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08:13.04FatPhilOh christ - I just did 's/console none/console output/' on /etc/event.d
08:13.19FatPhilThere's a lot of buggy userspace code...
08:13.53FatPhilthis week's mission - get scratchbox up and running...
08:14.45FatPhilWho maintains scratchbox.org, is it anything to do with you guys?
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09:07.31PaliDocScrutinizer05: look ^^^^
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10:29.31DocScrutinizer05hmm?
10:29.54DocScrutinizer05scratchbox.org is unmaintained
10:30.34DocScrutinizer05we're just hosting it
10:34.15jonwilhmmm, no-one has any feedback on my "closed source packages" list :(
10:35.15DocScrutinizer05jonwil: not everybody is as fast as you are
10:35.23jonwilyeah true :)
10:35.49DocScrutinizer05it's on my todo list
10:36.00jonwil:)
10:36.18DocScrutinizer05but for now
10:36.21DocScrutinizer05COFFEE
10:36.51jonwilcoica-cola > coffee :P
10:37.16DocScrutinizer05hot coke? eeew
10:37.44jonwilif you want coffee because its cold and you want to warm up, that's different
10:37.52jonwilin that situation, hot chocolate > coffee :)
10:38.17jonwilMight see which binaries from the "stuff we need to care about" list have x86 versions and whether I can do anything with those
10:38.26jonwilsince x86 is easier to reverse engineer than ARM
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11:04.33keriojonwil: redbull has more caffeine
11:06.51jonwilredbull tastes like crap
11:07.12jonwilOnly caffinated beverage that tastes better than Coca-Cola would be Dr. Pepper
11:07.26jonwilbut unfortunately Dr. Pepper isn't available in Australia anymore
11:08.03oooaaaooojonwil: yes it is
11:08.11kerioDr Pepper sucks
11:08.15kerioit tastes like cough syrup
11:08.23oooaaaoookerio: its just cherry coke
11:08.45jonwilThe only Dr Pepper you can get is imported stuff from overseas that costs a fortune
11:09.18oooaaaooojonwil: try the reject shop
11:10.40jonwilOther problem is that all the imported sodas generally have HFCS in it, not real sugar
11:10.52jonwiland yes there IS a difference
11:11.24oooaaaooojonwil: says sugar on the back of the can i have in my hand
11:12.08oooaaaooojonwil: send me your address ill post you a couple if you want some real bad
11:12.11jonwilin any case there isn't a Reject Shop anywhere near where I live
11:12.26DocScrutinizer05don't try to poison me with that Nestle´ crap
11:12.56jonwilWhat crap are you referring to?
11:13.00jonwilNestle coffee?
11:13.18DocScrutinizer05all the non-sugar sweets that make you sick
11:13.30keriohfcs isn't really used in europe, is it?
11:13.37DocScrutinizer05nutri-sweet and what not
11:13.42oooaaaoookerio: i think its mainly an american thing
11:13.46DocScrutinizer05never heard that term
11:13.53oooaaaooohigh fructose corn syrup
11:14.24jonwilThe biggest problem I have with HFCS is that pretty much all the HFCS you see is made from Genetically Modified corn
11:14.40DocScrutinizer05you can bet on that
11:15.12oooaaaoooi dont think australia/asia will ever have an issue with real sugar
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11:15.26jonwilMy issue isn't so much that its GM, its the way Monsanto (ab)uses the patent and legal system to attack farmers and to try to take over agriculture in the US
11:15.31DocScrutinizer05USA driven shit is always maximum perverted from what you normally could find in nature
11:15.35oooaaaoooi dont think maize is a big crop in australasia
11:16.04jonwilwe make enough sugar in the cane fields of QLD that we dont need HFCS
11:16.17oooaaaooomaize has a historical footing in american(north south and central) society so its natural that they would try to maximize its use
11:17.00DocScrutinizer05kill monsanto, with FIRE
11:17.27DocScrutinizer05and while you're at it, continue with Nestle´
11:18.03oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: theyd just sue you for using their corn as fuel without paying proper royalties
11:18.08DocScrutinizer05hi NSA, how's your day?
11:19.24DocScrutinizer05~rot13 BOMB
11:19.24infobotOBZO
11:19.55DocScrutinizer05~upsidedown plutonium
11:20.38jonwilNestle is on my (somewhat longish) blacklist of companies/entities I wont have anything to do with if I can at all avoid it.
