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Content related to government use of open source software and practices.
10 Mar

Without transparency, we have precious little

Posted by aross in Community, Company, Government, Open Data, Social Networking


Often Sci Fi shines a light on the best and worst of humanity. Last year I read The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem after a glowing recommendation from someone I knew. Each chapter presents a voyage of the protagonist, Ljon Tichy. Tichy’s eleventh voyage took him to investigate the disappearance of over one thousand agents sent to investigate the situation on a planet. Evil Robot

This planet was inhabited by an all robot society founded by a computer that apparently went rogue after consuming a psychological library including horrible details involving Jack the Ripper, the Boston Strangler, the Marquis de Sade and more. As a result, the robots in this society appeared to have evolved evil sadist tendencies. They were extremely prejudiced, abusive, violent, and more.

[SPOILER WARNING: stop here if you plan to read this book and wish to avoid a spoiler for this chapter]

Commons Knowledge - bringing clarity to the legal complexity of open source licenses

Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by aross in Company, Entrepreneurship, Government, Legal, SC2010, Licenses

Location

Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 24' 41.6592" N, 75° 41' 53.4984" W
See map: Google Maps

Thomas Prowse will describe the evolution of his company's alternative delivery model for open source software legal information services. This service is built on the foundation of "commons sourcing” a term which Thomas coined some time ago to describe the pooling of shared information based resources under OSS methodologies for use by companies for commercial purposes. Thomas will demonstrate how n2one inc.'s Commons Knowledge™ service harnesses the power of commons sourcing to offer affordable subscription based access to developers, lawyers, and business leaders to world class practical OSS related legal information resources.

Thomas, who was peer selected for the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the Technology Law speciality, was formerly the Global Law Department leader on the Nortel Open Source Advisory Team and is currently a partner at a major Canadian law firm. Thomas will put forward his company's concrete business offering and model as a proof point for his deeply held conviction that commons sourcing represents both the future of legal and other professional services and a third wave of global commercial transformation!

Event: 
Summercamp2010
Speaker: 
Thomas Prowse
05 Jul

How to beat paying cable bills

Posted by aross in Government, How To, Video, MythTV

I'm done paying cable bills. And if you are interested, you can do so also - legitimately and legally. Read more to find out how.

Data Literacy (or, how to save the world and get crazy rich at the same time)

in Entrepreneurship, Government, Open Data, SC2010, Licenses
Speaker: 
Pete Forde
Event: 
Summercamp2010
Abstract: 

The Open Data movement is picking up steam in a big way. Some government or NGO seems to announce plans for full transparency every week. Then you've got a guy like Rob McEwen creating billions of dollars of wealth when he decided to open source his gold mining company's geological data. Still, data today is like the web was in 1995... all over the place.

We need a data commons: a place for people to discover, consume, contribute, discuss and purchase data. This talk discusses how such an infrastructure could work, and how we must bring tools for working with data to non-technical individuals.

Level: 
Beginner
Time: 
2010-06-26T09:53