Karl Fogel (@[email protected])

We've just updated HenrysRecords.org -- 1527 new entries added, bringing us to a total of 67,206 pieces of recorded music catalogued (on 16,092 discs, if anyone still remembers what those are). Happy searching in 2025 and beyond!

@marcaureleb Indeed, in some sense you can only "possess" *your copies* of the code, or of any digital data, really. That's not even a point about licensing; it's a point about the physics of information storage and transfer. But it's the basis of why open source works.

When you say "this is my code," do you feel like you own that code, or are you simply associating yourself with it? Surely you can't possess open source code? (Inspired by @kfogel)

Dear @TheDemocrats, It is outrageous that you are sending fundraising emails at this time. The people you purport to represent have been telling you we need a new candidate for over a year, and now we're screaming it. Have you no ears? - Actual democrats

Uhhhh, if the NYT needs a "live update" section on whether you are dropping out of the race, you are in trouble.

Question for Chicago-area carnivores: Is it even possible to buy a whole turkey outside the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons? Everywhere that I normally shop doesn't carry turkeys except at those two times. I would drive for turkey. Please advise.

My favorite writer on U.S. politics (@rickperlstein) interviews @joshtpm , the founder of my favorite political news site (Talking Points Memo -- @TPM)! kfogel.org/notice/Aj6TMmq…

I think @JoshTPM is onto something here: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dignity…

@chadwhitacre @fredtrotter @chadwhitacre Ah, meant @chadwhitacre -- sorry for the underscore droppage.

@chadwhitacre @fredtrotter @chadwhitacre Updated in the repository now (this change actually includes this suggestion and one other that you made, which I'll also follow up to here, for thread completeness): code.librehq.com/ots/dosp-resea…

We missed one, @kfogel. I just found this from @fredtrotter: Open Source Eventually License “This license limits your freedom to share the Thing(s) (software, hardware, art, bioware, whatever) for a specific amount of time.” github.com/ftrotter/OSE/b… h/t mariadb.com/bsl-faq-adopti…

@chadwhitacre @chadwhitacre Thanks! See x.com/kfogel/status/… -- the commit referenced there also incorporates this. (Btw, I think I flagged the wrong nick there, as I just now noticed that your birdsite handle has an underscore at the end.)

Whoa! RMS getting close to DOSP in gnu.org/philosophy/net…: “One proposed solution for this asymmetry is to put a time limit on it—perhaps three or five years. That would be a big improvement, because the time limit would deny the problematical deeper message.” cc: @kfogel

@chadwhitacre @fredtrotter @chadwhitacre Thanks! I am just seeing this (and your follow-ups) now -- I'm very very rarely on birdsite nowadays. I'll commit an update to the DOSP report repository. Might as well put our improvements there as we get them; if some day there is a v2, then so much the better.

My editor changed "But it's not..." to "But it isn't...". Some days everyone's a clitic!

FWIW: I tried multiple times today, at different times of day. Same result each time.

Hey, @TheAtlantic. "No support agents are currently available to take your call. Please call back later." <recorded message followed by auto-hangup> Seriously? I haven't received an issue for months, even though my subscription is current. Now I can't even wait on hold?

@tplagge My middle name is actually "Malkovich", thank you.

@chadwhitacre @chadwhitacre Thank you! Noted now in code.librehq.com/ots/dosp-resea… .

@kfogel Found this: “The result of this was that I have added what I am going to call a GPL Time-Bomb into into the licencing of searchcode server.” boyter.org/2016/08/gpl-ti…

Call for information: We’re looking for examples of delayed open source publication (DOSP). That’s when software is published under a proprietary license at first, then later open sourced. Details here: kfogel.org/notice/AZSlnFS… and here: code.librehq.com/ots/dosp-resea… Thank you!

Ah, minor correction: I think the deadline might be tomorrow night, not tonight. Sorry about that (I misinferred something from a not-actually-ambiguous post on the TPM site).

Hey all. The @TPM Journalism Fund (I just gave) is *this close* to meeting their $500,000 goal by their self-imposed deadline of midnight tonight. Sure, the urgency is manufactured, but we all know how this game is played. Support a great organization: talkingpointsmemo.com/contribute