11:21.07jonwilMonsanto would be too except that I dont buy Monsanto products and I have no way of 100% avoiding foods containing their crap
11:21.24DocScrutinizer05that's the point
11:24.10oooaaaooohow do i set my update-check frequency in HAM? everytime i open it it checks for update
11:24.15oooaaaooothis is very annoying
11:24.35jonwilI do try to buy Australian product whenever I can since those are less likely to contain GM products
11:24.46keriooooaaaooo: check on the wiki, there's a hidden gconf key
11:24.50kerioset it to a year or something
11:24.57oooaaaoook
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11:27.39oooaaaoookerio: what keyword should i be searching for?
11:27.59keriommh
11:28.00kerio~jrtools
11:28.00infobotfrom memory, jrtools is http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Joerg_rw/tools
11:28.19jonwilToo bad there are a number of entities I have no choice but to put up with and cant add to my blacklist :(
11:28.29kerionot there
11:28.33kerioi think
11:28.45kerioi don't know, search for "update frequency" or something
11:28.53DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: a lot of your questions are better asked over in #maemo channel
11:29.05oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: ok
11:29.44DocScrutinizer05~customize
11:29.49DocScrutinizer05hmm
11:30.15DocScrutinizer05http://wiki.maemo.org/Customizing_Maemo#Disabling_Auto_Updates_Check
11:30.44jonwilToo bad I cant blacklist our new government and will have to put up with the crappy laws they are no doubt busy thinking up right now :( (oh and for the record, no I did not vote for them :)
11:31.16DocScrutinizer05ihyeah aussies have a record to invent really silly laws
11:31.38DocScrutinizer05weren't you the first ones to outlaw incandescent light bulbs?
11:32.34oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: well they have a tax to reduce carbon emmissions
11:32.40jonwilAnd thats a GOOD thing
11:32.40LinuxCode240 Volts incandescent bulbs are banned int eh EU
11:32.47LinuxCodecan still get 12V
11:32.47jonwildespite what some might say about it
11:32.56DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: and the hugest coal mine world wide
11:32.58oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: while their currency is made out of plastic
11:33.06jonwilCoal is evil
11:33.14jonwiland its killing the planet
11:33.18LinuxCodeoooaaaooo, dont mock, the Bank of England is thinking about that too
11:33.20LinuxCode;-p
11:33.22oooaaaoooi wouldnt say they have silly laws, just are a very righteous bunch
11:33.24LinuxCodethey last longer
11:33.59LinuxCodethe Ozzies could be laughing all the way
11:34.13LinuxCodeloads of space for wind turbines, solar
11:34.24LinuxCodethey could export all their resources
11:34.26jonwilour new government has some stupid ideas. Like the idea that buying fishing boats from Indonesian villagers will somehow stop boatpeople
11:34.37LinuxCodelol
11:34.44DocScrutinizer05despite what some may have told you, CFL "green" light is NOT more economic and environment safe than good old incandescent light
11:34.44LinuxCodejonwil, that sounds stupid
11:35.03LinuxCodeDocScrutinizer05, cflis a bit naff
11:35.05LinuxCodeCFL
11:35.15LinuxCodeLED is now coming
11:35.22LinuxCodeLED really saves you money!
11:35.28DocScrutinizer05LED is kinda OK'ish
11:35.39LinuxCodeonly if the kelvin value is right
11:35.46LinuxCodesome colours are ghastly
11:35.47jonwilMy own experience is that CFLs DO use less electricity and DO last longer than the old bulbs
11:35.51DocScrutinizer05after we poisoned the dumps with mercury and other crap from CFL
11:35.54LinuxCodedepends on the angle and K colour
11:36.10oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: exactly
11:36.15LinuxCodejonwil, yeh but contain mercury etc..
