The Open University?
The UK’s Open Source Consortium has accused the Open University of breaching its founding principles. The Open University came about in the 1960’s as a move towards …
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Copyright law, copyleft license
This keeps coming up so I may as well try to help with the basics, I am not a lawyer but I’m familiar with copyleft. The …
Education is Freedom – Learn to be Free
I was reading Bill Kerr’s blog and well the thing is, I don’t work in the public service anymore, I miss working in those secondary schools, …
Google Reader
I was reading a post called “By For Now : SuperUsers Replace EDNA” on one of Alexander Hayes blogs. It would be a huge job to …
Scientists Create Air Guitar T-shirt
Scientists Create Air Guitar T-shirt onco_p53 writes “Australian scientists have invented a T-shirt that allows air guitarists to play actual music as they strum the air. …
British Council on “Creative Commons Thinking”
British Council on “Creative Commons Thinking” The British Council and Counterpoint has a new publication, “Unbounded Freedom: A Guide to Creative Commons Thinking for Cultural Organizations,” …
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that’s optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It strives for simplicity and allowing real-world …
Munich Finally Starts to Embrace Linux
Munich Finally Starts to Embrace Linux sankyuu writes “After years of rumor and vacillation over fear of patents, the city of Munich has decided to trickle …