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codon.org.uk
Personal blog · codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog · on HN as mjg59securitysystems
codon.org.uk is a personal blog at codon.org.uk about security and systems. Since 2010, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “Android tablets GPL compliance summary”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Matthew Garrett's blog is linked for its list of Android tablets and their GPL compliance, and for archived emails cited in discussions of free software and Linux.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Android tablets GPL compliance summary3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-12-30
- What Is a PC Compatible?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-04
- Epic's EAC2 v2 seems fairly easily bypassable3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-10-15
- /~mjg59/ted_mail/0037.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-29
- To update blobs or not to update blobs2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-03
What Hacker News says?
For those parts of the system that are GPL licensed, they (or the handset manufacturers who are distributing the compiled code) shouldn't be able to: http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-android-vendors... From the article, nice list of Android tablets showing those that comply with the GPL: http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/android_tablets/ - a small proportion of the list are marked compliant, but most of the…
Comment linking /~mjg59/android_tablets/
on “Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 Billion”Submitted Android tablets GPL compliance summary as a story · 65 points
HN discussion> That is the paragraph that captures the essence of the CoC issues for me. A CoC seems to be used as a weapon for killing those that do not abide by its rules, not as a tool for teaching each other to be awesome to each other. Can I ask an honest question? Do you really think that men advocating for molestation of women, or open racists, are just... you know... undereducated and waiting for you as a thought-savior…
Comment linking /~mjg59/ted_mail/0037.html
on “Announcing the GNU Kind Communication Guidelines”Submitted SystemIO conflicts are not firmware bugs as a story · 38 points
HN discussionThe final order implementing the judgement isn't out yet so I'm not going to go into too much detail here as yet, but there's additional publicly available information I can share: The original claim: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/case/Claims.pdf The defence and counterclaim: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/case/Defence_Counterclaim.pdf The associated schedule of harassment: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/case/Schedule.pdf T…
Comment linking /~mjg59/case/Reply.pdf
on “Dr Matthew Garrett v Dr Roy Schestowitz and Anor”Submitted Epic's EAC2 v2 seems fairly easily bypassable as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI had the same thought as you, having also skimmed the articles. Having now read them more fully, it seems that patzerhacker's (admittedly, somewhat kneejerk) reaction draws closer parallels than I initially thought. The approximation is here: http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/ted_mail/0037.html In that email, Ted Ts'o disputes the common knowledge that 1 in 4 women are raped. It does not , in my opinion, rise to the l…
Comment linking /~mjg59/ted_mail/0037.html
on “The Supreme Court's Crucial Mistake About Sex Crime Statistics”Submitted Linux Lockdown and Hibernation (Again) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThat's an amazingly poorly researched article. The post from Bradley Kuhn that the news story links to mentions a lack of GPL violations by Google , but then specifically points to "the wide-spread GPL violations related to Android/Linux that Matthew Garrett has been finding." ( http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/android_tablets/ ). The article ignores that part and pervasively treats GPL violations in Android as "unpro…
Comment linking /~mjg59/android_tablets/
on “FSF uses compliance FUD to push GPL v3”Submitted Epic's EAC2 v2 seems fairly easily bypassable as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe email that kicked off this all (apparently; I think this is what started it): (Trigger warning for sexual assault, etc. on all links here, obviously. Some semi-graphic imagery is used.) http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Rape_apology_on_LCA_maili... It reads somewhat moderate--reading the chain of articles to get to it I rather expected a mustache-twirling misogynist, but it seems that isn't quite the case. EDIT…
Comment linking /~mjg59/ted/reply.txt
on a deleted threadSubmitted Self hosting as much of my online presence as practical as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Is a PC Compatible? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Securing Agentic Identity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted To update blobs or not to update blobs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting Google Cast on My Soundbar as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Epic's EAC2 v2 seems fairly easily bypassable as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted SSH Certificates and Git Signing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted To update blobs or not to update blobs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Is a PC Compatible? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Is a PC Compatible? as a story · 1 points
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