Human folly for 02021-12-14

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• (nature.com):

  #sci-hub #India #copyright #lawsuit #fair-dealing

• Is anyone here not using a mainstreampopular game (old.reddit.com):

  apparently everyone is using Unreal, Godot, or Unity now for game development (as of a year ago, 02020-11-07)

• Npm package discovered to have Bitcoin stealing backdoor j7i (dev.to):

  the #supply-chain #security #backdoor to steal #bitcoin was in the #npm #JS package flatmap-stream

• Body (cs.cmu.edu):

  Principia Discordia

• Original influences (psychologytoday.com):

  influence of the Iroquois on Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. #USA #history #politics #democracy

• (discovery.ucl.ac.uk):

  “This thesis examines the role played by America and its native inhabitants in John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government.” #USA #history #politics #democracy #liberalism 419 pp. #PDF

• New research exemption under Belgian patent law (altius.com):

  “Belgium’s national #patent legislation defines research exemptions that allow sufficient room for research activities exempted from patent infringement that are vital for promoting innovation. Currently, #Belgium has one of the broadest research exemptions in Europe. Article XI.34 (1) (b) of the Code of Economic #Law provides that “the rights conferred by a patent do not extend to acts that are performed on and/or with subject matter of the patented invention for scientific purposes.”” However, this is being narrowed to “acts for experimental purposes that relate to the subject matter of the patented invention”. 02019-08-28. #politics