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mlinksvaMay 7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@davidzipper/116533934907915966

Not quite as exciting as a congestion charge in my ordering, but still very exciting, and not in conflict with in any way. Bring both to SF!

Show threadmlinksvaMay 5
ps my favorite thing about licensing is retirement of licenses https://mastodon.social/@mlinksva/116488408392166097 which made me look up again https://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2011/09/12/eol-plus/ https://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2007/06/04/eol/
Show threadmlinksvaMay 5
I did not notice at the time that OSI had a toot about "OSI Adopts SPDX IDs for License URLs" https://social.opensource.org/@osi/116204532869712551
mlinksvaMay 5

RE: https://phpc.social/@ramsey/116498260367895651

Two simple (in a good way) licensing developments I appreciate the last months. The below, which I learned about from "Voluntary retirement of the PHP License" https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2026-May/006087.html and "OSI Adopts SPDX IDs for License URLs" https://opensource.org/blog/osi-adopts-spdx-ids-for-license-urls

Show threadmlinksvaMay 4
Probably anyone reading this realizes it's 100% consistent, so "late" plausibly because anyone following the FSF doesn't need the RAIL-specific statement. I'm pretty sure there are earlier express statements but the obvious ones are https://www.gnu.org/licenses/hessla.html (2002) https://www.fsf.org/licensing/20050211.html https://fsfe.org/activities/gplv3/barcelona-rms-transcript.en.html#q11-banning-bad-use (2006) and https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.en.html (2012).
The HESSLA's Problems - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

mlinksvaMay 4
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-are-nonfree-and-unethical better late (didn't interest in RAIL peak in 2023/4?) than never, complete with dysphemistic pun in "Thus, RAILed machine learning can be, and most probably will be, unethical."
RAIL: Nonfree and unethical — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

mlinksvaApr 25
petersuberApr 25

I deplore the defunding of US science, and often post about it here. But I try to deplore it without nationalism. That is, I care more about the harm to science than the harm to America-firstness. However, those who are defunding US science are nationalists, and this news is karma for them.

"China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking and clout."
https://theconversation.com/china-surpasses-us-in-research-spending-the-consequences-extend-far-beyond-scientific-ranking-and-clout-280543?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

"China’s…investment in research and development has reached parity with – and by purchasing power measures has surpassed – that of the United States, according to a March 2026 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development."

FYI, here are some news stories I tagged with "oa.nationalism" for the Open Access Tracking Project.
https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.nationalism

#China #DefendResearch #Funding #Nationalism #OECD #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking and clout

Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.

The Conversation
Show threadmlinksvaApr 8
and PRO aka @carlmalamud links to a good analysis https://official.resource.org/@carlmalamud/116360078868964159 https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/public-laws-private-paywalls-the-case-against-the-pro-codes-act/
Show threadmlinksvaApr 8
https://mastodon.archive.org/@brewsterkahle/116363170279321624 higher engagement toot on this.
mlinksvaApr 8

RE: https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/116363707108490631

My quick read is this version (vs one in last congress) has some minor improvements in substance and procedural strategy, making it a bit more likely to pass, but is still terrible policy that needs to be killed.

There are of course lots of terrible policy but this one is bipartisan and involves copyright and standards so may be of particular domain interest to some people here.