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links for 2010-12-02
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Who's driving this thing? Well worth reading this explanation, and especially the Oracle VP's response. It's hard to think of a better case study for why communities...

links for 2010-12-01
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links for 2010-12-01

Community Bylaws – The Document Foundation LibreOffice hosts The Document Foundation have put together a set of bylaws for their new open-by-rule community and...

? Crowdsource is not open source
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? Crowdsource is not open source

I’ve heard a few conversations in the last week treating open source interchangeably with crowdsourcing. Despite sounding the same they are very different, and...

? Hidden Motives
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? Hidden Motives

Intellectual Property Appears to Figure Prominently In Wikileaks Cablegate Michael Geist shrewdly observes that, far from being the exclusive domain of military...

? For Your Safety
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? For Your Safety

Australian Government adds Wikileaks to banned website list With WikiLeaks back in the news, this story from 2009 is more relevant than ever. Having rendered WikiLeaks...

links for 2010-11-28
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links for 2010-11-28

The Science Behind Wikipedia

links for 2010-11-27
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links for 2010-11-27

Recommended reading: Control and Community by The 451 Group Lengthy and favourable review of the 451 report on "Control and Community" (which they have very kindly...

links for 2010-11-26
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links for 2010-11-26

Leaving MariaDB/Monty Program Henrik has been a key persuader in the emergence of MariaDB, Monty Program AB and the Open Database Alliance from the consequences...

links for 2010-11-25
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links for 2010-11-25

Hudson java.net migration status update After an unpleasant wake-up call (caused, I am assured, by an administrative error) where their whole community resource...

The case for
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The case for

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” In translating my article...

Open Source Monetisation Essay
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Open Source Monetisation Essay

My essay asserting that open source projects aren’t about giving stuff away for free is now available from the Essays section.

links for 2010-11-24
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links for 2010-11-24

Before the Junk Jokes: Airport Security Cartoons in The New Yorker Great selection that just goes to show there's nothing new under the sun. (tags: Humour Travel...

links for 2010-11-23
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links for 2010-11-23

Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality Important article from Tim Berners-Lee that needs to be brought to the attention of legislators...

links for 2010-11-22
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links for 2010-11-22

WebID 1.0 Interesting proposal for a lightweight mechanism for authenticated personal identity on the internet using existing web mechanisms. (tags: WebID Identity...

links for 2010-11-21
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links for 2010-11-21

Government suppliers may be ordered to open up data I'll believe it when I see it. The whole point of outsourcing in government contexts (and not just IT – think...

Private Agreements Harm Communities
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Private Agreements Harm Communities

I pointed yesterday to an interesting comment about contributor agreements attached to a report about Michael Meeks speech a LPC. Another comment to the same article...

? Essays Now Creative Commons
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? Essays Now Creative Commons

I had a request on Identica to make one of my essays available under a Creative Commons licence so it could be translated. I thought that was such a good idea I’ve...

Contributor Agreements Say You
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Contributor Agreements Say You

The conversation around LWN’s coverage of Michael Meeks’ talk at the Linux Plumbers Conference (sadly paywalled until now but available today and worth reading...

links for 2010-11-18
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links for 2010-11-18

Should Companies That Use Open Source Software Pay a Tithe? They should certainly budget to obtain service and ensure they pay the companies and people that make...

? RAND: Not So Reasonable
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? RAND: Not So Reasonable

Fair, Reasonable, Non-Discriminatory – surely that all has to be good stuff?
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