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The open source community is coming together this week for OSCON in Portland, OR, so a lot of people are talking about recent developments, and the current state of the open source industry. During times like this, it is important to reflect on the successes of open source so we can better understand how to […]
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Following last year’s LinuxCon a group of people came together to form Universal Tux, a group dedicated to improving accessibility of Linux and other open source software. There are a few projects working towards this end worth noting: Dasher is an application that allows text input through a variety of interfaces and methods of interaction […]
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The Open Knowledge festival was started as an effort to improve collective sharing, learning, and making, and to bring positive change to society by improving access to knowledge and tools. This group seeks to improve accessibility to music, films, books, government information, and scientific, historical, and geographical data. The festival is being held in Berlin, […]
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Katie Miller is a Developer Advocate for Red Hat who’s career spans journalism and a number of areas in IT. She had been a major advocate for the Haskell programming language and will be speaking at OSCON 2014. More from OpenSource.com
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The tech industry has had problems with gender diversity for some time, and the gap between men and women involvement in open source has been even worse. OpenHatch started in 2009 as an effort to recruit open source contributors from a variety of backgrounds on college campuses. Efforts like this seek to expand the diversity […]
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Before starting or joining any open source project, it is important to consider the community that will be involved. Here are a few things to consider: Why your project matters Understand the ecosystem Realize the community groups Measure more than just dollars Get started quickly and meaningfully More from OpenSource.com
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It takes considerable hard work to build a strong open source community. First, you must select a license that allows you to accomplish your goals with the project, then you need to reach out to various developer communities to get them involved. Finally, effort must be spent sustaining involvement from the community through things like […]
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Linus Torvalds offers his reflections on Linux and his viewpoints on the future of patent law and computer programming. More from Business Insider
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The Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) was established in May 2012 to create a system of licensing for seeds. The barriers to including a license with the seeds was determined to be too high, so the organization decided to use a pledge instead. This Open Source Seed Pledge is intended to ensure your freedom to […]
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You might typically associate the concept of a hackerspace with an urban environment, but this same model can be utilized in rural communities. Even the smallest, most remote communities can benefit from having access to technologies that empower them to create. More from OpenSource.com
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Open manufacturing is just beginning to hit its prime with many new, exciting developments occurring on a regular basis. The process of designing and developing open hardware can be tough, and The Open Hardware Summit is aimed at doing just that, among other things. More from Open Electronics.
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Open source communities can be immense powerhouses of collaboration and innovation, but it takes major effort to build them. You can’t simply release the source code for something and expect a community to form around it, a community must be built. More from Engine Yard
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Docker: Taking a Look Through the Hype
I’ve spent the last couple of months working an internship for The Linux Foundation, doing research on new developments and adoption trends in the open source industry. If you have spent any amount of time reading about open source over the last year, you have probably heard about Docker; a lot of people are talking […]
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A group of scientists and food activists are releasing 29 new varieties of 14 different food crops under and open source license. Their goal is to increase diversity in our crops by allowing people to produce their own variations that must be shared under the same open source license. More from NPR
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