...De Facto standards, that are the creation of a single company, or small group of companies, rather than through an open, consensus process. The most commonly cited example of a...
...(i.e., a prohibition on commercial interests taking advantage of a programmer’s willingness to make her code available for free), but it also violates the “Four Freedoms” of Free and Open...
...licenses.” Reading the tea leaves: And speaking of open source and search companies, give a read to the press release issued by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) on the...
...second tier. “So when you ask what’s being threatened, Frank, we really have no idea. For example, what’s the target? Maybe the power grid? Communications? Finance? All of the above?...
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Although Open Source and Free Software are no new phenomenon, they have shown a considerable increase of their importance just in recent years. However, many aspects of this domain still...
...Wikipedia to see how it would compare, using a Wikipedia definition of an archaeological artifact commonly found from the same period: the spoon. Likely enough Nanny’s three-holer (a commodius facility,...
...to be formed in other industries as well. This article is part of the ConsortiumInfo.org Essential Guide to Standards, which can be found at http://www.consortiuminfo.org/guide/. I – Why a Consortium?...
...today is that the legacy of almost 70 years of medical practice in Easton by my father’s father and grandfather weighed heavily on him when he returned to practice medicine...
...of the European Commission on the preparation of a Study on the specific policy needs for ICT standardisation (ref. ENTR/05/059). The aim of the study is to analyse the present...