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> better using I meant to write "better than using." Also, I was not aware of the implied patent license argument.

I see. Thanks for the information.

Fair enough. And my point about why Apache avoids stronger licenses actually applies to google too, but they are just more flexible about it on a case by case basis.

Fair enough.

Edit: afaik, implicit patent license for free software licenses are unproven in court. It's an interesting idea, and I actually hope it's the case that everyone is getting an impli…

> Once their is an explicit grant, any implicit grant you would have gotten is extinguished. Citation needed. And if you aren't planning to sue over software patents, then the auth…

> multiple legal teams (Apache and Google, at least) don't want to entangle themselves with it. Citation needed on Google. Apache isn't "not wanting to be entangled", they reject E…

> I am frustrated with software with trivially incompatible licenses. It's not a copyright license, and it's not incompatible with any other free software license. I'm frustrated w…

> if a project's license is radioactive It's not a copyright license. It's a patent grant/license which is completely independent. This matters for several reasons, including when …

And without running proprietary javascript, their page displays no text. So, ya.

FSF assignments have had full digital support in every country since 11/2016. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-now-offering-paperle...

FSF assignments have had full digital support in every country and very fast since 11/2016. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-now-offering-paperle... Sad to see this outdated…

CDF = cumulative distribution function People who care about how fast the internet is are not the same set as people who know statistics acronyms, and they don't show up in a simpl…

And he has now updated the post to clarify about paypal.

He was unemployed by choice, not incompatibility. I know he has written quite a bit of good emacs documentation and elisp code, and just that is worth donating for to me.

I just spoke to Xah on the phone. He does want people to donate to his paypal address. He can transfer it to someone to cash it out if needed. He will be making further updates on …