11:36.24LinuxCodeand still use 20-400 watts
11:36.27LinuxCodeeh 40
11:36.35oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: LED / 3-5 bandgap manufacturing isnt exactly "green"
11:36.38jonwilCFLs do contain mercury but that's why there are places around here where you can safely recycle them
11:36.39LinuxCodethey say 20 watts or 18, then you put a meter on and it is 25
11:36.52DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: that too
11:37.01jonwilIKEA for one has a recycling station for them :)
11:37.14LinuxCodejonwil, I have not seen on ein the UK ikea
11:37.20LinuxCodegoogles
11:37.24DocScrutinizer05every such discussion always ignores the dumps of toxic waste at the *factory* building all the chips and shit
11:38.05jonwilas for the discussion on wind and solar, our new government wants to close down programs designed to encourage renewable energy usage
11:38.31jonwilI am not 100% sure but I think they want to end the program that gives subsidies to people who put solar panels on their roof
11:38.48DocScrutinizer05same here
11:38.59DocScrutinizer05industry thinks we got enough of them
11:40.03oooaaaooojonwil: http://www.e-wastelandfilm.com/
11:41.06LinuxCodethey dropped subsidies in the UK
11:41.17LinuxCodebut they reckon solar productions costs will clump the next 10 years
11:41.28LinuxCodenegating why you would need subsidies
11:42.38jonwilI recon one of the worst things our new government wants to do is to cancel the nice shiny new fiber-to-the-home National Broadband Network and replace it with a crappier fiber-to-the-node network
11:42.43oooaaaooojonwil: thats probably where ikea's recycling program ends up
11:43.05jonwilActually I dont think its IKEA that's running it, I think it might be the council that IKEA happens to be in
11:43.11jonwilso its a council recycle program, not an IKEA one
11:43.49oooaaaooojonwil: im pretty sure those ghanaians care ;)
11:50.59FatPhilon bulbs: 90% of my electricity bill in winter is electric heating. I demand the right to keep using incandescent lightbulbs, as they are an essential part of my flat's heating.
11:51.42oooaaaoooFatPhil: do they really emit enough heat to warm up an apartment?
11:51.55oooaaaoooFatPhil: in winter?
11:52.22FatPhiloooaaaooo: the "we must ban teh lightbulbs as they're teh wasteful" loons seem to think they emit huge quantities of heat
11:54.03oooaaaoooFatPhil: do they have proof?
11:54.55oooaaaoooFatPhil: sorry , i guess they dont...being loons and all
11:55.37oooaaaoooFatPhil: yeah you know , when i was growing up the biggest environmental "issue" was the hole in the ozone layer
11:56.09oooaaaoooimagine my shock recently when i heard that it had "fixed" itself
11:57.17oooaaaooowas it due to the move from CFCs to HCFCs? OR was it just a natural part of earth's atmospherical eccentricity?
11:57.29DocScrutinizer05FatPhil: right on, right on! all the same here
11:58.22DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: I considered building a heating from 200 bulbs for my shower
11:58.36DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: I had to cancel this project
11:58.59DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: my heater uses 2kW and transforms 100% into heat
11:59.26oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: you have a sunroof or something?
11:59.35DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo: 20 100W bulbs also eat 2kW, but only create 95% heat and 5% light from it
11:59.52keriohaha
12:00.01keriobrightest shower ever
12:00.18DocScrutinizer05the 5% light (when not escaping thru window) are also transferred to heat a nanosecond later
12:00.35keriodo tungsten lightbulbs really only do 5% light?
12:00.45DocScrutinizer05kerio: I would have dimmed them to 20%
12:01.00DocScrutinizer05shifting the efficiency towards infraread
12:01.15DocScrutinizer05only 0.5% visible light then
12:01.39oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: do you use one of these:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w
12:02.09oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: sounds like you have cardinal grand meters with doge gears and bearings
12:02.14DocScrutinizer05aborted it after ~2.4s
12:03.42DocScrutinizer05dude, I'm into home automation, and planning to use a heat exchanger for my shower water to reduce the electric energy eaten by my computer controled Stiebel Eltron water heater
12:04.07oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: that was a joke played on the industry by rockwell
12:04.33DocScrutinizer05maybe I'm not yet in the mood for jokes by industry
12:04.45oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator
12:05.07DocScrutinizer05the URL makes me want to ignore I ever seen it
12:06.12DocScrutinizer05hey, they tried to sell incandescent as heating devices here, they cot sued out of business
12:06.21DocScrutinizer05s/cot/got/
12:06.25oooaaaoooDocScrutinizer05: ignorance and the prevalence of technobable is actually one of key ideas behind the 1944 paper that inspired that rockwell segment
12:06.47DocScrutinizer05sounds about right
12:07.27DocScrutinizer05luckily halogen incandescent still allowed here
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12:08.11DocScrutinizer05sucker idiots. When they think they need to do sth, get 100% tax on incandescent, NOT _forbid_ it!
