Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: open_source

52 bookmarks tagged “open_source

Why There Will Never Be Another RedHat: The Economics Of Open Source | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/please-dont-tell-me-you-want-to-be-the-next-red-hat/
Open source software powers the world’s technology. In the past decade, there has been an inexorable adoption of open source in most aspects of computing...

Du logiciel libre aux théories de l’intelligence collective

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Cet article interroge la manière dont le mouvement du logiciel libre se trouve constitué dans de nombreux discours en modèle d‘avant-garde de transformations sociales globales. Je montre ainsi comment l’on passe d’une pratique singulière, mise en œuvre par les communautés du libre, à des théories sociologiques, économiques ou philosophiques, qui s’en inspirent largement. Je m’appuie pour ce faire sur les ouvrages récents de Pekka Himanen, Yann Moulier Boutang, Antonio Negri et Michae...

Urban Dictionary: BDFL

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Benevolent Dictator for Life. The informal, slightly tongue-in-cheek title given to a respected individual in the open source development community who sets general directions and makes final calls in certain situations within the scope of a given project.

Home | Matrix.org

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Matrix is an open standard for decentralised communication, providing simple HTTP APIs and open source reference implementations for securely distributing and persisting JSON over an open federation of servers.

OpenFoundry / Hot 30

open-foundry.com/hot30
A new platform for open-source fonts in a noise-free environment, to highlight their beauty, extend functionality and encourage further exploration.

StudioNAND/tact-hardware

github.com/StudioNAND/tact-hardware
See also http://philippschmitt.com/projects/tact - turn any conductive object into a sensor, a low-cost alternative to Disney Research's Touché. And https://github.com/philippschmitt/tact-arduino for Arduino library