MetaFilter posts tagged with OpenSource and brokenlink

MS + SCO + Linux...oh my...

yonderboy — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 04:43:18 -0800

It comes as no surprise that Microsoft seems to be paying SCO to fight the fight. [via #joiito]

Usability in Open Source

Adman — Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:59:21 -0800

Usability Bazaar sounds like a crazy idea: getting together a group of people that will create usability guidelines for open source projects. Do you think that can work? Do OSS projects actually have usability problems? And can this actually work? Generally, usability people don't seem to get involved in open source. Why? (via webword.com)

A 'minifesto' for the constitution of virtual, post-national states

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 23:13:15 -0800

The minimal compact: An open-source constitution for post-national states. "What sorts of arrangements of power between humans can account for the deep variation in beliefs and assumptions among the six billion of us who share this planet, while still providing for a common jurisprudence? What measures can be taken that enhance the common security without unduly infringing on the sovereignty of the individual?

I believe that a useful model for the desired structure can be found in the open-source or "free" software movement."

Our own adamgreenfield has been thinking about emergent democracy and the widening gap between power and politics, and has written a 'minifesto,' and would like some feedback. Democracy for the rest of us : fascinating, 'deep geek' stuff, and worth your time.

j.edwards — Sun, 03 Feb 2002 04:42:23 -0800

Free Radio Linux is about to go online, reading the entire Linux kernel over the internet using the Ogg Vorbis codec. Free as in beer.

taumeson — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:39:08 -0800

New Scientist release a copyleft article on......wait for it......copyleft. In it, they discuss what's going on in the world of Open Source and how the meme is spreading from software into other areas, like encyclopedias and law. It concludes saying that open source is currently good for things that don't need to be confidential and do need to be consistently upgraded/changed. Does open source have a chance, or is it just a passing fad? via slashdot

liam — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:06:41 -0800

Software Libre! Local and national governments around the world are legislating in favor of open source, in a challenge to US corporate (read Microsoft) dominance. A liberating movement, or too much government intrusion?

m.polo — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 07:00:15 -0800

I am shocked - shocked, I say!- to discover that the Linux/Open Source media would operate using the same sort of shenanigans as the media covering the Evil Empire!

mathowie — Tue, 16 May 2000 13:36:09 -0800

Nupedia is an open source encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to, much in the spirit of DMOZ, the open directory project. It's an attempt to combine the world's experts into one knowledge resource. I guess the question is now...can it work?