Active combat against surveillance instead of passive defense
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    Some superficial thoughts, please correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't AdNauseam generating more traffic to ads, thus increasing their value in terms of metrics? Also, do people really think that agencies like NSA, which are capable of extremely sophisticated surveillance, can be disrupted by random text in emails? These tools sound like a waste of time to me.

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    αναδημοσιεύτηκε από: https://lemmy.ml/post/9592088 > Η ελληνική ομάδα του FSFE συναντιέται ξανά για να συζητήσει τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στον κόσμο του Ελευθέρου Λογισμικού. Μεταξύ άλλων θα ανταλλάξουμε ιδέες για δράσεις που θα μπορούσαμε να οργανώσουμε στο προσεχές μέλλον. > > 🗓️ Πέμπτη 21 Δεκ > > ⏰ 19:00 Ελλάδας > > 📋 https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Greece/2023-12-meeting > > 📍💻 https://conf.fsfe.org/b/com-ov9-tcn-6q

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    https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/111584711161842705

    αναδημοσιεύτηκε από: https://lemmy.ml/post/9592088 > Η ελληνική ομάδα του FSFE συναντιέται ξανά για να συζητήσει τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στον κόσμο του Ελευθέρου Λογισμικού. Μεταξύ άλλων θα ανταλλάξουμε ιδέες για δράσεις που θα μπορούσαμε να οργανώσουμε στο προσεχές μέλλον. > > 🗓️ Πέμπτη 21 Δεκ > > ⏰ 19:00 Ελλάδας > > 📋 https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Greece/2023-12-meeting > > 📍💻 https://conf.fsfe.org/b/com-ov9-tcn-6q

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    https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/111584711161842705

    Η ελληνική ομάδα του FSFE συναντιέται ξανά για να συζητήσει τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στον κόσμο του Ελευθέρου Λογισμικού. Μεταξύ άλλων θα ανταλλάξουμε ιδέες για δράσεις που θα μπορούσαμε να οργανώσουμε στο προσεχές μέλλον. 🗓️ Πέμπτη 21 Δεκ ⏰ 19:00 Ελλάδας 📋 https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Greece/2023-12-meeting 📍💻 https://conf.fsfe.org/b/com-ov9-tcn-6q

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    ESP Wiki is looking for moderators
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    Hi, thanks for reaching out. You can still join and contribute whenever you have time :) there are no expectations as this is a volunteer effort. Feel free to get in touch with me via email at panos@gnu.org.

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    See also [ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Martin_Goetz).

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    See also [ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Martin_Goetz).

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    See also [ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Martin_Goetz).

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    See also [ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Martin_Goetz).

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    See also [ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Martin_Goetz).

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    See also [ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Martin_Goetz).

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    Reposting from https://lemmy.ml/post/193809 now that lemmy has more users. :) > If you are familiar with software patents and would like to moderate an excellent database of campaign material against software patents, please respond below. This post will be pinned until ESP Wiki is sufficiently moderated. > > ESP Wiki was created in 2008 as the main resource for activists, programmers, lawyers, and policy makers with the goal of abolishing software patents. In the past, it has worked as a community forum for FSF's amicus briefs to courts and has been cited by legal journals and articles. Lately it has gotten some serious updates: a new logo, a modernized theme, better categorization, brand-new custom wiki templates, etc. > > It is not required to have a legal background, but you should be at least comfortable with reading legal information. You should also have a general understanding of basic legal procedure around patent law. But even if you don't know much, this is a great opportunity to learn some interesting details about this topic. > > Do not hesitate to contact me at any point; this post will be up for a while. > > You can read more about the End Software Patents campaign in the community's description. > > Links: > * [End Software Patents](https://endsoftwarepatents.org) (main page) > * [ESP Wiki](https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org)

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    What was lemmy like before all the reddit refugees?
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    It was a niche network for few passionate people. Content was more political than generic. It always felt like it would succeed though. Only thing I'm missing is that the website was blazing fast back then. It's struggling now with all the new users but I'm sure that will be fixed sooner or later.

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  • Linus Torvalds -- Creator of Linux -- defends gun regulation, woke communists, womens rights AND trans rights. Linux is political!
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    You are thinking of software as if it exists in a vacuum. Software that is libre is a political statement. Software that is proprietary is also a political statement. Lemmy choosing to be decentralized/federated/interoperable is also a conscious political decision just as Apple chose to create its own proprietary ecosystem instead of caring about interoperability.

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  • https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Harmonization_of_European_patent_systems

    On 1 June 2023, the Unified Patent Court and the unitary patent were entered into force. Simply put, this means that we will soon have software patents in Europe that are effective automatically in the entire European Union. Hardly anyone talks about this, but it is bound to become a problem. I am currently editing relevant entries on ESP Wiki. This specific entry is about the history and dangers of harmonizing the European patent systems (spoiler alert: the EU had been trying to create such a system ever since its creation).

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    https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems

    This is a new ESP Wiki entry explaining the situation around software patents on a new data compression algorithm. The original author, Jarek Duda, released his work into the public domain. Despite his intentions, Big Tech companies are attempting to patent his technology around the world. In early 2022, Microsoft registered a [software patent on ANS](https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent). Google tried to do the same a few years ago but failed. We can't catch them all. The free software community is fighting an unfair battle. Megacorporations are stealing people's work by imposing unjustified patent rights. The patent offices grant software patents despite obvious existence of prior art.

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    ESP Wiki March 2022 project updates
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    ESP Wiki now supports basic citation schemes using templates. Currently only for books and web. Journals, legislation, court decisions, and patents will soon follow.

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    in which community can i post a review?
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    Panos Alevropoulos

    panosalevropoulos@ lemmy.ml

    he/him. Lawyer. Administrator of the End Software Patents campaign.