Electronic Civil Liberties
we spoke about some of the cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation are currently defending. This includes the NSA/AT&T alleged spying case, where the government allegedly wiretapped the internet communications going through San Francisco.
Creative Commons
Adam showed us the creative commons website. Creative commons (some rights reserved) is a mix between copyright (all rights reserved) and non copyright ( no rights reserved)
It lets you take music and video or anything and do what you want with with it whether mixing it up and changing it. The only factor is that you do not use that for any commercial use.
He showed us a lecture on by Lawrence Lessig about the need for the law to change, and the reasons why he started the Creative Commons to access the lecture you can visit http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/187/
the lecture showed funny examples of how creative commons can work.
Free Open Software
Examples
Linux
Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird - Email
Free software also known as open source software is software that is free for anyone to use.
Important notes
Source Code = Instructions written in Programming Languages that tell a computer to do certain things.
Source Code is “compiled” (translated) into files that can run on specific computers...
These files that run on computers are called Binary Files or Executables (e.g: those files on Windows that end in .exe)
Open Source In an attempt to push “Free Software” into the business world...
... The Name Free Software is replaced with Open Source...
* Emphasis on “Open”, rather than “Free”
Key assumptions:
everyone has a contribution to make
e.g. code changes, beta testing, error reports, feature requests, documentation, community leadership
community involvement more likely if community experimentation is encouraged
i.e. limited success if project direction is determined from above
users will contribute if to do so is easy and beneficial for them and all
i.e. combination of self-interest and altruistic motives
shared ownership of the project is crucial
i.e. contributions less likely if they only benefit a commercial software publisher
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