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by pluma 9y ago
Let's phrase it this way: what do you gain from pretending the PATENTS file isn't legally binding? The BSD license contains no patent grant. You'd be on very thin ice expecting a court to rule that the BSD copyright license a
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by pluma 9y ago
Also, you can countersue Facebook as long as you don't sue over patents you have on React. You also can't sue others over patents on React (without losing the grant). Also more importantly, the conditions don't apply to the
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by pluma 9y ago
Here's an idea: if you intend to lock people into a technology so you can sue them later, would you a) build a small library that encourages modular code, has tons of escape hatches to use other libraries and has so few concepts it act
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by pluma 9y ago
Nerds shouldn't write opinion pieces about subject domains they don't understand. Seriously, stop this. Sometimes you just need to admit you have no idea what you're talking about and shut up. The author honestly thinks using
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FWIW also in most cases where there are antifa "riots" in Germany, it's usually known beforehand where they will happen so most people know better than to park their expensive cars there. Of course that doesn't make vand
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by pluma 9y ago
Read the full patent grant. > The license granted hereunder will terminate [..] if you [..] initiate [..] any Patent Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates > [..] Notwithstanding the foregoi
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by pluma 9y ago
If I were Facebook and a patent troll, I would closely inspect what Preact does and what patents I have that cover it and then go out and sue every company openly using Preact preemptively because switching from React to Preact indicates th
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by pluma 9y ago
I have no idea where this comes from but this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. React comes with two things: * a copyright license for the source code, which is a BSD-style open source license * a patents grant license for "the R
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by pluma 9y ago
Preact doesn't come with any patent grant, especially not one from Facebook. If you're worried about having to sue Facebook, nothing stops Facebook from hitting you with patents covering Preact. However the patent grant does preve
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by pluma 9y ago
Also, for all we know FB might hold patents covering parts of Angular or Vue as well. Avoiding React because of the patent grant is a complete non-sequitur. The only thing we know about FB's patents is that using React means they won&#
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by pluma 9y ago
It's not nazis who are the problem, it's populism. Populism exploits an inherent vulnerability in democratic systems. If you value freedom of speech above all, you allow for populism to thrive. Note that while Germany does censor
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Antifa torches cars. Neo-nazis torch asylum-seekers' hostels. The public is more concerned with antifa because many people own a car but who owns an asylum-seeker?
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FWIW Germany still allows for parties like the NPD (Nationalist Party of Germany), DVU (German People's Union), REP (The Republicans) and AfD (Alternative for Germany) to exist, despite having pretty strict laws about actual nazis. The
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by pluma 9y ago
What if I consider infant/child circumcision mutilation? Jews and Muslims do this for religious reasons. Would it be therefore okay for me to bar them from service? What if I'm an American Christian and think abortion is literally
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by pluma 9y ago
What exactly are you referring to that happened in 1926 in Germany? Maybe you're thinking of 1930 or 1933?
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It's in Twitter's best interest not to do this as it drives up all metrics they care about. They may have a fig leaf of diversity but they have also made it very clear they see themselves as an unopinionated platform and don'
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I was paraphrasing actual comments made in German that constitute hate speech. "Donkey fucker" is a racial slur. Most of the racial slurs used in these comments don't translate well, e.g. "oil eye". It's in the
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The turning point however was the 1930 election that made them the second largest party. The Enabling Act ultimately led to the formal dictatorship but the Reichstag Fire Decree (also post-election 1933) was what effectively ended civil lib
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"It's free. Just $49.99/month"
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by pluma 9y ago
Hitler wasn't elected with 97%. The NSDAP's election results looked like this: May 1924: 6.6% December 1924: 3.0% May 1928: 2.6% September 1930: 18.3% (second largest party) July 1932: 37.4% November 1932: 33.1% Ma
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by pluma 9y ago
Yeah, with friends who are parents the designated driver of the two also usually is the one who has to take care of the kid (especially when it's a very young kid). But even when I'm out in town non-drinkers aren't bullied in
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by pluma 9y ago
> explain Stalin The communist rise to power was an actual civil war. Hitler rose to power by democratic election (assisted by violent thugs and demagoguery and ultimately corruption but still an election).
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by pluma 9y ago
As a European, I look down on Americans having decided that free speech includes giving people money or mistreating employees as a corporation because of the corporation's religious views . Excuse me while I enjoy the benefits of ou
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by pluma 9y ago
I'm German. We've seen "absolute freedom of speech" lead to Hitler's rise to power. We have not seen restrictions on freedom of speech lead to anything similar. I'm okay with us erring on the side of "fasc
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I'm in rural Germany. For 20-somethings it's perfectly normal to have designated drivers who don't drink, no questions asked. If you're a woman, most people will suspect you're pregnant but it's too early to be
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by pluma 9y ago
> Germany is not really that much better than Turkey in terms of freedom of speech or freedom of artistic expression That kind of rhetoric trivializes how repressive the Erdoğan regime really is. With all its faults, Germany hasn't
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by pluma 9y ago
Citation needed. I've actually met ex-nazis in Germany and I don't believe the causality you're proposing holds up. Yes, neo-nazis think the "jews" are running the country and keeping them down, but this is no diffe
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by pluma 9y ago
The poem was part of a satirical performance. The performance was deemed protected speech, although the content of the poem by itself would have been a violation of a libel law (§ 103) explicitly protecting foreign heads of state that is be
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> For example, Germany's "incitement of popular hatred" [3] can be used to prevent newspapers from advancing the argument that migrants are disproportionately likely to commit crimes. Bull. Shit. Tabloids still run ridicul
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by pluma 9y ago
Do you put sugar in your coffee, though?

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