AJ Venter / is on Nostr

Metalhead, polyamorous, bisexual man, living in the Netherlands, originally from South Africa.

My favorites playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4Zz5XN10VGy7yClmX58zhE6timPmnmR

Last Notes

2025-01-08 14:44:27

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@nprofile…qz4x I was planning to buy one after payday anyway.

2025-01-08 08:20:34

@nprofile…qz4x so get this... it seems my employer's "internet security proxy" has blocked martinhench.com as a threat. I'm certain this is a technical error in the automatic categorisation system (what with the books dealing with cybersecurity) and not a deliberate attempt at censoring an anti-enshittfiication message.
Yeah, that MUST be it.... right ?

2024-12-04 10:20:28

What @nprofile…qz4x said about Canada in his latest comment, is globally true.
Throughout my lifetime the US has used free trade to pressure countries into making otherwise objectively bad policies. "If you get rid of good regulations we won't put tarriffs on your exports". Access to the vast US market was the only reward for terrible policies like criminalising "circumvention" devices, even when used to perform completely legal activities like backing up a movie, fixing a minor breakage on your tractor or car or converting an ebook for a braille-reader.
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2024-07-10 07:33:50

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@npub10jl…yfat so it's a life simulator?

2023-07-02 08:22:59

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@npub1rl7…xawh @npub188q…3jlx most people agree that ONLY making code available to binary recipients is compliant, shitty but compliant.
But the GPL also states you must provide it under the same terms, so that means with the right to redistribute.
Their TOS however says you will lose access if you redistribute.
So if I buy RHEL and redistribute one package, I lose access to the source for the rest ? I think that's almost certainly a violation and I fully anticipate a lawsuit over that.