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  • Memetic Inkblots

    Tuesday, June 3, 2008

    I explore the memetic inkblot, which refers to units of cultural information that have effectively no singular semiotic value and therefore serve as a psychosocial indicator. In other words, they are so vague and open to interpretation that you can learn a lot about someone by asking someone to give a simple definition of them.

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

    Friday, 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?

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  • Open Source Software: The Newest Specter?

    Wednesday, 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.

    Filed in Academic Works, Unpublished | Comments (0)