MJR slef-reflection AFFS feedSummary of AFFS-related things I do or knowTranslation of article about VUSACEMBSA amendment- (Found July 5, 2008 ) I was too tired to do this really, but I wrote a translation of an article about the French anti-free software law which I mentioned earlier. So, remember: E&OE, no refunds, no warranty.http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#vusacembsatrans French law banning Source Code- (Found July 5, 2008 ) I've posted a translation of an easier to read article about the proposed DADVSI law (source: ffii.fr) which might help more people understand what the complaint is. Here's how I read it but I am not a lawyer, much less French. (Vive la Wallonie...)http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#dadvsiffii UK legislators review DRM- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The All-Party Internet Group (APIG) will conduct an inquiry into Digital Rights Management and invites written submissions of 1000 words or less by 21 December. This is a great chance to make legislators think about the problems introduced by the recent ill-considered DRM laws and we can offer them some possible improvements. I think I will be asking for: 1. establishment of "fair circumvention" when DRM is being used to restrict what should be fair dealing or other vital acts - you...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#apigdrm Bureaucracy, debian and the web- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Reading old email can be entertaining sometimes: "I've done this before, in various forms, and most of the time it follows the same predictable route: 25% of the time you get a really good committee and it's a blast for all involved; 25% you get a diabolical committee and it stands a chance of dying; half the time you get an average committee and it continues as it was before. The whole "committee" idea has some fairly major pitfalls to avoid: cliques, irrelevance and legality to name but...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#alugctte More on GPLv3- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Well, Georg Greve says he's heard my concerns about the GPLv3. Georg's a good guy. I wonder whether FSF will act on them and open up the GPLv3 process. I note Georg's urging people to Say No to Vienna Manipulations which is interesting, given the structural similarities between the Vienna and GPLv3 processes...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#gplv3more Revision Control Systems- (Found July 5, 2008 ) "All revision control systems suck. This one just sucks less." That's roughly what I'll say when I find one worth it. I've used rcs, cvs, svn, prcs, tla, arx, monotone and probably some I've forgotten. They all suck, in different ways. I'm now really reluctant to install a new revision control system unless there's a clear benefit. Matthew Palmer: "Subversion is the One True Revision Control System and we should all just Stop Worrying and Learn To Love The Handcuffs" Current target of my...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#rcs GR to break promises and ignore copyright- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Anthony Towns notes I didn't vote in the debian general resolution. I didn't vote for two reasons: the vote was held at a very bad time, when many of us have more fun things to do than debug misbehaving "holiday" mail systems, and I think the proposed worst outcome wasn't legal anyway, so the vote was irrelevant for years, any road up. I'm not delighted about the outcome, but it's better than it could have been.http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2005-3.html#debprivdeclass |