Imagine a world where scientists and inventors had no access to the accomplishments of the generations which came before us. The wheel would, quite literally, need to be…
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Welcome to the first installment of a monthly feature where I explore how open source software and the open source way are used in the digital humanities. Every month I will…
To realize the full potential of location-based smartphone apps, they should be built to support offline mode and original map graphics. Creating a custom offline map is the…
Suppose you’re a developer and want to experiment with Drupal 7.7 or WordPress. Maybe you're a K-12 teacher or university professor and want to teach your students Moodle…
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When it comes to managing revision to source code, Git has quickly become the most prominent tool organizations are using. But the Git command line tool itself is only part of…
In my recent interview with Brent Turner, from the California Association of Voting Officials ( CAVO), we heard about the public interest case for making voting machines open…
As Congress gears up again to seriously consider patent litigation abuse—starting with the introduction of H.R. 9 ( the "Innovation Act" ) last month—opponents of reform are…
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When I began this series of writing about Docker security on Opensource.com, I stated that " containers do not contain." One of the main goals at both Red Hat and at Docker is…
Schools are pillars of the modern education system. They are the point of first contact for many kids to the outside world. And, it may not be wrong to say that schooling…