Tux Machines

Free Software: SCALE, Open Source Initiative, FreedomBox

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 05, 2023

Devices: Raspberry Pi, CircuitPython, and MicroBlocks

Programming Leftovers

SCALE 20x: Keynote: Ken Thompson

↺ SCALE 20x: Keynote: Ken Thompson

> Pasadena, CA. March 9-12, 2023

The Open Source Initiative improves its licensing rules | Open Source Watch

↺ The Open Source Initiative improves its licensing rules | Open Source Watch

> Back on February 3rd, 1998, shortly after the Netscape web browser source code --Firefox's ancestor--was released, a group of developers came together to label and define a pragmatic, business approach to sharing software code. Of course, there was already "free software," but that term, then and now, came loaded with a particular business/political take that not everyone cares for. So, it was that at the meeting Christine Peterson came up with the term "open source." The group that would shepherd this idea going forward is the Open Source Initiative (OSI).

Open Source Initiative joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

↺ Open Source Initiative joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

> OSI to contribute to Digital Public Goods Alliance’s mission to address world’s most pressing economic challenges by furthering adoption of Open Source software.

Jonathan Dowland: FreedomBox

↺ Jonathan Dowland: FreedomBox

> Moxie Marlinspike, former CEO of Signal, wrote a very interesting blog post about "web3", the crypto-scam1. It's worth a read if you are interested in that stuff.

↺ interesting blog post about "web3"

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↺ interesting blog post about "web3"

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