this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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You are misrepresented it, that's all.
I'm just informing you of what it really is and how it isn't as altruistic as it seems.
If you can't respond without being rude, you can just choose not to interact.
I didn't. I am not. It is what it is. It's not even that convoluted, they've listed this stuff. You've been factually wrong about a bunch of these things. Like, not even the "look it up" things, the list of things in the link you are reacting to. You're taking my pondering why people can't parse even the slightest ambiguity on their projections on brands and companies as a rude slight. Which is... increasingly on brand, I suppose.
Well, you are being quite belittling and passive agressive, I don't think my brand comes into it.
In any case, what you describe as cool open source tools are literally just a paragraph and some screenshot for the most part and only really benefit their legal team. This isn't anything praise worthy.
It seems we both have been factually wrong, except I'm the only one that has admitted to it and clarified my points to move the conversation. I also believe your overall message is wrong but on a deeper level.
Try pondering about what's being talked about. You also don't need to slip in a paragraph of your angst every comment.
No, there are actual pieces of software they've released alongside the patents. It's a thing. Look it up.
You can't really bothsides this, that's not how this works.
I guess on one thing you were right, which is that we can choose to not interact.
I only know of fonttik and iris but neither of those are in the patent pledge. Those were actually open sourced, so Im guessing there isnt much need for it, but everything since has gone through lawyers from what I know.
I'll admit though, I haven't read through all their patents. I'll be happy to be proved wrong.