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Human rights most affected by the internet - Infography

Source: http://www.apc.org/en/irhr/internet-human-rights

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Pop culture references for open source principles

From Nine Inch Nails to Star Trek, open source principles are represented in much of pop culture. Ruth Suehle, community marketing leader for the Fedora Project and moderator of the Life channel at opensource.com, found this to be a great approach to explaining the open source way to people who don't know much (or don't want to know much) about its humble beginnings in software.

Source: http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/pop-culture-references-for-open-source-principles.html

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Interesting article posted by Peter Murphy at his Facebook page:

Illegal Downloads.

As the music industry grapples with the reality of the illegal proliferation of music and film content, that is in actuality the intellectual and fiscal property of its artist creators. As a musician who has come from th

e 'pre-internet age' and seeing the impact first hand on my own income source, which has been lessened. Whilst I am for the industry developing as many protective measures as possible to remind the public that illegal downloading is in fact virtual theft, I also understand the reflex to take something that appears to be 'free' via any and such rogue web sources. I personally trust that the free radical nature of the internet in this respect will evolve towards a more controlled culture where both the artist and fan will reach a middle ground as we see more and more artists offering many free content to audiences. From my 'artists' perspective, I'd say that I am concerned about a worst case scenario whereby the uncontrolled illegal free pilfering of art (the property of the Artist) will lead to the nigh on radical decline and dissuasion of budding artists to even begin to surface, as well as rendering present artists redundant and, ironically, being destroyed by the very same fans that enjoy the work. Fans might want to be careful about this syndrome. In essence, the WWW does offer fantastic new ways of sharing art, through ever budding new ways to continue that wonderful conversation between the artist and the audience.

Peter Murphy
September 2012.

Source: http://www.facebook.com/petermurphyinfo

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Let's celebrate the Software Freedom Day!

http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/

You can find a celebration in your own location at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/map/

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This is a "Master in Software Libre" entry for general issues about the master at URJC (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) in Madrid/Spain.

This master is imparted by GSyC (Grupo de Sistemas y Comunicaciones)/LibreSoft and follows a teaching methodology called blended learning, which combines the best of classroom learning with the best of e-learning. It offers online support backed by support staff specifically dedicated to these tasks through forums, e-mail lists, regular meetings on IRC and various activities that let students attend virtually.

http://master.libresoft.es/
IRC channels: #libresoft, #mswl
Twitter: @mswl