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JONO RED HAT, CANONICAL AND GNOME CONTRIBUTIONS
Interesting attempt to justify canonical's fork of gnome on launchpad. Don't agree with it myself.
bug computing fail foss software 07/30/2010 08:42
SkyRiver Files Antitrust Suit Against OCLC
Mixed feelings about this one. OCLC is a co-op but their tight control of WorldCat does seem uncooperative.
cooperative foss freeourdata koha library licensing software web webapp 07/29/2010 15:55
Proprietary technology is a waste of money, says Kroes
"Many authorities have found themselves unintentionally locked into proprietary technology for decades. After a certain point that original choice becomes so ingrained that alternatives risk being systematically ignored, no matter what the potential benefits. This is a waste of public money that most public bodies can no longer afford."
conferences council eu events foss politics promotion software standards ukgov ukgovoss 07/24/2010 17:38
Present and future threats to software freedom
Slides from a talk at Manchester Free Software
events foss politics ukgovoss 07/23/2010 21:34
Graham Taylor and Karsten Gerloff on open source in Europe
report with an audio recording
council eu foss ukgovoss 07/06/2010 22:12
Why Making Money from Free Software Matters - The H Open Source: News and Features
Glyn Moody, author of Rebel Code, hits the spot again. This is why software.coop is so against the DEAct because it is a pain for making money fairly from freedom.
article digitaluk education enterprise foss politics software ukgov 04/29/2010 15:42
Escape (the) Windows: Open Source and Open Standards under Threat in Europe - Community - ComputerworldUK
As if DEBill wasn't enough, it seems that we're under attack at the EU level again. Don't let them set a rubbish agenda!
computing digitaluk enterprise eu foss ukgovoss 04/01/2010 13:32
Gustavo Noronha (kov) » Blog Archive » Cool hack - html5tube
Definitely in the hack department, but also definitely cool, turning YouTube from a Flash horror into a html5 web site.
accessibility foss software video web webapp 01/19/2010 14:36
Meeks: Some thoughts on copyright assignment
LWN discussion of a fairly comprehensive look at copyright assignments in free software projects.
article blog copyright education foss tutorial 01/07/2010 14:54
My only prediction for 2010 and it ain’t pretty
"I would like to think that people are smart enough to see the coming danger – especially those of us in the tech industry – and do something to stem this tide. Sadly though we’re too worried about some new shiny toy. Too worried that we don’t have enough followers. Too worried about whether we are among the first to be using some stupid ass service."
blog copyright digitaluk education foss freeourdata politics rant ukgovoss world 01/01/2010 13:06
Principles, Social Science, and Free Software :: Copyrighteous
the question is not why FLOSS will succeed ... the question is how it might
article blog education ethics foss promotion 12/01/2009 12:31
Information Technology becomes a UK Election Issue | Sirius Corporation plc
Nice analysis, but only Labour and Conservatives, which doesn't reflect the choice in WsM
article computing foss ukgov ukgovoss 11/27/2009 14:34
Escape (the) Windows: Linux owns 32 percent of netbooks market, says study foss promotion statistics 11/16/2009 19:03
FTA - Modules | FTA - Free Technology Academy
The Free Technology Academy aims to establish a full educational programme on Free Software and Open Standards.
education foss 10/27/2009 10:28
Examples of proprietary control by Alessandro Rubini
Why free software matters: software licence refused = trapped residents cars
council ethics foss ukgovoss 10/20/2009 12:55
Open Source Business Resource, October 2009: Arts & Media enterprise foss promotion 10/09/2009 14:58
NonMSschools - epetition response | Number10.gov.uk education foss ukgovoss 09/30/2009 17:06
GeoDjango and the UK postcode database « lamby
"Usage of this data is almost certainly a copyright violation"
foss freeourdata standards ukgovoss webapp 09/30/2009 16:44
Open Source in Libraries: Survey Results Pt 2 » Practical Open Source Software for Libraries blog foss library promotion statistics 09/29/2009 09:41
UK needs to be more open to open source | IT PRO council foss promotion software ukgovoss 09/25/2009 12:32
Randy Metcalfe "relinquishing my post as Program Manager of eIFL-FOSS" foss library promotion software 09/25/2009 12:31
FSF launch GNU Generation - News - The H Open Source: News and Features foss licensing promotion 08/17/2009 07:41
Best Free Software project hosting? | The Changelog blog foss internet promotion review software webapp 08/07/2009 10:34
Writing the perfect patch (Feeding the Cloud) computing foss koha software standards tutorial 07/01/2009 06:40
Open-source-tic - epetition response council foss internet standards ukgovoss 06/26/2009 18:14