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What if all software was open source? A code to unlock the desktop
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| What if all software was open source?
| Anybody would then be able to add custom
| features to Microsoft Word, Adobe
| Photoshop, Apple iTunes or any other
| program. A University of Washington project | may make this possible.
|
| "Microsoft and Apple aren't going to open
| up all their stuff. But they all create
| programs that put pixels on the screen. And
| if we can modify those pixels, then we can
| change the program's apparent behavior,"
| said James Fogarty, a UW assistant
| professor of computer science and
| engineering.
|
| [...]
|
| "It dramatically lowers the threshold to
| getting new innovation into existing,
| complex programs," Fogarty said.
|
| Research has been funded by the Hacherl
| Endowed Graduate Fellowship in the UW
| Department of Computer Science &
| Engineering, a fellowship from the Seattle
| chapter of the Achievement Rewards for
| College Scientists, and Intel.
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http://www.physorg.com/news189179098.html
The Palmetto Open Source Software Conference is coming
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| Registration opened last week for the
| Palmetto Open Source Software Conference
| (POSSCON,) the premier free and open source
| software confence in Columbia, South
| Carolina. It's a great way to both educate
| and involve yourself, or your organization,
| in free and open software and technology.
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http://charleston.thedigitel.com/creative-class/palmetto-open-source-software-conference-coming-20203-0330
Recent:
Why Free Software matters for Society (draft)
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| Free Software is defined by four freedoms,
| and intends to create ethical relationships
| in the digital age of society, based on
| trust, responsibility and freedom.
|
| In a world where we rely increasingly upon
| Information Technologies such as software
| and networks, it is important to realize
| software is more than code. The effects of
| programs go beyond the limited scope of
| developers, and contribute to shape our
| future.
|
| The Free Software movement aims at making
| this future possible for everyone by
| ensuring fundamental principles of freedom
| for all, equally.
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http://blogs.fsfe.org/hugo/?p=184
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