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Yoda: US Congress Goes Open Source
House gets green light for open source The House of Representatives has officially jumped on the open source bandwagon. A June 25 announcement declared that U.S. representatives, committees and staff would be able to procure open source software, participate in open source software communities and contribute code developed with taxpayer dollars to open source repositories.
NRO jumps on open source bandwagon — sort of…
NRO jumps on open source bandwagon The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the latest government spy agency to take the leap into the open source software community. EXTRACT Other U.S. spy agencies have also embraced open source technology in recent projects. With security being such an important issue, it might seem counterintuitive to use software …
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Jean Lievens: Open Source Block Chain Reveals True Cost Economics of Everything — This Is a Revolution!
Blockchain Can Bring Transparency to Supply Chains The open source, decentralised database blockchain allows consumers to check the authenticity and ethical standards of their products, says Dr. Jutta Steiner. The key to transparency is the decentralisation of data, meaning no single party can control what is seen.
Yoda: Elinor Ostrom & Common Pool Resource Theory Applied to Water
Endgame issue, water is. Elinor Ostram’s Common Pool Resource theory challenges Garrett Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” theory. Nobel Lecture (2009): Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems
2015 Steele on Democracy Lost – “OUT OF CONTROL: Can Open (Public) Power Effect a Non-Violent Revolution?”
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Out of Control: Democracy Lost—Death of the USA—Can Open (Public) Power Effect a Non-violent Revolution? Is the USA a democracy? Have all of the checks and balances been corrupted across academia, civil society, commerce, government, law enforcement, media, military, and non-government/nonprofit domains? What can we, should we, do to restore integrity …
Stephen E. Arnold: Open Source Hits 80%
Love Open Source? Good News and News I read “Top 10 FOSS Legal Developments of 2014.” A legal eagle generated the listicle. Despite my skepticism for birds of this feather, the list has some good news and—well, to put it positively—news for the open source movement. The good news is that folks from courts to …