12:09.29freemangordonwhat is funny, is that "ordinary" incandescent bulbs are forbidden here, but still in sale. Despite we're supposed to be EU :)
12:11.38freemangordonBTW I changed part of my halogen bulbs with LED, it turned out that ~20euro philips 5W LED emits exactly the same light as halogen. for the naked eye at least
12:16.22FatPhilDocScrutinizer05: you can guarantee that the markets here would be full of black-market Russian lightbulds as soon as they tried to impose huge taxes on legitimately sourced ones.
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12:17.25FatPhilI'm on dimmer switches in most of my flat, and there aren't any practical alternatives to incandescants anyway.
12:21.27DocScrutinizer05FatPhil: depends on dimmer and some CFL and particularly LED can get dimmed both by cut-off and classic cut-lead (terms?) dimmers
12:22.07FatPhilfreemangordon: lightbulbs may be illegal, but "heat globes" aren't.
12:22.35DocScrutinizer05well, they are here in Germany :-(
12:22.48DocScrutinizer05idiots!!
12:23.01FatPhilDocScrutinizer05: I go by the "compatibility" icons on the pack, and everytihng I've seen (up to about 50e/bulb) has said "no dimmer"
12:23.04DocScrutinizer05I wonder if they were still illegal when painted black
12:23.17FatPhilDocScrutinizer05: It was Germans who invented "head globes"!??!
12:23.20FatPhilheat
12:23.51DocScrutinizer05dunno who invented it, but some shop here tried to do business and iirc got closed
12:25.05DocScrutinizer05another idiocy: matte incandescent is forbidden, only clear ones allowed (when allowed at all, <60W and halogen)
12:25.36DocScrutinizer05WTF a rationale they gave for THIS?
12:27.07freemangordonmoney?
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12:33.42FatPhilI'm gonna buy mine from the little old Russian-speaking women at the market. Fuck the law! :-p
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12:34.35DocScrutinizer05and here you are: http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/Unlocking/servicecableuniversal1.htm
12:36.24DocScrutinizer05oops ECHAN
12:38.31LinuxCodeDocScrutinizer05, as I am here, does the N900 have an FBUS ?
12:38.51DocScrutinizer05when they want to forbid they will ask for more mones (==tax, see cigarettes). when they want to earn more money, they forbid. Isn't that insane?
12:38.51LinuxCodeI heard the police etc.. can read the contents out using the FBUS and do whatever they like
12:39.07DocScrutinizer05LinuxCode: yes, on BB5
12:39.21LinuxCodethat sucks
12:39.32LinuxCodeI thought the N900 didnt have one
12:39.34LinuxCodemeh
12:39.53DocScrutinizer05what you heard is nonsense though. At least massively oversimplified
12:39.59LinuxCodek
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12:40.54DocScrutinizer05on *normal* featurephones you can use F-bus/M-bus to read out the phonebook etc, it's a well documented feature everybody is using via so called "data cables"
12:41.31DocScrutinizer05doesn't apply to N900 which doesn't have any phonebook (except on SIM) available on F-Bus
12:41.49LinuxCodeso, let us assume I was dm-crypting and mounting over
12:41.54LinuxCodethey could read that out ?
12:42.03LinuxCodeahhhh
12:42.05LinuxCodek
12:42.09LinuxCodegood to know
12:42.34LinuxCodeI just find it appalling, when they said the police would now just read out the contents of people's phones
12:42.41LinuxCodein the UK, that is
12:43.20DocScrutinizer05yes, they can do this, using same gear as your phone service point
12:43.35DocScrutinizer05or yourself at home, with Nokiasuite
12:43.40DocScrutinizer05etc
12:43.56FatPhilCertainly anything on the SIM is fair game
12:44.13LinuxCodeDocScrutinizer05, anyway one can break that ?
12:44.16DocScrutinizer05phoenix flasher software can do a tad more even, but still no magic backdoor, particularly not on N900
12:44.19oooaaaooo1i swear my HAM update check is event driven and not time...
12:45.14DocScrutinizer05oooaaaooo1: yes, it is. and it as well does an update check once a day
12:45.22FatPhilI don't see why you couldn't use an encrypted /home/user
12:45.39DocScrutinizer05sure you can, several users did
12:45.43LinuxCodeFatPhil, well yeh, but then if you can still read out the phonebook
12:45.54DocScrutinizer05headdesks
12:46.08FatPhilAaro Koskinen has a framebuffer on-screen keyboard for early password entry, for example
12:46.25LinuxCodeFatPhil, got a link to that ?
12:46.32FatPhilI'll ask him again for it. There'll be some beering with him next week hopefully.
