Month: April 2010

• ♺ @slashdot: Avatar Blu-Ray DRM Issues http://bit.ly/9Uveve #
• ♺@schestowitz: Steve Jobs: “A Patent Pool Being Assembled to Go After #Theora and Other “Open Source” Codecs” http://ur1.ca/y5kt #apple #ogg #
• Portuguese video clubs want to sue the Portuguese state for innaction against piracy. http://ff.im/jCsL5 Can I sue for lobby-caving? #

• @glynmoody yes, we need another platform. One that’s more “traditional” GNU/Linux stack (WebOS is made upon OpenEmbedded, like !freerunner) #
• Or like !freerunner mostly is (nowadays, #SHR only, perhaps, since h:1 and Debian are, well, Debian :)) #
• O #concurso #ilegal para o novo #magalhães já tem vencedores e não são surpresa: #Intel #Microsoft #JPSaCouto #Prológica #
• @leinir: I honestly forgout about #meego, you’re exactly right… sorry. #
• @glynmoody: the most popular “linux” phones (Android) almost only use the kernel Linux and then an almost proprietary stack. #
• Porque é que considero o #concurso do novo #magalhães #ilegal? A saber mais tarde (não prometo para hoje, mas incluirá o doc dos requisitos) #
• @gbraad: totally forgot about #meego don’t hit me more, please 🙂 but I’d still say WebOS was more popular than N900, in sales. Am I wrong? #
• @glynmoody: which is why I said I think we need more stacks with traditional GNU/Linux APIs available (in answer to your article) 🙂 #
• ♺ @zoobab: 5.000.000EUR for violation of a software patent: http://ur1.ca/xweg #
• @glynmoody: oh, not necessarily, I’m biased but I’d prefer OpenEmbedded with !SHR and !FSO 🙂 #
• Last call: alguém vai aos Mão Morta hoje à noite e quer aproveitar para jantar pela Baixa? #
• De qq ds formas, autoestradas pagas sob use/pay é um insulto à minha pessoa, há milhares de km de não uso e os meus impostos contribuiram. #
• Para além de serem mal geridas como a merda, 400 km de alcatrão podiam ser refeitos num fds se contratadas 20 empresas a fazer 20km cada. #
• Como é que a A1 está tantos anos em obras? 🙂 #
• Sentado quase nas grades que separam a plateia do palco onde vao actuar os Mao Morta. Esta quase… espero q o Adolfo nao corte a perna 😉 #

• @glynmoody yes, we need another platform. One that’s more “traditional” GNU/Linux stack (WebOS is made upon OpenEmbedded, like !freerunner) #
• Or like !freerunner mostly is (nowadays, #SHR only, perhaps, since h:1 and Debian are, well, Debian :)) #
• O #concurso #ilegal para o novo #magalhães já tem vencedores e não são surpresa: #Intel #Microsoft #JPSaCouto #Prológica #
• @leinir: I honestly forgout about #meego, you’re exactly right… sorry. #
• @glynmoody: the most popular “linux” phones (Android) almost only use the kernel Linux and then an almost proprietary stack. #
• Porque é que considero o #concurso do novo #magalhães #ilegal? A saber mais tarde (não prometo para hoje, mas incluirá o doc dos requisitos) #
• @gbraad: totally forgot about #meego don’t hit me more, please 🙂 but I’d still say WebOS was more popular than N900, in sales. Am I wrong? #
• @glynmoody: which is why I said I think we need more stacks with traditional GNU/Linux APIs available (in answer to your article) 🙂 #
• ♺ @zoobab: 5.000.000EUR for violation of a software patent: http://ur1.ca/xweg #
• @glynmoody: oh, not necessarily, I’m biased but I’d prefer OpenEmbedded with !SHR and !FSO 🙂 #
• Last call: alguém vai aos Mão Morta hoje à noite e quer aproveitar para jantar pela Baixa? #
• De qq ds formas, autoestradas pagas sob use/pay é um insulto à minha pessoa, há milhares de km de não uso e os meus impostos contribuiram. #
• Para além de serem mal geridas como a merda, 400 km de alcatrão podiam ser refeitos num fds se contratadas 20 empresas a fazer 20km cada. #
• Como é que a A1 está tantos anos em obras? 🙂 #
• Sentado quase nas grades que separam a plateia do palco onde vao actuar os Mao Morta. Esta quase… espero q o Adolfo nao corte a perna 😉 #

• ♺ former !FSFE president awarded German Cross of Merit for work on Free Software and Free Open Standards ur1.ca/xk2l congrats Sir @greve #
• ♺ @greve: All boys dream of being knights, don’t they? http://ur1.ca/xk2l !fsfe !gnu #
• Portal do Cidadão é mesmo uma maravilha. Recebo *hoje* um convite a participar na consulta pública simplex2010 que termina depois de amanhã. #
• Don’t buy from these guys! ♺ @slashdot: #Microsoft Signs #Android Patent Deal With #HTC #swpat http://bit.ly/auuu2B #
• enjoying a nice sunset yonder the rooftops from my living room with !elmdentica, #midori and my !freerunner #
• My only sadness right now is that I have to go, now, for a quick planned intervention. Sigh… need to relax. #
• Amanhã: Mão Morta. Algum dos meus subscritores também vai? Jantar antes? Onde? 🙂 #
• ♺ @glynmoody: Music industry spokesman loves child porn – http://bit.ly/9qm5u5 nice of him to be so candid about their plans for #censorship #
• ♺ @glynmoody: Why #Mobile #Patents are Such a Mess – http://bit.ly/d5JcBQ excellent summary of farcical situation (via @sjvn) #swpat #
• @gbraad: g’night! 🙂 #
• #HP buys #Palm? How about freeing the best hand recognition method *ever*? #graffiti #swpat #

