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ulterno Sep 6, 2024

Wikipedia vs Delhi HC Judge’s Actions

Wikipedia explained that the delay had been caused as the platform didn’t have any physical presence in India.

Wikipedia here, explaining that they have a limited ability and asking HC to be reasonable.

"We will close your business transactions here"

Judge, realising they are showing weakness, increasing threat level.

Current actions vs Past actions

Refer “Relevant Article” in the post.
Low impact companies asked Supreme Court and were shot down
Company with a high standing and a potential political backing, asks the High Court and gets full attention
- On top of that, Delhi HC Judge decides to move to “Contempt of Court”, making it much harder for Wikipedia, in case they move Supreme Court (SC) in the future, for a re-trial
- I feel like this would have gone differently had ANI gone to SC from the beginning.

ulterno Sep 6, 2024

ANI sues Wikipedia Delhi [IN] HC Doubles Down

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1919628

ANI sues Wikipedia Delhi [IN] HC Doubles Down - KDE Social

Relevant Article: Asian News International sues Wikipedia for “Defamation” [https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/why-has-ani-slapped-a-defamation-case-against-wikipedia-9443391/] and Archived version [https://web.archive.org/web/20240714172651/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/why-has-ani-slapped-a-defamation-case-against-wikipedia-9443391/] Apparently, Delhi High Court asked Wikipedia to disclose information about editors of said article, which made some controversial edits on the Wikipedia ANI page. The article states that Wikipedia failed to provide said information. From the article > Wikipedia explained that the delay had been caused as the platform didn’t have any physical presence in India. > “It is not a question of the defendant not being an entity in India. We will close your business transactions here," the judge said in a stark warning. ANI asks for removal of said “controversial” edits and wants ₹20000000, ~$240k from Wikipedia. ___ Archived original article [https://archive.ph/MV409] ___ From the related article: 2022-10-10: Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers of India filed petitions to the Supreme Court, saying that an article on Wikipedia about them, as defamatory. To that, the bench said, “You can edit the Wikipedia article…” and that they could use “any other remedy available to them”. ___ Additional information from me: - IP Addresses of people in Talk and the times of edit are available freely on the Wikipedia page. - Wikipedia SHOULD NOT be expected to have the ability to trace people on the internet any more than that.

ulterno Jul 5, 2024

"Selling a machine with proprietary software that links against an LGPLv3 library..." - post discussion

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1560591

"Selling a machine with proprietary software that links against an LGPLv3 library..." - post discussion - KDE Social

I came across a stackexchange thread [https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/14897/34267] asking if system root access will be required to be given to the user. And the answer explaining the license and saying they needed to let the user be able to swap the libs on the system somehow [https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/14898/34267]. And because I just joined the community and can’t comment there, here I am. I feel like, the seller doesn’t really need to give root access to the user as long as they allow the user to copy said proprietary software on another system (and this act not be restricted by the license) and then do whatever they feel like, as long as the original system is immutated. Thoughts? ___ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/]

ulterno May 10, 2024

`sudo Make me a sandwich`

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1254178

`sudo Make me a sandwich` - KDE Social

> Image: A more accurate rendition of the result when you sudo Make me a sandwich ::: spoiler License ## Final Image - Creator: https://lemmy.kde.social/u/ulterno [https://lemmy.kde.social/u/ulterno] - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/] ## Sandwich stock image - Used in sudo_make_me_sandwich.png - Creator: https://www.goodfon.com/user/zima2018/ [https://www.goodfon.com/user/zima2018/] - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/] ## Base Comic - xkcd: https://xkcd.com/149/ [https://xkcd.com/149/] :::

ulterno May 5, 2024

Damnatory Arbitration

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1227205

Damnatory Arbitration - KDE Social

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1227204 [https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1227204] > > Image shows Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Terms of Service, with an added Mandatory Arbitration clause in Section 15. > > Came back to the game after a year or so, just to see this: > > Shows how to opt-out [https://lemmy.kde.social/pictrs/image/6cc92338-a9e7-4a28-a11a-8038df27f157.png] > > At least they let us disagree to the ToC. Not sure if I can play the game after that though, since I just exited after clicking the disagree button. > > Also, at least they show us the changes on the top, so we know what happened.

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ulterno May 5, 2024

Same post on reddit

But since you are here, prefer answering here.

ulterno May 5, 2024

Damnatory Arbitration

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1227204

Damnatory Arbitration - KDE Social

> Image shows Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Terms of Service, with an added Mandatory Arbitration clause in Section 15. Came back to the game after a year or so, just to see this: Shows how to opt-out [https://lemmy.kde.social/pictrs/image/6cc92338-a9e7-4a28-a11a-8038df27f157.png] At least they let us disagree to the ToC. Not sure if I can play the game after that though, since I just exited after clicking the disagree button. Also, at least they show us the changes on the top, so we know what happened.

ulterno Jan 7, 2024

Can Tokodon connect to Lemmy server?

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/632474

Can Tokodon connect to Lemmy server? - KDE Social

Would it make sense to consider asking Tokodon to support connecting with Lemmy servers, or is there too big a difference between the APIs, requiring a separate application?