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09 November 2010
Is it Time for Free Software to Move on?
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A remarkable continuity underlies free software, going all the way back to Richard Stallman's first programs for his new GNU project. An...
08 November 2010
A Tale of Two Conferences
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I was invited to give a talk at two recent conferences, the Berlin Commons Conference , and FSCONS 2010 . It's generally a pleasure to ...
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30 October 2010
An Uncommon Conference on the Commons
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Regular readers of this blog will know that the commons has been a major theme here for some years, since it offers an extremely fruitful wa...
28 October 2010
The Limits of Openness?
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I've been a long-time fan of the 3D modelling program Blender . No surprise, then, that I've also been delighted to see the Blender...
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The British Library's Future: Shiny, Locked-Down Knowledge?
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Yesterday, Computerworld UK carried an interesting report headed “British Library explores research technologies of the future”. Here's ...
27 October 2010
In Praise of Open Source Diversity
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One of the great strengths of open source is that it offers users choice. You don't like one solution? Choose another. You don't lik...
Linux Embeds Itself Even Deeper
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Because anyone can take Linux and use it as they wish without needing to ask permission (provided they comply with the licence), it ends up ...
25 October 2010
How is OpenStack Stacking Up?
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You may have noticed there's a fair bit of interest in this cloud computing thing. You've probably also come across various articles...
22 October 2010
Jamie Love on What EU Must Do About ACTA
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Jamie Love has been one of the key people writing about and fighting the worst aspects of ACTA. He's just posed a good question on Twi...
20 October 2010
A (Final) Few Words on FRAND Licensing
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The issue of Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) licensing has cropped up quite a few times in these pages. The last time I wrot...
19 October 2010
Want to Change German Copyright Law?
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Of course you do - and here's your big chance. Dirk Riehle is not only the Professor for Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander...
15 October 2010
Why We've Learnt to Love the Labs
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You may recall the global excitement a year ago, when Gmail finally came out of beta - after an astonishing five years: On Open Enterprise b...
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14 October 2010
Microsoft Gives its Blessing to OpenOffice.org
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On the 13 April 1999, a press release appeared headed “Mindcraft study shows Windows NT server outperforms Linux.” The summary read: “Micros...
13 October 2010
Is GCHQ Frighteningly Clueless or Fiendishly Cunning?
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I'm very sceptical about the concept of “cyber attacks”. Not that I doubt that computer systems and infrastructure are attacked: it'...
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11 October 2010
Whatever the BSA Says, FRAND is no Friend of Europe
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I see that my old mates the Business Software Alliance are a tad concerned that the European Commission might do something sensible with the...
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07 October 2010
Is Microsoft running out of steam?
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Most people have heard about the 18th-century inventor James Watt and his steam engine; not so many know about the way he used patents to st...
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Back to the Future Again: 2020 FLOSS 3.0
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Yesterday I wrote about my experiences last week at the Open World Forum. As I noted, the two-day event closed with the presentation of the...
06 October 2010
Sharing: Crossing the Digital-Analogue Divide
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I've been writing about all kinds of openness and sharing on this blog nearly five years now. Before that, I had been covering free sof...
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Dr Microsoft: Time to Be Struck Off
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A Microsoft researcher offers an interesting medical metaphor : Just as when an individual who is not vaccinated puts others’ health at risk...
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The World of the Open World Forum
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Last week I went along to the Open World Forum in Paris. By that, I don't mean to imply I just bowled along there on the off-chance it m...
04 October 2010
(Finally) Meeting Mr. Open Source Business
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The careers of few people have been so intertwined with the history of open source as that of Larry Augustin. He was even present when the t...
28 September 2010
OpenOffice.org Discovers the Joy of Forking
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Last week I wrote a piece entitled “Are We Entering the Golden Age of Forks?” I concluded: I predict we are going to see plenty more forks i...
27 September 2010
Double Standards on Open Standards
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Last week I went along to the grandly-named Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on Open source software: in business, in government. The good...
26 September 2010
Sharing: Theft or Duty?
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I regard Matt Asay as one of the most perceptive commentators on the world of free software and related areas. So I was rather disappointed...
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24 September 2010
Are We Entering the Golden Age of Forks?
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In July 1998, the Frenchman Gaƫl Duval released his new GNU/Linux distribution called Mandrake-Linux. It was a fork of Red Hat using the KDE...
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