2009-09-08
2008-10-03
License Proliferation
I've been following the discussions about license proliferation that have been going on the past few weeks.
I'm really glad that they are bringing up all those issues now because they are very closely related to the subject of my master's dissertation and it will surely enrich my research.
But one thought that crossed my mind today was that everyone participating in that discussion knows somehow what licenses should be recommended. But if they just say "ok, here are the licenses" people will complain that they just made that up. So what they are doing is a methodology to choose licenses, and apparently this they can just make up, expecting much less complains.
I'm really glad that they are bringing up all those issues now because they are very closely related to the subject of my master's dissertation and it will surely enrich my research.
But one thought that crossed my mind today was that everyone participating in that discussion knows somehow what licenses should be recommended. But if they just say "ok, here are the licenses" people will complain that they just made that up. So what they are doing is a methodology to choose licenses, and apparently this they can just make up, expecting much less complains.
2008-09-19
2008-09-03
World Day Against Software Patents
September 24th will be the World Day Against Software Patents.
Although the day celebrates an achievement that has been made at the European Parliament five years ago, there is still a lot to be done. Visit http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/ to learn what else can me accomplished and how you can help.
Although the day celebrates an achievement that has been made at the European Parliament five years ago, there is still a lot to be done. Visit http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/ to learn what else can me accomplished and how you can help.
2008-08-22
Poetic License
Found this license today. It is cute.
(c) 2005 Alexander E Genaud
This work ‘as-is’ we provide.
No warranty express or implied.
We’ve done our best,
to debug and test.
Liability for damages denied.
Permission is granted hereby,
to copy, share, and modify.
Use as is fit,
free or for profit.
These rights, on this notice, rely.
(c) 2005 Alexander E Genaud
2008-08-17
Sharing the responsibilities
Just a rant: when you aren't going to do things right, let other people do it.
2008-08-06
Wikia Evolution
Today the Wikia Search team announced something that dramatically changed how easy it is to help build a better search engine. It is a new Firefox toolbar that lets you add sites and metadata about them to the Wikia Search index in a few clicks, without ever leaving the page. You can also add search results from Google or Yahoo directly to Wikia Search.
Now, if only they could figure out a way to better handle the diversity of languages spoken in the web, that would be great. It bothers me a little how much German gets in my way when doing Wikia Search stuff, and also I'd like to add more Portuguese content, so this area has lots of room for improvement. As far as I know Google is the only search engine that tries to address language issues in search results, but I don't like how they do it either, because you can't choose multiple languages when searching.
I'd say let's wait and see, but actively shaping it is much more fun than waiting ;)
Now, if only they could figure out a way to better handle the diversity of languages spoken in the web, that would be great. It bothers me a little how much German gets in my way when doing Wikia Search stuff, and also I'd like to add more Portuguese content, so this area has lots of room for improvement. As far as I know Google is the only search engine that tries to address language issues in search results, but I don't like how they do it either, because you can't choose multiple languages when searching.
I'd say let's wait and see, but actively shaping it is much more fun than waiting ;)
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