FSF Latin America Experiences Revival
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| We expect to establish a juridic arm in Brazil over the next few months,
| which will enable us to receive contributions from corporate sponsors that
| have voiced interest in supporting our activities.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/fsf_latin_america_experiences_revival
The Four Freedoms Applied to Hardware
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| These freedoms apply to users of software, not necessarily developers. In the
| view of the FSF, these freedoms are ethical in nature, so much so that they
| argue that software which violates these freedoms is unethical.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/08/the_four_freedoms_applied_to_h.html
Recent:
OOXML: Brazil Says NO
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| After a very difficult and inconclusive meeting in ABNT (Brazilian Technical
| Standards Organization) office last Tuesday, the standards process director
| had to analyze the audio recording of all the meeting, review some facts,
| review again all 63+2 comments produced by the technical group about the ECMA
| specification, and conclude that a NO for OOXML is the correct position for
| Brazil in ISO Fast Track process.
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http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/08/ooxml-brazil-says-no.html
'Long Tail' author claims theory could transform design
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| "Instead of a small number of products for millions, it's a case of millions
| of products for a small number" of people, he said. "The monolithic software
| model hasn't addressed this. That's what small companies and individuals are
| for: We're in the era of 'do-it-yourself'." Anderson also predicted that era
| of open-source hardware is fast approaching.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201500039
The importance of open source in hardware
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| Having a solid base on which to build will also help new innovations come to
| market, since those makers will only have to concentrate on what’s new. It
| will also enable new competitors to exist, since they won’t have to hold all
| the IP of their new designs.
|
| The open source hardware movement, in other words, has barely begun.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1294
Do we need an open hardware license?
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| Still, Hicks says that it's possible to use open source hardware designs with
| field-programmable gate arrays, "which are quite affordable," and points to
| OpenSPARC and the OPENCORES community of open hardware designers as examples
| of real-world usage of open hardware.
|
| Phipps says that he sees open hardware following in the footsteps of FOSS,
| though he says mainstreaming of open hardware "will take much longer ... to
| get a foothold."
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118198
Bug Labs DIY gadgets to turn consumer electronics on its ear?
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| Last night we sat down for dinner with a company that, with the use of open
| source hardware, intends to invert the top down consumer electronics market
| as we know it -- a lofty goal, no doubt.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/bug-labs-diy-gadgets-turn-consumer-electronics-on-its-ear/
Zigbee motes boast open hardware, software
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| A university spin-off company in Spain is readying an inexpensive
| Zigbee-based "mote" sensor built entirely with open-source hardware
| and software.
|
| [...]
|
| Additionally, Libelius is currently shipping a Debian Linux-based
| "MeshLium" access point (pictured at right) claimed capable of
| bridging Zigbee and WiFi networks.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4953888945.html
Open source hardware, what is it? - A start...
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| Open source hardware is a term we've used here on MAKE & CRAFT for
| describing some of the projects featured as well as some of our
| electronics kits and it was the subject of a talk we participated
| in at then SXSW conference, but what is it?
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http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/open_source_hardware_what.html
SXSW sets stage for open-source DIY hacking
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| "We're working on open-source hardware," Fried explained to the packed
| room, "and how we can take the paradigm of open-source software and make
| things out of it."
|
| [...]
|
| "What these projects have in common is that people are sharing the
| recipes," Torrone said, "and it's starting to fall under (a) category,
| which is open-source hardware."
|
| Fried said the concept involved several levels of technology, the
| foundation being basic mechanics. She said that kind of information
| can be publicly released under a Creative Commons license, and she
| hoped more people would begin using open-source computer-aided
| design to create such projects.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6166234.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/398jc5
Open Source Soft Microprocessors
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| Open Source licensing of soft microprocessors provides
| designers the flexibility to change FPGA architectures and
| the visibility into the processor architecture that they need.
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http://www.ddj.com/dept/opensource/197800817
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| Sun Microsystems plans to release on Tuesday the underlying design of
| its UltraSparc T1 "Niagara" processor under the terms of the General
| Public License.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6051800.html
Sun's Niagara chip breaks like the Wind River
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| Wind River this week lent a helping hand to one of Sun Microsystems'
| more interesting processor efforts. The software maker announced that
| its telco hardened version of Linux will be tuned for Sun's UltraSPARC
| T1 processor.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/sun_windriver/
Perens set to tackle open-source hardware
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| On Monday, Perens plans to announce the TAPR Open Hardware
| License, a document written by John Ackerman designed
| specifically to govern hardware designs that can be
| modified and redistrubuted. Perens plans to submit the
| license to the Open Source Initiative for its as an
| open-source license.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6156093.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2noydh
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