"The Participatory Culture Foundation, a Massachusetts based 501(c)(3) non-profit, makes bottom-up economies and cultures possible by ensuring that our political, social and cultural systems are open and democratic everywhere. We work to eliminate gatekeepers and empower communities around the world."
Jeanne Shaheen (D), in NYT: Kaspersky Lab, the cybersecurity company, is close to Putin’s government. So why is the U.S. government using its software?
From the late 90s, illegal filesharing gradually brought the music industry to its knees. Exclusive extracts from Stephen Witt’s book pinpoint how music ‘got free’
abt Alan Ellis
a comment: ""Brought the music industry to it's knees"? Bollocks. End of story."
Elias Aarnio: "FLOSS.fi:n idea on koota VALO-käyttäjiä erilaisiin viiteryhmiin, joilla on jokaisella oma fooruminsa." "FLOSS.fi on käynnistetty [Oct -13?] Euroopan sosiaalirahaston rahoittaman Avoimuudesta Voimaa Oppimisverkostoihin eli AVO2-hankkeen toimintana."
Nir Eyal 23.6.2012: “What people aren’t telling you,” Peter Thiel taught his class at Stanford, “can very often give you great insight as to where you should be directing your attention.” - "monetizable secrets" abt "user behavior", and network effects - "software continues to eat the world"
"Code is the technical backbone of the DPLA. Where possible, the DPLA will make use of existing free and open source code; all new code funded by the DPLA will be free and open source. In order to facilitate and maximize interoperability, the DPLA platform will support open standards. It will be freely accessible for others to fork, host, and replicate with no discrimination based on use or field of endeavor."
Safiirilasi, kehittynyt akku ja huipputehoa. Siinäpä joitakin Canonicalin Ubuntu Edge -puhelimen ominaisuuksia. Mutta Linux-luuria ei tule, jos netin joukkorahoittajat eivät lähde mukaan. I t-viikko 23.7.2013 14:43
in a Swedish book about libraries I found this reference to Vinton Cerf's lecture "The Future of Information and Communication Technology" However, the lecture is presented in a commercial format, which is not accessible with the web browser I use. I wish the new library of Alexandria would offer this lecture, and all web content, also in formats which are compatible and readable with open standards and free software.
April 3, 2012 - 9:33pm By Joshua Kim Have you noticed that books are looking more and more like apps? Do you find yourself buying books from the Kindle Single store? Browsing the nonfiction selections at nowandthenreader.com? Checking out the original stories at atavist.net? Getting excited about the newest release from the TED Books?