Development by Davis: Development by Davis: “An intern's story: Gaining perspective from keynote speakers” plus 2 more

miércoles, 22 de agosto de 2012

Development by Davis: “An intern's story: Gaining perspective from keynote speakers” plus 2 more

An intern's story: Gaining perspective from keynote speakers
Cultivating the “supply side” of the creative economy
Government petitioned to "free the code"

An intern's story: Gaining perspective from keynote speakers

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:00 AM PDT

My first two months as the public relations intern at Red Hat were fast-paced and exciting, just what I had hoped for as I entered an internship in an industry where I had little prior experience. What I wasn't prepared for was an open source culture that was more embracing that I could have imagined.

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Cultivating the “supply side” of the creative economy

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT

This summer, it's Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs' singular genius that seems to be propped open on beach towels, in hammocks and at every third airplane seat. As fascinating as Jobs' person, career, and legacy are, the intense interest in his insane greatness raises a question. What if we directed that level of intensity and interest at awakening the genius (if slightly less great and hopefully less insane) inside of each and every one of us—each child, each student, each parent, each working person?

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Government petitioned to "free the code"

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Should all taxpayer-funded software developed for governments be licensed as open source by default?

Yes

Depends (add your comment)

Open Source for America has asked the White House to "Free the Code," meaning that the U.S. federal government should share government-developed software under an open source license. OSFA's petition has since expired with not enough votes, but stay tuned for future efforts on this issue.

Three top reasons they say the government should mandate open sourcing of custom federal software are: