But the UAV-as-weapon concern is persistent, and many people have asked whether we, by making the technology available and easy to use, might be inadvertently be helping our enemies.
Read more »Towards a "World Intellectual Wealth Organisation"
"...We need a World Intellectual Wealth Organisation, dedicated to the research and promotion of novel and imaginative ways to encourage the production and dissemination of knowledge..."
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In Defense Of Open Source
The topic around which the most discussion encircled was open source, and boy were there divergent views among the week’s ensemble. MBW regulars Scott Bourne and Andy Ihnatko took allegiance to cutthroat capitalism, while host Leo Laporte and the reigning jokester Merlin Mann took too trumpeting openness everywhere and hippie love for all.
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Two Document Standards Means Continued Interoperability Gap
A recent News.com article by Martin LaMonica reports on the ODF vs OOXML war. The report mentions the arguments over one standard vs two competing standards. But shouldn't we be trying to solve - not prolong - the interoperability gap?
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Richard Stallman coming to SJSU
"Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide..."
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A Bill of Rights for Users of the Social Web
"There are already many who support the ideas laid out in this Bill of Rights, but we are actively seeking to grow the roster of those publicly backing the principles and approaches it outlines..."
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Celebrating Software Freedom Day: Recently Liberated AI Java Source Code
"An objection I've had to many programming books and web sites is that they don't make sample code available under a free software license. This is within the rights of the author, of course, but it seems counter to the spirit of teaching and sharing knowledge to restrict the use of example code.
Read more »Richard Stallman the Creationist
I’ve taken issue with Stallman numerous times in the past (as an early example, care for a slice of cake). Stallman’s latest musings merely add to the stack of ideological positions with which I differ.
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Open Source Macro vs. Micro - Part II
As I mentioned in my previous post on this topic, Open Source and open technology trends continue to swing in one direction (up and to the right). Along this ever-growing open technology spectrum lie various projects and companies who hope to gain a competitive advantage through some type of open collaboration initiative.
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Linux Freedom Never Cries
I get to use Linux a lot these days. It's ingrained in my professional and personal life so much that it's easy to forget just how much territory the Free Software movement has gained. That realization made me aware that possibly we've taken a lot for granted.
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At Night, the Robot Slept
And with this Roomba, we run in to another Proprietary Agreement. ... Wasn't there some quote, maybe from Ben Franklin, about trading essential liberty for clean floors?
Read more »Will we one day have a World Intellectual Wealth Organisation?
what about a World Intellectual Wealth Organisation?
ref: http://www.france.fsfeurope.org/documents/wiwo.en.html
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Internet & ICTs for Social Justice and Development News
"The Association for Progressive Communications has an article / interview on how communication technologies can be used for development." (and so, how free software could be used)
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A festival of openness: join our documentary efforts
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Talk at Law 2.0?: Openness, Web 2.0 and the Ethic of Sharing
"...In the brief time available to me I have only been able to describe informally and in a brief way the benefits that open approaches knowledge can bring our society..."
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