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VICE - Inside the Plot to Kill the Open Technology Fund

This U.S. program provides encryption technologies to journalists and activists living under repressive regimes. But a Trump appointee wants to tear it all down.
anti-surveillance · funding · open-source
Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 09:43
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgx5z3/inside-the-plot-to-kill-the-open-technology-fund

The threat on OTF as a wake up call for European digital sovereignty

Around 2 billion people in 60 countries are able to use the internet securely and without risks of being surveilled or censored. And all of this, thanks to the work done by a non-profit called Open Tech Fund (OTF) for only 15 million dollars a year. However, all of this may be over soon. WTF …
digital-rights · funding · open-source
Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 16:33
https://edri.org/the-threat-on-otf-as-a-wake-up-call-for-european-digital-sovereignty/

What is the Open Decision Framework? | Opensource.com

The Open Decision Framework describes a process for making transparent, inclusive decisions in organizations that embrace open source principles.
holacracy · open-source
Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 16:41
https://opensource.com/open-organization/resources/open-decision-framework

The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Coraline Ada Ehmke’s Hippocratic License is a software license that permits the broad swathe of activities enabled by traditional free/open licenses, with one exception it bars use by: &#8220…
de-week · ethics · free-software · licenses · open-source
Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 10:47
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/04/free-vs-open.html

mikepennisi.com | The Web Can't Survive a Monoculture

Moynaq, Aral Sea, CC-BY 2.0 Arian Zwegers
Many developers work on the “web platform” because they believe in the model of competing and interoperable implementations (i.e. browsers). These folks (of which I am one) believe that competing and interoperable implementations is what makes the web fundamentally stronger than other platforms. Unlike Windows, iOS, or Android (for example), the web’s users have choice about how they participate. If they disagree with how their chosen browser is being managed, they can switch to another.
de-week · licenses · open-source
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 10:41
http://mikepennisi.com/blog/2019/the-web-cant-survive-a-monoculture/

Why open?

I've been building open source platforms for my entire career. It has not made me rich. Nonetheless, I'm more committed than ever to openness as
de-week · open-source
Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 09:12
https://werd.io/view/5ca3c283d3c9b259255f0bd2

Guidelines for "kind communications" in free software communities / Boing Boing

diversity · free-software · harassment · open-source
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 23:30 *
https://boingboing.net/2018/10/23/gnu-slash-kindness.html

How I coined the term 'open source' | Opensource.com

Christine Peterson finally publishes her account of the day "open source" software was coined, 20 years ago.
open-source
Wed, 7 Feb 2018 at 13:35
https://opensource.com/article/18/2/coining-term-open-source-software

Q and A with Jan-Christoph Borchardt: Importance of diversity in Open Source

Nextcloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share and communication app platform. Access  & sync your files, contacts, calendars  & communicate and collaborate across your devices. You decide what happens with your data, where it is and who can access it!
diversity · open-source
Fri, 6 Oct 2017 at 16:07
https://nextcloud.com/blog/q-and-a-with-jan-christoph-borchardt-importance-of-diversity-in-open-source/

WordPress Ditches ReactJS Over Facebook's Patent Clause

de-week · facebook · open-source · wordpress
Sun, 17 Sep 2017 at 10:35
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/iSSHvzzyw-Q/wordpress-ditches-reactjs-over-facebooks-patent-clause

An analysis of the licenses used by 75+ Open Source projects across 35 companies

de-week · facebook · open-source
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 at 19:10
https://medium.com/@raulk/list-of-companies-and-popular-projects-by-the-open-source-licenses-they-use-35a53eaf1c80

The next big challenge for open source: rich collaboration software | Opensource.com

There's a lot of room for improvement in file sync and share, and the open source community is in the ideal position to add the killer features we're all waiting for.
de-week · open-source · selfhosted
Thu, 4 May 2017 at 08:28
https://opensource.com/article/17/5/next-big-challenge-open-source-rich-collaboration-software

Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure / Ford Foundation

capitalism · open-source
Sat, 1 Apr 2017 at 20:47
http://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure

Time to leave. – Medium

Knowing when to leave your open source project.
de-week · open-source
Thu, 9 Mar 2017 at 23:31
https://medium.com/@mikeal/time-to-leave-a68294ccb2af#.cwiuybi2x

What it feels like to be an open-source maintainer | Read the Tea Leaves

Outside your door stands a line of a few hundred people. They are patiently waiting for you to answer their questions, complaints, pull requests, and feature requests. You want to help all of them,…
de-week · open-source
Thu, 9 Mar 2017 at 07:45
https://nolanlawson.com/2017/03/05/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-open-source-maintainer/

After 10 years, I'm stopping my work on sabre/dav

open-source
Thu, 9 Mar 2017 at 07:42
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bijsterespoor/~3/3vnN3bRH5N8/sabredav-eol

Why the (A)GPL is great for business users – Nextcloud

Nextcloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share and communication app platform. Access  & sync your files, contacts, calendars  & communicate and collaborate across your devices. You decide what happens with your data, where it is and who can access it!
open-source
Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 20:20
https://nextcloud.com/blog/why-the-agpl-is-great-for-business-users/

6 months of Nextcloud

de-week · open-source · selfhosted
Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 20:16
http://karlitschek.de/2016/12/6-months-of-nextcloud/

Which countries have open-source laws on the books? | Network World

As the institutional use of open-source software continues to expand like an octopus, the public sector remains a key target market. Here’s a map to help you visualize just how prevalent Linux and open source have become across governments.
open-source
Sun, 4 Sep 2016 at 09:00
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3114619/open-source-tools/which-countries-have-open-source-laws-on-the-books.html

Why Privacy is more than Crypto | emergency exit

metadata · open-source · signal
Sat, 6 Aug 2016 at 10:45
https://blogs.fsfe.org/h2/2016/05/31/why-privacy-is-more-than-crypto/

Ian Murdock In His Own Words: What Made Debian Such A Community Project | Techdirt

collaboration · open-source
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 at 13:48
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160112/16582733316/ian-murdock-his-own-words-what-made-debian-such-community-project.shtml

Github patches from women who don't reveal their gender more likely to be accepted than patches from identifiable women / Boing Boing

diversity · feminism · open-source
Wed, 17 Feb 2016 at 21:41
https://boingboing.net/2016/02/11/github-patches-from-women-who.html

NSA Releases Open Source Security Tool For Linux

nsa · open-source
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 at 14:15
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/wWFkivnRdUk/nsa-releases-open-source-security-tool-for-linux

License: The Python's Tongue

de-week · email · open-source
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 at 07:52
http://www.mailpile.is/blog/2015-07-02_Licensing_Decision.html

Google eavesdropping tool installed on computers without permission | Technology | The Guardian

de-week · google-surveillance · open-source
Wed, 24 Jun 2015 at 08:47
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-tool-installed-computers-without-permission

Google Chrome Listening In To Your Room Shows The Importance Of Privacy Defense In Depth

de-week · google · open-source · surveillance
Mon, 22 Jun 2015 at 08:26
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2015/06/google-chrome-listening-in-to-your-room-shows-the-importance-of-privacy-defense-in-depth/

Google Criticized For 'Opaque' Audio-Listening Binary In Debian Chromium

google · open-source
Sat, 20 Jun 2015 at 01:42
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/Akir71GL_Qc/google-criticized-for-opaque-audio-listening-binary-in-debian-chromium

First Look Publishes Open Source Code To Advance Privacy, Security, and Journalism

canary · de-week · open-source · pet
Thu, 28 May 2015 at 01:53
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/27/first-look-publishes-code-redact-documents-create-warrant-canaries/
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