Few would deny that the rise of GitHub as a popular hosting service for software projects is one of the most significant developments to affect open source during the past…
As a self-professed metadata geek, I’ve recently been participating in an online discussion about metadata and the Learning Registry. I have to say, it feels as if I’m on a…
Indie videogame designer Nick Liow launched the Open Game Art Bundle in June this year. It was a simple idea: independent videogame designers contribute game assets—animations…
It’s one of the most iconic images in comic book history: Superman bursting free of oversized, heavy steel chains. For more than 70 years, the Man of Steel has been tearing…
Software is protected by copyright law in the U.S. and many other countries. Anyone that wrote the software, owns the copyright and can say how it is used. [NOT saying how it…
The Digital Public Library of America ( DPLA) opened last month. (The official launch had been planned to occur at t he Boston Public Library but the temporary closing of the…
