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webmink (28)in #news • 7 years ago
Like G Suite or Office 365, but open source and Swiss-hosted
We decided at The Document Foundation not to try to offer a public deployment of LibreOffice Online, as it would be a massive undertaking and we've no way of funding it…
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webmink (28)in #blog • 7 years ago
5 Reasons Facebook Messed Up With React.js Licensing
Apache banned RocksDB and React.js because of the novel license Facebook used for them. Regardless of the actual terms of the license and patent grant, Facebook messed up by…
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webmink (28)in #blockchain • 7 years ago
Hyperledger Interview
I had the chance to interview Brian Behlendorf, executive director of the Hyperledger project today. Well-resourced and very active, Hyperledger is a project creating platforms…
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webmink (28)in #news • 7 years ago
Why is a patent grant worse than no patent grant?
The dispute by the Apache Software Foundation over Facebook's addition of a patent grant to the BSD license rumbles on. Corporate-backed Apache developers are livid that Facebook…
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webmink (28)in #news • 7 years ago
Tracking Apache's ban on Facebook's license
The Apache Software Foundation has banned the license that Facebook use for code like React.JS and RocksDB. While Facebook have already relicensed RocksDB to fix the issue, the…
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webmink (28)in #photography • 7 years ago
Basking In The Sun
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webmink (28)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years ago
Got questions for HyperLedger?
I will be interviewing Brian Behlendorf, the executive director of the HyperLedger project , live on FLOSS Weekly this Wednesday, July 19. What questions should I ask?
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webmink (28)in #blog • 7 years ago
OSI Approval Makes Licenses Easier To Use
A rarely-mentioned but important aspect of OSI license approval is that it takes away the doubt about the software freedom status of software using the license and thus further…
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webmink (28)in #help • 7 years ago
How did this get 10 votes in 3 minutes with only 2 views
I just saw a new story that already had 10 votes after only 3 minutes. I noticed that it had only been viewed twice at that point though. How can that happen? Thanks for explaining to a newbie!
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webmink (28)in #photography • 7 years ago
Swan Rising Above The Mess
When I was in Amsterdam I saw this swan nesting in the city centre on a canal right next to Damrak. I was struck by how practical it was and how beautiful it remained despite the…
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webmink (28)in #life • 7 years ago
DRM Is Toxic To Culture
DRM is not just a strategy to protect revenues. Whether you agree with it in that role or not, it comes with a toxic side effect. Because digital locks persist indefinitely, they…
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webmink (28)in #news • 7 years ago
Qualcomm tries to block iPhone imports with patent action
Phone chip maker Qualcomm started two significant legal moves today to attack Apple . It initiated a complaint to the United States International Trade Commission (ITC)…
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webmink (28)in #blog • 7 years ago
Copyright Law Is Broken Because We Say "Copy" When We Mean "Enjoy"
Copyright law was never meant to apply to how ordinary people enjoy creative works. It was never really even about ensuring authors get paid. It was meant to settle disputes…
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webmink (28)in #freedom • 7 years ago
Has ForgeRock Betrayed Its Community?
One of the fundamental freedoms open source is being able to change to another supplier if the original one stops being useful - overcharging, acquired by a toxic owner…
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webmink (28)in #introduceyourself • 7 years ago
Hi steemit! I'm webmink
Well hello there. I'm delighted to discover steemit - remarkably I proposed just such a blockchain-based system to colleagues back in 2014. I've been in the computer industry…
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webmink (28)in #drm • 7 years ago
Why DRM Robots Threaten Culture
In September 2012, the Hugo Awards were presented in Chicago at Chicon 7, the World Science Fiction Convention . This is a venerable event with much more longevity than…
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