12:46.37FatPhillinuxCode, not yet released
12:46.40LinuxCodek
12:46.53DocScrutinizer05LinuxCode: maemo phonebook is in ~user/.whatever
12:47.03DocScrutinizer05NOT on BB5 modem that has F-Bus
12:47.08LinuxCodeaha!
12:47.15LinuxCodeDocScrutinizer05, thanks for reclarifying
12:47.48LinuxCodedoesn't know much about arm based phone hardware
12:47.51LinuxCodesadly
12:48.56DocScrutinizer05anyway this is CSSU channel, there's #maemo for general non-cssu-related questions like that one
12:49.11LinuxCodekk
12:49.13keriofwiw, there aren't many arm based linux phones
12:49.35LinuxCodethanks for the insights
12:50.01LinuxCodeare the CSSU mirrors now more calm ?
12:50.14kerioi mean, there's the n900, there's some openmoko ones
12:50.19kerioand that's about it, i think
12:50.48LinuxCodethinks he still has another persons mirror
12:51.07DocScrutinizer05kerio: wrong
12:51.13kerio:O
12:51.28DocScrutinizer05well, Industry calls android "linux"
12:51.32keriooh
12:51.34LinuxCodewill use the N900 until something comes along that could replace it
12:51.36keriodon't be fucking ridiculous
12:51.41LinuxCodelol
12:51.59LinuxCodelinux based ?
12:52.01LinuxCode;-p
12:52.45DocScrutinizer05in phone industry's internal gits you check out "linux2 branch and there it is: all android crap
12:52.53DocScrutinizer05"linux"
12:57.20discopig1lol
12:58.03LinuxCodewhat happened to the folks making a N900 follow on model
12:58.07LinuxCodethe old Nokia folks
12:58.15LinuxCodewhat is it called again ?
12:58.30LinuxCodes something ?
12:59.49discopigneo900?
12:59.56discopighttp://neo900.org/
13:00.51LinuxCodeJolla folks
13:00.58LinuxCodeSawfish ?!?!
13:01.07FatPhilSailfish?
13:01.07discopigoh
13:01.08discopigsailfish?
13:01.10LinuxCodethats it
13:01.10discopigyeah
13:01.17discopigi'm curious how that will come along
13:01.22LinuxCodediscopig, thaks for that link, I bookmarked it
13:01.22discopigbecause salfish os/jollamobile seems like a great idea
13:01.25discopigyeah
13:01.27LinuxCodesomething else to keep an eye on
13:01.29discopigneo900 is going to be nice if it happens :)
13:01.34discopigi'd definitely buy one
13:01.44discopigmight keep the n900 alive a few more years
13:02.07oooaaaooo1discopig: i just bought my first smartphone and its a n900
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13:04.10LinuxCodeshould stock up on N900 spares
13:04.23LinuxCodewant to use this for a good few years
13:04.37LinuxCodeyou cant trust other phones anymore
13:04.43LinuxCodeno privacy
13:06.14discopigi've had my n900 since 2009
13:06.16discopigand i still dont want to chagne
13:06.32discopig<PROTECTED>
13:11.00LinuxCodeI just like having the keyboard
13:11.08LinuxCodein all honesty
13:11.25LinuxCodeall those slate people, always cracking their screens
13:11.46LinuxCodejust shows you what all the hype does
13:19.49oooaaaooo1LinuxCode: thats exactly why i got a n900
13:20.42oooaaaooo1i think its psychological
13:21.04oooaaaooo1people are like squirrels/crows... seem to have an obsession with shiniy objects
13:21.36oooaaaooo1and so everybody gets a touchscreen device because its all glass(ie shiny)
13:26.46FatPhilsome people are swipers, some are peckers. I'm definitely a pecker, so the resistive screen works for me.
13:27.38FatPhilI particularly hate miscalibrated capacitive screens which will activate even before you've touched the screen!
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13:29.14FatPhilDoes any one have any experience with alleged authentic BL-5Js from the far east at a price of about 5e each? Are they legit, as that's unimaginably cheaper than what they are in the shops here?
13:29.32FatPhilwith hologram, so not obvious fakes
13:31.24LinuxCodeI had a few of them
13:31.28LinuxCodeseemed ok....
13:31.43LinuxCodebut then I never put a stop watch next to them
13:31.53LinuxCodeand compared them to the £10 phone shop one
13:41.46jonwilhmmm, which package should I work on next...
