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2012/11/01

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 55

Free Software Supporter Issue 55, October 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 63,183 other activists. That’s 1,414 more than last month! View this issue online here: http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2012/october El Free Software Supporter estará disponible en castellano a partir de …

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2012/10/302012/10/30

Search: open education / digital learning [as of 30 Oct 2012]

Open education has at least three components: free access to learning resources; digital access to formerly analog learning resoources (e.g. instructors in classrooms); and learning accomplishment validation (becoming common) or credentialing (rare at this time). More broadly defined, open education is “root” for any society desiring to be both democratic and prosperous. Open education has …

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2012/10/302012/10/30

Search: openbts [as of 30 Oct 2012]

OpenBTS stands for Open Base Transciever Station. It is the foundation for free cellular service and Internet access. Ham radio operators were the first hackers, with active government repression until the government finally got a brain on this issue — ignorance always leads people with power lacking in integrity to do stupid things. Now OpenBTS …

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2012/10/292012/10/29

Yoda: Open Virginia – Open and Digital Learning Resources Conference

Welcome to site for Virginia’s inaugural Open and Digital Learning Resources Conference that will be held on March 7th, 2013 at the University of Mary Washington. The broad theme for this year’s conference is OpenVA, and encourages all state institutions of higher ed in Virginia to confront the possibilities and challenges of open education experiences and resources. …

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2012/10/282012/10/28

Rickard Falkvinge: Wendy Cockcroft on The Next Big Battles – Secret Trade Agreements Bad for People

The Next Big Battles Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT Activism – Wendy Cockcroft: Since ACTA was decisively beaten on 4th July 2012, the first time a free trade agreement had been scuppered by the people of EU member nations, the big business lobbyists have taken heed and resolved to change in order to …

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2012/10/282012/10/28

Reference: National Intelligence Program (NIP) – and Questions Not Asked

Reference: National Intelligence Program (NIP) Does not include the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) that is between $30 and $50 billion a year.

2012/10/262012/10/26

SmartPlanet: 4 Reasons Disruptive Innovation Fails – The Big One: Tyranny Represses Technology

Four reasons why meaningful, disruptive innovation fails By Andrew Nusca | October 25, 2012 “Why can’t we solve big problems?” asks Jason Pontin in MIT’s Technology Review. Technologist Paul Carr recently described the term disruption as “the faddish Silicon Valley concept which essentially boils down to, “let us do whatever we want, otherwise we’ll bully …

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