John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

When did we start calling the most direct way to load something on a device "side"loading?

By the time DRM-enabled monopolies are investigated as monopolies, years of freedom & positive innovation have already been lost. Eliminate the state-sponsored subsidy of DRM locking users to one App Store and stop this from happening in the first place. https://m.signalvnoise.com/on-apples-monopoly-power-to-destroy-hey/

@purism How do I report a bug with a librem.one service? Looks to be a server-side Matrix issue.Cc: @kyle

I want to expand a coalition of people around one set of issues, who have conflicting positions on other issues. To be successful at this, I believe listening in good faith to existing or potential coalition members expressing feelings/concerns is vital. I want to be better at it.

Is this the part of the play where we make a bunch of noise until customers get reimbursed for the books they lost access to? https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-is-discontinuing-the-kindle-cloud-reader getting pretty tired of this

A clear example of "defective by design": https://happygamer.com/youtuber-overlord-gaming-creates-a-video-to-prove-denuvo-causes-fps-loss-in-titles-72959/ (yes, DRM does make your computer do other things more slowly, how could it not?)

Listen, we already have a problem with the Football Supporter Federation. https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-replacement-redskins-letter-20200707-zwpryt35dfhtfifrb2llywfoxy-story.html

This speaks to me: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/4/28/21230963/taco-bell-quarterly-mm-carrigan-interview -- fave quote: "So writers that were published in the Paris Review could also be published on a trash bag. But if you’re a nobody writer you couldn’t even make it to a fast food bag."

FSF's Licensing and Compliance Lab volunteers meet every week around this time on IRC. If you'd like to join the team producing and sharing info on free software licensing best practices, drop an email about your interest to licensing@fsf.org. (You don't have to be a lawyer.)

"This years theme is Your IP: A power tool for building success"

If I told you this event is called Invention-Con, would you believe me?

"You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Zoom Marks without Zoom's express written consent." <meta name="description" content="rubbish">

"You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Zoom Marks, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Zoom without express written consent" -- are they talking about picture framing?

Yikes. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2020/06/moroccan-journalist-targeted-with-network-injection-attacks-using-nso-groups-tools/
(A good argument to bring up with those who still insist we don't need full HTTPS?)

So now you have to use proprietary software to not get evicted from your home: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/880859109/zoom-call-eviction-hearings-they-ll-throw-everything-i-have-out-on-the-street