• @tolf: why don’t you work with the !freesoftware #OpenBTS? It’s already capable of receiving calls, last I heard (by FOSDEM’10) #
• @tolf: then u have Request Tracker, OTRS (a plus if you do ITIL as it’s got Pink Verify and it’s about to publich CM process), and Bugzilla #
• «é pá, ó amigo!»? 🙂 frase apanhada pelos microfones da #rtp enquanto um outro jornalista também tentava fazer chegar um micro ao Cavaco. #
• @jwildeboer: 96? I guess I’m from about 96 as well! 🙂 #

• #cleanternet for a cleaner and safer Internet http://is.gd/bIPgX Drop the #ACTA now! #
• @jmcesteves fiz uma review à legendagem #
• European Comission wants to impose EU-wide internet blocking to prevent “child abuse”. We all know where that slipery slope ends… #
• http://is.gd/bIYDA Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? (from last year, and the answer is yes, but read on!) #

• ♺ @rahulsundaram You can’t expect #Fedora to hold back development and integration of Xorg releases on the basis of proprietary drivers #
• ♺ @floschie: For a better world without democracy – save the web! ♻ @greve: Nice: http://www.cleanternet.org/ #
• @gbraad can’t see, flash. However it seems similar to the “support” from the Ciber Criminal Society http://www.cybercriminalsociety.eu/ #
• @gbraad oh, looking at source it’s an #youtube video. With a plugin I found I can play the #h264 content in their #broken #html5 support #
• Dear #cleanternet people, can we have your text script and an ogg version so free people can play and localize? #EU campaigns need that! #
• Enjoying a connected life at a centuries old palace’s garden… #
• Here: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palácio_do_Marquês_de_Pombal #
• Yo, maps people, you’d already make sites for low power devices, eh? #
• AndI mean a decent one, not that basic html google maps crap #
• @pietercolpaert just way less dependent on javascript, and not the ridiculous thing google maps basic html is… #
• Testing my newly subscribed gprs connection with my !shr enabled !freerunner #

• Sonic Youth yesterday night was very good, but it was *very* hard to understand a single word due to the bass distortion. #
• What bad did Sonic Youth’s opening? They were very cool, although they were rudely and drastically cut short. Really! #
• @gbraad Last time I checked, Quim Gil’s one of those who claims it’s “fully free”, so I don’t hope anything… #
• ♺ @glynmoody: German appeal court upholds #Microsoft #FAT patent – http://bit.ly/dqFJjN what are they *thinking*? #swpats #germany #
• It seems an “intellectual property” court has been created in Portugal. Looking for real information, cautionary tale about UPLS… #

• @glynmoody however, the way it’s framed is to support Apple’s PoV for not using Ogg/Theora. #
• ♺ @glynmoody: Once-hidden #EU report reveals damage from #biodiesel – http://bit.ly/9uFU9Q not a cover-up EU insists; right… #
• @fosspatents can you please frame your articles about #swpat in media formats in a way that doesn’t look like you “hate” !Ogg as Apple does? #
• @lucrocha got it! #
• Poça, não se pode mencionar uma banda sem ter contas “oficiais” a seguir? Os @maomorta ainda vá que vá, mas @umusicpt vai #spamreport #
• In 2 hours, Sonic Youth! #

• @quodvolat: I am very glad !ubuntu made the choice to use more free software drivers. wished they where more careful with #swpat though… #
• ♺ @jerezim: ⬛ ACTA: Partial transparency isn’t legitimacy http://ur1.ca/w74l #ACTA #PolicyLaundering @laquadrature #
• “Couterfeiting” clearly just a “fool ya” term. Drop the #ACTA NOW! ♺ @hugoroy: Seen in #ACTA : “anti-hacking” (p. 27) !fsfe !gnu !fsf #
• Since “drop the act” means “stop pretending, I think “Drop the #ACTA now! is a nice pun for an anti-ACTA demo #
• ♺ @hugoroy: #ACTA : threats to Free Software http://blogs.fsfe.org/hugo/2010/04/acta-threats-to-free-software/ !fsfe !gnu !fsf !april #
• obrigação de utilizar open software em todos os serviços do Estado, poupando (…) 40.000.000€ (…) estima o PSD http://is.gd/bCfmF #
• Não sei o que é “open software” mas presumo que se estejam a referir a “software aberto” vulgo “opensource” vulgo “Software Livre” #
• Biggest portuguese opposition party proposes to mandate usasge of “open software” for saving about 40 million € http://bit.ly/czv935 #
• mandatory use of open software in all State services, saving (…) 40.000.000€ (…) estimates PSD http://is.gd/bCfmF (in portuguese) #
• «the proposed savings are bigger than the return of the tax raise proposed in the Growth and Stability Plan the Government proposed» #
• Oh great, crashes due to #evas borking my development of !elmdentica and I’m still not zbr enough to tackle them on efficiently 🙁 #
• At least that’s what gdb tells to me 😐 #
• For !GNU !Linux as well… ♺ @glynmoody: ‘Gossips’ say #Apple will acquire #ARM – http://bit.ly/aErlc0 would be v. tricky for #Android #