13:41.53jonwilpossible candidates for attack:
13:41.55jonwillibtime
13:42.06jonwillibiphb
13:42.13jonwilliblocation
13:42.17jonwillibplayback
13:42.34jonwillibossoproductinfo
13:42.37jonwillibsysinfo0
13:42.38FatPhiljonwil: what kind of attacks are you performing?
13:42.45jonwilReverse engineering :)
13:43.01jonwilpossibly cloning
13:43.50FatPhilI forget how much libsysinfo was removed from the running of the system, there was an attempt to get rid of it
13:44.57jonwilalso possibly considering hildon-im-common-virtual-settings
13:44.59jonwilhildon-input-method-configurator
13:45.03jonwillibdevlock1
13:45.05jonwillibdevlock-bin
13:45.08jonwilosso-applet-languageregional
13:45.10jonwilosso-applet-textinput
13:45.13jonwilstatusbar-alarm
13:45.40jonwilanyone wanna suggest one of my list of targets as being worth looking at?
13:46.35FatPhilMy mind is boggled. WhyTF would No-longer-kia want to close source crap like that?!?!?
13:48.42jonwilAll sorts of reasons, "product differentiation", "legal risks", "3rd party IP", who knows
13:49.30jonwilA lot of it has to do with a desire to keep the UI (or most of it anyway) closed because (in Nokia's words) "UI is one of the main things that makes our phones different from others"
13:52.07jonwilconsidering maybe libtime or libiphb or libplayback
13:53.51dos1what does libplayback do?
13:56.26jonwilaudio related
13:59.51dos1I'd choose liblocation
13:59.58dos1but libiphb looks like a fun stuff
14:01.49dos1https://gitorious.org/meego-middleware/libiphb/ ?
14:05.17dos1and https://github.com/nemomobile/libiphb
14:05.32dos1is that it?
14:07.10jonwilthats not the same as libiphb in maemo
14:07.41dos1k
14:07.52dos1dsme
14:08.02dos1oops, wrong window
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14:35.09LinuxCodewhy doesnt Nokia just sign the stuff over
14:35.14LinuxCodethey are finished with it anyway
14:35.30LinuxCodethey could do this before MS actually buys the mobile phone arm
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15:07.22DocScrutinizer05FatPhil: (bl-5j) ghost shift products
15:08.25DocScrutinizer05jonwil: liblocation! by all means
15:08.43DocScrutinizer05dunno about libophb, not even what it does
15:10.12DocScrutinizer05haha, dos1 already said the same
15:11.14DocScrutinizer05LinuxCode: as jonwil already said, they often don't even have the (c) of 3rd party stuff
15:11.38LinuxCodemeh
15:11.41DocScrutinizer05lots if all this cruft been developed by subcontractors
15:12.07DocScrutinizer05I forgot the name of the most well known one
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15:12.28DocScrutinizer05the guys who did telepathy, where lcuk worked
15:13.32DocScrutinizer05I guess ~50% of "maemo" been actually done by those subcontractors
15:14.09LinuxCodemaybe that is why Nokia did not persist then
15:14.17DocScrutinizer05and while Nokia owns the rights to use the sources, they are not allowed to disclose and publish them
15:15.19DocScrutinizer05or at least it would need then to assign a few dozen lawyers to evaluate and proofread all sources and contracts before they dare to disclose
15:15.29LinuxCodewell, if they used FOSS code that is fair enough I guess
15:15.33DocScrutinizer05s/then/them/
15:17.23DocScrutinizer05as I stated several times already: FOSS spirit and idea been of low priority and poorly understood at all, in pretty much all of upper Nokia management
15:17.46LinuxCodewhy does that not surprise me
15:17.49DocScrutinizer05"exploit and monetize" it been
15:19.32DocScrutinizer05there are several instances where Nokia not even disclosed clearly FOSS sourcecode they exploited
15:19.55DocScrutinizer05not even after community asking for disclosure according to GPL
15:21.34DocScrutinizer05FSF could sue them outa their stinky chairs
15:22.01jonwilcan you cite an example of where Nokia are violating the license of 3rd party code they didn't write?
15:23.09oooaaaooointernet connection failed. unable to retrieve IP addrss from server. Try again?
15:23.19DocScrutinizer05HRHRHRRR   http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/restricted-boots.jpg
15:23.33oooaaaooowhy is it trying DHCP when i already defined a manual connection in settings?
