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Project SocialSite opens up!
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| We are very pleased to announce that source code is now available for Project
| SocialSite (under a CDDL/GPL license) and the project is now operating as an
| open source project following the Glassfish governance policy. We're working
| in the open and welcome contributors of all stripes.
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http://blogs.sun.com/socialsite/
Recent:
Open Source and Social Responsibility, some random thoughts
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| Bradley M. Kuhn, FLOSS Community Liaison and Technology Director of Software
| Freedom Law Center (SFLC), asks if contributing to FLOSS is becoming a social
| cause, as he received a phone call from someone involved with a socially
| responsible investment house.
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| While I am not convinced it is feasible to measure what he calls the “Free
| Software Fairness Index”, I see that Jonathan Schwartz in 2007 published the
| first Sun’s Corporate Social Responsibility report, while corporate/social
| responsibility advocates asked the Oracle board to issue an Open Source
| Social Responsibility Report to shareholders.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/07/06/open-source-and-social-responsibility-some-random-thoughts/
Related:
Why Do Some Software Programmers Work for Free?
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| In the end, the results suggest that a potential monetary payoff down the
| line does motivate software developers to be more productive, but many
| developers are still attracted to the movement for things besides pecuniary
| rewards. They just don't seem to work as hard.
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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/odd-numbers/2007/08/31/why-do-some-software-programmers-work-for-free
Father of microloans sees end to poverty
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| Computer programmer Tom Bostelmann had felt disconnected from philanthropy as
| a tech guy. Now he works as a consultant to the Grameen Technology Center,
| developing open-source banking systems software.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/335705_yunus17.html
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