EPrints, the important FOSS open archive project — widely used by open access repositories — is organizing a call for plugins. Unfortunately, EPrints has followed Mozilla’s lead and is awarding DRM-crippled, proprietary Apple products as prizes.
The EPrints package is even included in the GNU Project. I am very disappointed in this move; they should know [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2007’
EPrints sells out free software: more Apple crippleware prizes
Shield laws, diffuse interests, and collective action
Particularly in the past few years, American journalists have been making noise about the need for a federal shield law. Currently, 33 states plus D.C. have laws to protect journalists from having to reveal privileged source information in court; the federal government has no such law. A handful of recent high-profile cases, such as that [...]
CopyNight Orlando: coming soon (maybe)
Now that I’ve relocated to Orlando, I’m looking for kindred spirits. I’m considering hosting a CopyNight meet-up, if there’s interest. If you’re in the area, fill out this form so we can get started. Pass it on!
Why is Mozilla selling out free software?
Promote Firefox, win a Mac full of proprietary software. Wait, what?
You do realize that OS X doesn’t even come with Firefox pre-loaded, right?
And you do realize that other manufacturers offer laptops pre-loaded with Firefox and Linux, right?
So why in the world should the prize for promoting open source be closed?
Update: Mozilla is also giving away [...]
Upcoming presentation in Gainesville, Fla.: software as a service
On Wednesday, 16 17 October 2007, I am giving a presentation on “Software as a Service (or, Why I Hate Facebook)”. The presentation is at the GatorLUG meeting at 6 pm at Virtually Cuban (2409 SW 13th St.).
I’ll post the presentation here when I have a chance.
Upcoming presentations in Tallahassee, Fla.
I’m giving a few presentations and appearances during a visit to Tallahassee:
I have a poster at Campus & Community Sustainability conference, 14-16 October. I’ll be by the poster during the poster session on Monday, 4:30 – 6 pm, in the ballroom of Oglesby Student Union. The presentation is Sustaining Scholarship: The Case for Open Access [...]
Presentation on Net neutrality at Florida Media Reform Conference
On Saturday, 6 October, I gave a presentation on Net neutrality at the Florida Media Reform Conference.
The slides aren’t beautiful, but the presentation seemed to be effective. I’d thought a lot about how to present the topic. “Surely the attendees will have heard about Net neutrality before,” I figured, “but they may not know [...]
Presentation on open access to Virginia legislature advisory committee
On Monday, 1 October, I gave a presentation on open access journal literature to the Open Education Resources Advisory Committee of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science of the Virginia General Assembly. (In other words: an advisory committee of an advisory committee of the state legislature.)
The presentation builds on my earlier post at Terra [...]
