open source

FOIA Denial All But Confirms FTC Probe of Apple's Anti-Adobe Rules

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:55:33 -0400

Full article: Wired
Ryan Singel
The Federal Trade Commission has nearly 200 pages of records related to a purported complaint by Adobe against Apple for banning iPhone developers from using its authoring tools to make iPhone apps. But, in what might be the most-official confirmation that regulators are probing the ban for antitrust violations, the FTC declined to make them available to reporters.

Media Minutes: January 29, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:43:18 -0500

Crisis Commons created CrisisCamps for Haiti to create technological tools that would help responders find people, supplies and more aid. And the Media Action Grassroots Network brings more than 100 organizations from across the country together into a local-to-local social and media justice advocacy network.

City of Vancouver Set to Back Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data

Stevie Converse — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:40:07 -0400

Full article: Vancouver Free Press
Stephen Hui
Vancouver Counselor Andrea Reimer will introduce a motion on May 19, that would see the Canadian city endorse the principles of open source, open standards, and open data, as well as start work on publishing data on the Web using open standards.

OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event

Jordan Berg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:20:10 -0400

Start: 04/18/2009 - 09:00

End: 04/18/2009 - 17:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

On Saturday, April 18, 2009 a FREE event at UW Madison's Grainger Hall, OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event is a unique opportunity that gathers people interested in using 'openness' and provides the ability to network, discussion, teach, and learn on how to create, improve, and make more accessible— art, education, software, government, media, neighborhoods, workplaces— the very society we live in.

An Odd Choice to Help Government with Open Source Strategy

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:45:41 -0500

Full article: Ars Technica
Ryan Paul
In an effort to reduce rising government IT costs, the Obama administration could turn to open source software. There are many ways that state and federal governments can save money by adopting open source software; large-scale Linux deployments in public schools have been highly successful, for instance.

A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:39:19 -0500

Full article: New York Times
John Markoff
In a new book, Microsoft veteran Keith Curtis argues that open source is the future of software and his former employer is "toast."

Violating Copyleft = Copyright Infringement

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:09:11 -0400

Full article: ars technica
Timothy B. Lee
A federal appeals court held that copying free software without complying with its license is copyright infringement. The ruling, which will make such licenses much easier to enforce, is a key victory for the free software community.

Mozilla Speaks Out Against the Free-but-Proprietary Web Apps

Stevie Converse — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:37:37 -0400

Full article: CNet
Matt Asay

Grassroots Use of Technology Conference

Bliss Requa-Trautz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:07:48 -0400

Start: 06/28/2008 - 07:30

End: 06/28/2008 - 16:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The Organizer's Collaborative is holding their 9th annual Grassroots Use of Technology conference with the theme of "Connect, Communicate and Collaborate." Sessions and workshops will focus on many of the new technologies and organizing tools that address the challenge that organizing groups face, as well as making technology relevant to communities, online politics 2008 and uniting movements for

How the iPhone Is Killing the Net

Stevie Converse — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:48:49 -0400

Full article: NetworkWorld
Carolyn Duffy Marsan