'copyright' Tag

  • Wikimania 2008: New Paradigms for New Tomorrows with Ismail Serageldin

    July 20, 2008

    Director of the Library of Alexandria, Dr. Ismail Serageldin gave a keynote speech on the first day of Wikimania 2008 titled, New Paradigms for New Tomorrows.  It was quite thoughtful and inspiring – the man is one of the most amazing individuals I have heard.  He is learned in so many different areas of academic [...]

  • Why aren’t the GPL and the GFDL freely licensed?

    May 23, 2008

    Works licensed under the GPL and the GFDL can be modified and then freely redistributed, as long as the modified versions are released under the same conditions. Why are we not allowed to modify these licenses and redistribute them?

  • Open Source Software: The Newest Specter?

    November 23, 2005

    Corporate adoption of open source software should not be viewed as antithetical to capitalism; rather, it is an example of corporations co-opting Communism to become more capitalist.

 
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