Cosoft started the contest last June with the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to promote open source software in China. The organization set up nine districts comprising government, companies, and academies. Organizers used the contest as a chance to publicize open source. For example, organizer in the northeast districts held public lectures in schools in Haerbin cities, attracting students and teachers to learn about the open source industry.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Open Source, Standards Get A Boost In China
Open-source software is receiving a rapid uptake in key developing countries and users, local industries and governments say it offers them market opening, flexibility and lower costs. China, perhaps the biggest potential market, showed last week how much open source is part of its plans.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Startup to nurture open source apps
While CSI's application development model borrows heavily from the open source model, the company is a for-profit venture that will develop applications collaboratively with groups of companies and then offer code maintenance and support.
Cohen plans to develop non-competitive applications that all companies in a particular vertical industry would need to support their business and then provide the code to those businesses and publish it as open source.
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Cohen plans to develop non-competitive applications that all companies in a particular vertical industry would need to support their business and then provide the code to those businesses and publish it as open source.
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Red Hat tries spreading open-source idea
Red Hat is taking a second crack at trying to spread its open-source philosophy beyond the realm of software development.
On Wednesday, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Linux seller announced a partnership with the nearby University of North Carolina to try to encourage use of the open, collaborative model in the fields of health care research, biotechnology, bioinformatics and public policy.
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On Wednesday, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Linux seller announced a partnership with the nearby University of North Carolina to try to encourage use of the open, collaborative model in the fields of health care research, biotechnology, bioinformatics and public policy.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Irish music industry goes open source
Irish-based SonikDub, the first open source record label of its kind, will open its doors to unsigned artists next month.
Although many open source labels already exist, SonikDub are the only to provide chart ranking. All sales are reported and sent daily to the OCC and Chart Track.
The purpose of open source labels is to allow artists to retain copyright over their material rather than sign it over to a major label in a record deal.
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Although many open source labels already exist, SonikDub are the only to provide chart ranking. All sales are reported and sent daily to the OCC and Chart Track.
The purpose of open source labels is to allow artists to retain copyright over their material rather than sign it over to a major label in a record deal.
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Fab@Home: 3D objects from your printer for under $2,500:
When your master's thesis consists of building soccer-playing robots, what do you do for a Ph.D.? For Evan Malone, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Cornell University, the answer is clear: you design a three-dimensional fabrication machine capable of building complete robots—power supply, electronics, body, and motors—that can walk right out of the machine when complete.
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Can open source techniques be used to design a car?
OScar is taking shape using a single principle as its guiding light: it's an open source car. The open source idea is borrowed from the software industry that makes its code freely available under licence; the Firefox web browser and the Linux operating system being the most famous examples.
In the hard, metallic world of car design this means that instead of protecting OScar designs by use of restrictive patents, as is the norm, the design is effectively open to anyone willing to contribute. And that does mean anyone. Like a much more complicated version of Wikipedia, OScar is being argued over by volunteer car designers, 60% of whom are moonlighting from within the car industry.
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In the hard, metallic world of car design this means that instead of protecting OScar designs by use of restrictive patents, as is the norm, the design is effectively open to anyone willing to contribute. And that does mean anyone. Like a much more complicated version of Wikipedia, OScar is being argued over by volunteer car designers, 60% of whom are moonlighting from within the car industry.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Innovation Without IP in the Fashion Industry
The legal motivation for patents and copyright is written into the United States Constitution: to promote the progress of science and useful arts. By granting innovators an exclusive right to their writings and discoveries, Congress provided a strong incentive to engage in innovation. As Abraham Lincoln put it, the patent system added “the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.”
But intellectual property law is not the only way to provide such incentives. Ideas, for example, cannot be patented. Yet university professors churn out hundreds of thousands of publications each year that are full of ideas, both good and bad. The social norms in academia, among them citation requirements and plagiarism taboos, seem to work pretty well.
Another industry that seems to get along well without intellectual property protection is the fashion industry. Brand names and logos are protected by trademark, but the design of clothing is generally not protected in the United States.
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But intellectual property law is not the only way to provide such incentives. Ideas, for example, cannot be patented. Yet university professors churn out hundreds of thousands of publications each year that are full of ideas, both good and bad. The social norms in academia, among them citation requirements and plagiarism taboos, seem to work pretty well.
Another industry that seems to get along well without intellectual property protection is the fashion industry. Brand names and logos are protected by trademark, but the design of clothing is generally not protected in the United States.
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
Linux To Grow Rapidly In Mobile Phone Market
The use of Linux in mobile phones could grow rapidly over the next few years as carriers look for the lowest-priced smart phones, a market researcher said.
By 2011, the number of advanced cell phones running Linux, as opposed to commercial operating systems, is expect to increase to 127 million from 8.1 million this year, according to ABI Research.
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By 2011, the number of advanced cell phones running Linux, as opposed to commercial operating systems, is expect to increase to 127 million from 8.1 million this year, according to ABI Research.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Open Access Medical Journal Launched
The editors who were fired or resigned over the editorial-independence controversy at the Canadian Medical Association Journal have reunited to start their own free, online medical journal.
Open Medicine will be a peer-reviewed, independent open-access journal that does not accept advertising from pharmaceutical or medical-device companies. It is published only at www.openmedicine.ca. The launch date of the first issue is April 17.
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Open Medicine will be a peer-reviewed, independent open-access journal that does not accept advertising from pharmaceutical or medical-device companies. It is published only at www.openmedicine.ca. The launch date of the first issue is April 17.
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