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- When it comes to green tech, should companies share and share alike?
- While Harry obsesses over cars this week, I'm going to delve into the more esoteric. And I'll start by asking one of those squirmy ethical questions. Here goes: If someone invents some piece of green tech that could vital or key in halting or even reversing the damage that humankind...
- Tags: Commons, Green Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- GPL defenders say: See you in court
- GPL defenders say: See you in courtOnly fair...If you are going to use the code then you must abide by the terms of the license.I completely understand the SFLC's position. There must be a penalty for violating the license. Otherwise it turns into a game of using the code in...
- Tags: Strategy, commons, GPL, GPL defender, defender, patent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Lawmakers fret over digital TV transition
- Lawmakers fret over digital TV transitionTrain Wreck ???Thats stupid! people aren't going to die if they can't watch tv. This change doesn't effect cable subscribers anyway.Rise AARP; Save the dot commonsMaria Cantwell is the former Real networks executive now senator. She is likely well aware of the real issue with...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Maria Cantwell, Patriots, TV, digital TV transition, MHz Spectrum, digital television, AARP, universal access, spectrum, commons, democracy, WiMAX, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Sprint, Google in pact for WiMax mobile Web
- Sprint, Google in pact for WiMax mobile WebSprint, Google in pact for WiMax mobile WebThe last thing I'd ever use would be Google and a mobile phone. Anyone who values their privacy would not fall prey to this trap. Google is more than willing to track where you...
- Tags: WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Universal Access, NYT, Web, spectrum, Google Inc., WiMAX, Sprint Communications, commons
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Amazon makes IT spending cool
- Amazon makes IT spending coolWell for Amazon...They can see the value add of improving their IT Infrastructure, since they are an online business. However most companies see IT and it's infrastructure as a cost center, even if they provide a place for customers to buy their products, they routinely wont...
- Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Amazon.com Inc., commons, spectrum, IT-spending
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- New Zealand VoIP providers team up with state-owned wireless for rural VoIP push
- New Zealand VoIP providers team up with state-owned wireless for rural VoIP pushWhy Do We Keep Flogging This Dead HorseIt seems the half educated nerds and webheads who run internet companies are determined they will make VOIP a success. Unfortunately like many other hyped technologies "that will change the world,"...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, voice network, Webheads, team, wireless, commons, VoIP, Web 2.0, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-06-08
- The commons problem and open source
- Open source is a commons. Just like Central Park, shown to the right.The Internet is a commons. Between them open source and the Internet represent the greatest expansion of the commons in history. The only comparable period might be the late 19th century, when Americas great public parks, like Central...
- Tags: INTERNET, commons, open source
- Blog posts 2007-03-29
- The commons takes on Microsoft
- The commons takes on MicrosoftThe commons may be considered undeveloped land...... which has been set aside from commercially productive use so that all might enjoy a chance for relaxation and a time away from the usual cares in a natural setting.It's also a chance for people to express themselves, where...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Windows API, Microsoft Corp., patent, commons, Central Park
- Discussion threads 2006-11-24
- The commons takes on Microsoft
- A statement issued the other day by the Open Invention Network contains more than the standard yadda-yadda-yadda."In less than a year, OIN has accumulated more than 100 strategic, worldwide patents and patent applications that span Web / Internet, e-commerce, mobile and communications technologies. These patents are available to all as...
- Tags: INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, commons, OIN
- Blog posts 2006-11-24
- Google: Balancing the gorilla
- This is the last part of a 3-part interview with Greg Stein, one of the folks responsible for project hosting on Google Code. Part 1 covered how license proliferation, and part 2 covered license selection. In this part well discuss Googles role in the open source community. ZDNet: It has...
- Tags: General, Java, Licenses, Community, Programming, Google, Greg Stein interview 2006, Free Software Foundation, commons, open source
- Blog posts 2006-11-06
- U.N. blasts Cisco, others on China cooperation
- U.N. blasts Cisco, others on China cooperationLet me get this straight...... the organization that has all but ignored the ethnic cleansing going on in Darfur is upset with U.S. companies because they are doing business with China and following their laws. Or put another way, the organization that brought...
- Tags: game, Internet, commons, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-31
- The new commons is right here
- The new commons is right hereand yet...We are loosing a tie to the great minds of the past. My children can read good on articles on Wikipedia. They can sift through lots of junk to find a few good articles. All of this can be done on...
- Tags: knowledge, Internet, commons
- Discussion threads 2006-05-16
- The new commons is right here
- The other day I wrote about how libraries are being forced out of the commons by IP policies. If you read that, you might consider me a pessimist. In fact, the last decade has, in the words of former FCC chair Reed Hundt, seen the largest expansion of the commons...
- Tags: commons
- Blog posts 2006-05-11
- GPL and definitions of freedom
- John Sullivan, a Program Administrator over at the FSF, responded to a previous blog post where I questioned whether the GPL really needs the ideals expressed by its authors in order to pursue the productivity advantages of a community development model. Not surprisingly, he argued that the GPL needs those...
- Tags: information common, hardware, GPL
- Blog posts 2006-02-24
- OSDL patent commons gets chilly reception from the "outspoken"
- In case you missed it, Open Source Development Labs OSDL announced this week at LinuxWorld that it would be creating a patent commons as it looks to further bolster the open source community's resilience to the patent related issues that could hold it back. Red Hat piled on...
- Tags: patent
- Blog posts 2005-08-12
- Who needs a business plan?
- Who needs a business plan?and in a related story...monsanto patents pigs, not the genetic engineering, the offspring. That pig can't beget another pig without a payment to monsanto, so be careful with that genetically engineered offspring of your own, since you may be selling your progeny into slavery.Money makes the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, commons, software, open source, computer
- Discussion threads 2005-08-04
- Who needs a business plan?
- One of the questions that is being asked regularly is "what is the business plan for open source?" This has always struck me as odd, as it is akin to asking "what is the business plan for punk rock?" or "what is the business plan for modern art?" Open...
- Tags: commons
- Blog posts 2005-08-03
Additional Resources
- Speculation over possible Skype backdoor
- There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker
- Apple is in the market for someone capable of hacking into the iPhone. According to this job listing, the company is looking for an iPhone Security Engineer capable of, among other things, developing "proof of concept" attacks on the device's current security mechanisms. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacker, Security Mechanism, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?
- I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a room full of many smart people, Mr Ito is one of the smartest. Here is a clip...
- Tags: Mr., Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
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