15:23.52DocScrutinizer05jonwil: ask pali et al, they did several such reviews
15:24.58Palijonwil: If I remember correctly for example exim library
15:25.24Paliand in past problem with (harmattan) gst-dsp library
15:26.05Palibut later source code of both libraries was released (exim was same as in debian, and gst-dsp was pushed to gitorious)
15:26.38Paliand I'm not sure about vorbis, ogg, speex and jpeg license
15:26.47Paliall these libraries are closed in harmattan
15:26.52Paliand are patched by nokia
15:27.09jonwilvorbis, ogg, speex and jpeg are BSD or BSD-esque
15:27.13jonwilso those aren't an issue
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15:27.32Palinokia jpeg code was after some time upstreamed (but they did it quitly)
15:28.26jonwilNokjia aren't obligated to share code for vortbis, ogg or speex
15:28.32Palijonwil: and there is maybe problem with TI DSP userspace parts...
15:28.42Palilike libomxil-ti0
15:28.46DocScrutinizer05please sign! http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement
15:29.10jonwiland they wont because doing so would mean sharing proprietary TI DSP info (used to build the DSP parts of the vorbix/ogg/speex stuff)
15:29.14Paliit is open source library, but do not know if nokia copied only it or also changed
15:29.33Palijonwil: I mean open source libraries
15:30.40Paliand another thing which I remembered was SWI prolog interpreter
15:30.40Palithere was only binary, but after some time nokia pushed source code to r.m.o
15:30.48Pali(source code was same as upstream SWI)
15:31.01jonwilIts possible that libomxil-ti0 (as used in N900) was given to Nokia as 100% TI code (whether Nokia changed it is another matter)
15:31.37Palianother is for example ohm patches and ohm plugins
15:31.47Paliohm is (or was?) project on freedesktop
15:32.04Palibut now you can find all source code at gitorious in big git tree
15:32.05jonwilohm is 100% open last I checked
15:32.14Paliit is not easy, but I added all links to wiki
15:32.24Pali(all commits)
15:33.47jonwilok, so the REAL question is not what Nokia did in the past but if there are any packages Nokia are still in violation over
15:33.58jonwili.e. if they are still violating GPL/LGPL/etc somewhere
15:34.58jonwilThere are some packages on http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_closed_packages that say "license = GPL" but I bet that Nokia (or TI or both in some cases) actually owns the copyright to that code in most cases and can therefore distribute it without needing anyone's permission
15:35.43jonwil<PROTECTED>
15:35.55jonwilsame with  hildon-desktop-applet-settings-mr0  and  hildon-desktop-application-shortcuts-mr0
15:36.02jonwiland  libcodelockui1  and  libcodelockui1-dev
15:36.09jonwiland  maemointernal-keyring  and  osso-backup
15:36.40jonwillibas-storage-0 is likely Nokia copyright or possibly also Microsoft copyright (its part of ActiveSync) and so Nokia doesn't need to release code
15:37.03jonwiland libomap3cam is likely Nokia copyright, TI copyright or both and hence again license doesn't matter
15:37.11Palijonwil: other problem is with l10n packages
15:37.28jonwilwhats the issue with those?
15:37.42Paliif l10n packages are derived work of main applications, then there can be problem
15:37.56Palisome of applications are not fully copyrighted by nokia
15:39.12jonwilSomeone should find a case where the contents of an l10n package is being used by code that isn't (C) Nokia (or (C) someone like TI or Microsoft who is likely to have licensed it to Nokia) and then contact the actual copyright holders to see if said copyright holders believe a violation has taken place
15:41.32FatPhiljonwil: regarding "where Nokia are violating the license of 3rd party code" - powertop
15:41.53FatPhilWhich reminds me, I'm going to write a real mail on paper to them regarding that.
15:43.11jonwilwhat package contains powertop?
15:43.18jonwilIs that harmattan or fremantle?
15:43.19jonwilor what?
15:43.31FatPhilHArmattan. But it was exactly the same code base
15:44.22jonwilso powertop license vioilation only applies to n9/n950 and not n900?
15:45.09FatPhilYour question refers to "nokia", I answered that question.
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15:45.16jonqhi
15:45.21jonwilok
15:45.43jonqDo it exist some log for maemo mail client ?
15:46.27DocScrutinizer05please ask in #maemo
15:46.33jonwilok, then I narrow my question and ask this: Are there any instances where we know of that Nokia are (as of right now) still violating the license of any packages used on the Nokia N900 device?
15:47.15FatPhilHow did non-nokians get powertop binaries on their n900s? Did they just copy the harmattan one?
