Where Open Source Multiplies

digital literacy
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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) opened last month. (The official launch had been planned to occur at the Boston Public Library but the...

Posted 21 May 2013
open source in government programs
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On March 15, 2013, ComputerWeekly.com, the “leading provider of news, analysis, opinion, information and services for the UK IT community” published...

Posted 21 May 2013
Software patents: a note on the new CLS Bank case
Law »
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The law of software patents took an interesting, and ultimately encouraging, turn a little more than a week ago. In the CLS Bank case, ten judges of...

Posted 20 May 2013
Rob Tiller (Red Hat)
code editors
Life »
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The humble browser. Its main purpose, for many years, was to serve up simple HTML documents and provide information on just about any subject you...

Posted 20 May 2013
Open Data Directory
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Open (government) data as it is understood nowadays can still be considered a new concept. It started to gain traction worldwide since the Obama memo...

Posted 17 May 2013
Poll: Which code repository do you use?
Life »
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From James Bowes' article, A code hosting comparison for open source projects:

Posted 16 May 2013
Jen Wike (Red Hat)
A developer shares his open source story
Life »
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When I first started to learn how to code and program, as a student and during the pre-internet era, it was common practice to share your source code...

Posted 16 May 2013
open source hardware trademark
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On April 19th the United States Patent and Trademark Office finally rejected an application for the trademark open source hardware. The grounds for...

Posted 16 May 2013
Open source strategy and business models
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As an organization or even individual there always seem to be questions when considering whether or not to make your project or code snippet open...

Posted 15 May 2013
Michael Ferris (Red Hat)
open education platform
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The open education landscape is set to grow a little more as Stanford University announces plans to team up with edX to build an online learning...

Posted 15 May 2013