straightforward workflow that makes it convenient to use.</p> | May 26 13:02 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Popsicle also supports USB 2 and USB 3 devices to write ISO and IMG image types. It can verify ISO images with MD5 checksum or SHA256.</p> | May 26 13:02 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 26 13:02 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 26 13:02 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fossmint.com | Popsicle - Multiple USB File Flasher for Linux | May 26 13:02 | |
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