15:47.42DocScrutinizer05jonwil: seems powertop meets that defintion
15:47.52Palijonwil: powertop is also in fremantle pr1.0 n900 image
15:48.07Paliin first n900 public fiasco image
15:48.19nedkoif nokia distributed something under GPL but didnt gave the source code, it still violates the license
15:48.29nedkoregardless of nokia being the copyright holder
15:48.52DocScrutinizer05nope
15:48.58jonwilNo that's not true
15:49.02Palijonwil: and if I remember correclty, harmattan version is based on fremantle powertop
15:49.13jonwilIF you are the copyright holder you can do anything you like with the code you wrote
15:49.23jonwilincluding releasing it with a GPL note and no source code
15:49.26DocScrutinizer05nobody can foce the original author to publish derived work from GPL stuff he owns the (C)
15:49.39jonwilbut yes it sounds like powertop is a violation then
15:50.10FatPhilprinting my mail to "Source Code Requests" as we speak...
15:50.43FatPhilI will report back in a few weeks when they reply (I've been told sometimes responses take 3 weeks or more)
15:51.05Palisource code requests email address not working anymore
15:51.06DocScrutinizer05FatPhil: please don't fail to offer Nokia could code-dump the whole shite to maemo community council and tell them to please sort stuff out
15:51.40DocScrutinizer05that's one of our reason d'etre
15:51.46FatPhilI'll address one issue at a time. And quite delicately too.
15:51.55jonqDocScrutinizer05: In fact, I asked in #maemo first and they tell me to ask to ssu guys
15:52.24Paliyou need to send written letter to nokia...
15:52.33Palialready tried this
15:52.47DocScrutinizer05jonq: seems i need to bash somebody over there
15:53.04jonqDocScrutinizer05: ;)
15:53.14DocScrutinizer05jonq: who (nick) said that when (how long ago?)?
15:53.17Paliand they totally ignored what I wrote in letter and they send me DVD with burned one file = ISO image of r.m.o fremantle dump
15:53.36Palithey even do not know how to burn ISO image
15:54.25jonqDocScrutinizer05: to be more precise I set up a mail server. All works fine so I set and account in my n900 but I can't connect to my mailbox I don't know why. This is why I'd like to see the logs
15:54.52jonqDocScrutinizer05: how long ago = maybe 3/4 days and who ? I don't remember
15:54.58DocScrutinizer05that's all fine but not related to CSSU
15:55.04jonqDocScrutinizer05: ok
15:55.51DocScrutinizer05i'm sorry but last 2 das we got an inflation of non-CSSU topics in here, ruining the S/N for this channel
15:55.57DocScrutinizer05days even
15:56.25jonqDocScrutinizer05: ok
15:56.39DocScrutinizer05and the more non CSSU questions we answer here, the more users will come here instead of #maemo
15:56.53FatPhilDocScrutinizer05: what's the view on cleanup patches that don't affect functionality? Are they worth doing?
15:56.55jonqDocScrutinizer05: ok I understand
15:57.14jonwilLets move the source-code/license discussion over to #maemo then
15:57.19DocScrutinizer05FatPhil: please elaborate
15:57.55FatPhile.g. removing braindead logging, e.g.  "libfoo: I just received teh 2 parameters!!!!"
15:58.04nedkohmm, it looks that you are right about enforcing gpl. thanks for clarification
15:58.38DocScrutinizer05jonwil: i'd be willing to tolerate GPL discussions as loosely related to CSSU, especially since this channel got a second topic of porting-fremantle
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15:59.34jonwilok :)
16:00.02jonwilGoing to create http://wiki.maemo.org/Porting/GPS to throw my thoughts on how to handle GPS in fremantle port project
16:00.20FatPhilI was the spam bastard - I'm hypersensitive to tasks who feel the need to tell the world about every single wipe as they wipe their arse. Unnecessary context switches into the kernel, not good for caches.
16:03.45sixwheeledbeastSeems I missed out on the lightbulb conversation. Can't be doing with CFL's or LED's, I am going to have to rethink my light fittings when I run out of 100W bulbs.
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16:10.56LinuxCoderight chaps, and the odd lady in here. I am out, thanks for all the good info
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16:26.58FatPhilNo doubt I'll be alive again over the weekend, as I'm sure I'll have some scratchbox questions...
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16:50.33jonwilhttp://wiki.maemo.org/Porting/GPS
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17:55.59DocScrutinizer05FatPhil: welcome
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