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The Biocep R Project Brings Open Science to the Cloud
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| Using these tools, any number of
| geographically distributed users can
| collaborate simultaneously on scientific
| projects, using the same virtual machine,
| the same analytic tool, the same data.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2010/07/the-biocep-r-project-brings-op.php
Welcome to Open Source Law
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| Since, as Larry Lessig famously pointed out,
| "code is law" (and vice versa), it's natural
| to try to apply open source methodologies in
| the legal world. Indeed, a site called
| Openlaw existed ten years ago:
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| Openlaw is an experiment in crafting
| legal argument in an open forum. With
| your assistance, we will develop
| arguments, draft pleadings, and edit
| briefs in public, online. Non-lawyers
| and lawyers alike are invited to join
| the process by adding thoughts to the
| "brainstorm" outlines, drafting and
| commenting on drafts in progress, and
| suggesting reference sources.
|
| Building on the model of open source
| software, we are working from the
| hypothesis that an open development
| process best harnesses the distributed
| resources of the Internet community. By
| using the Internet, we hope to enable
| the public interest to speak as loudly
| as the interests of corporations.
| Openlaw is therefore a large project
| built through the coordinated effort of
| many small (and not so small)
| contributions.
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| Despite this long pedigree, open source law
| never really took off - until now.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/07/welcome-to-open-source-law.html
Technology and the Rights of the Child
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| Itâs also worth considering childrenâs own
| intellectual property rights. Whilst some
| bemoan young peopleâs attitudes towards
| copyright, particularly through peer to peer
| file sharing of copyright material, I wonder
| how much attention schools and teachers
| generally pay to the copyright of their
| pupilsâ own work. Perhaps many are happy to
| photocopy, scan and upload childrenâs work,
| always with the best intentions, without
| seeking permission or acknowledging
| authorship. By way of contrast, I heard some
| very positive stories via Twitter of, for
| example, schools and teachers that buy art
| work off their pupils to hang. We could also
| help educate about copyright by doing more
| to encourage the acknowledgement, sharing
| and collaboration that underlies Creative
| Commons licensing, as well as much Early
| Years practice.
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| In short, part of citizenship, be it
| analogue or digital, has to be educating
| children about their rights and associated
| responsibilities. To avoid charges of
| hypocrisy, surely this means that we should
| take their rights, including those of free
| expression, of free access to information,
| of privacy and of intellectual property
| seriously, respecting these and defending
| these when others do not.
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http://milesberry.net/2010/07/technology-and-the-rights-of-the-child/
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