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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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? Flattr Is Back
Flattr is a system that allows you to show your satisfaction with things you find on the internet by making tiny gifts to them. If enough people make the tiny gifts...
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links for 2011-05-02
The Parser that Cracked the MediaWiki Code | Software Research and the Industry As many of us have been commenting for many years, the optimum freedom comes from...
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? Abuses
Barnes & Noble Charges Microsoft with Misusing Patents to Further an Anticompetitive Scheme Against Android Barnes and Noble’s strongly-worded response to Microsoft’s...
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? Document Foundation Member
Having applied for membership as soon as the process was announced, I’m honoured to have been accepted today as a Member of The Document Foundation. Having been...
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? Transparency and Privacy Article Available
I’ve edited the article that appeared here and on CWUK earlier to reflect conversations on identi.ca and elsewhere and you’ll now find it in the Essays section.
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links for 2011-04-21
Here's The Real Reason Apple Is Suing Samsung I think the point in this article – which echoes the central idea in Chris Anderson's book "Free" – is much more insightful...
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? Open Source Landmark
News just broke jointly from the US Department of Justice and the German Federal Cartel Office that they have directed CPTN to change the way they acquire Novell’s...
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? Sweetness and Strength
Is Sugar Toxic? “I have eliminated refined sugar from my diet and eat as little as I possibly can,
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links for 2011-04-18
A Government Plan for IDs to Replace Online Passwords Presumably this is the simplified version and there's a security professional who truly understands the nature...
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links for 2011-04-16
A Legacy at Risk: How the new Ministry of Culture in Brazil reversed its digital agenda | Freedom to Tinker "a new generation that has risen for the first time...
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? Going To OSCON
I just got a very welcome e-mail – an acceptance for my talk at OSCON in Portland this July. I’ll be speaking on Thursday morning, on this subject: Most open source...
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links for 2011-04-14
Open Standards law approved in Portugal The law is a great thing, as long as the actual implementation leads to greater software freedom. I humbly suggest the Portuguese...
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links for 2011-04-13
Open Standards law approved in Portugal The law is a great thing, as long as the actual implementation leads to greater software freedom. I humbly suggest the Portuguese...
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? Sentinel Principle Article Available
My article proposing using openness sentinels – the existence of an open source co-developer community working on an implementation as validation of the openness...
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? Freedom and Long Life
Freedom through a clear governance model But the observation that I found most telling was that the governance model has actually freed up blockages in the decision...
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? Balancing Transparency and Privacy
One of the keys to a successful open source community is appropriate transparency. A community with strong values around transparency will also be likely to respect...
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links for 2011-04-10
Groklaw Articles Ending on May 16th Pamela declares victory, resists the temptation to diversify and announces Groklaw will no longer publish original articles....
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? Protei
Hunter Daniel and Protei-003, originally uploaded by cesarharada.com. Here’s a Kickstarter project that deserves your attention. A worldwide group of experts and...
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