Simon hosted FLOSS Weekly 469, interviewing his former colleague Garrett d’Amore on the nanomsg MQ library project and more.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
FLOSS Weekly 467: Aragon
Simon co-hosted FLOSS Weekly 467, covering the Aragon project. It’s a blockchain-based system layered on Ethereum using smart contracts to support distributed ownership and operation of a company. The project is also implementing distributed political discourse, especially in support of LiquidDemocracy.
Simon mentions:
- Attack Of The 50 Foot Blockchain by David Gerard
- Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow
- Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
- The Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (The DAO)
- LiquidDemocracy
- OggCamp
Luis mentions:
The Universal Donor
It’s not enough for you to have the rights you need; your community needs the same rights.
A few people reacted negatively to my article on why Public Domain software is broadly unsuitable for inclusion in a community open source project. Most argued that because public domain gave them the rights they need where they live (mostly the USA), I should not say it was wrong to use it.
Continue readingFLOSS Weekly 466: Open Mainframe Project
Simon co-hosted FLOSS Weekly episode 466 with Randal Schwartz, interviewing representatives of the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project.
The show is short because they spent over half an hour helping the guests with their video and audio setup. A hint to future guests: the instructions Randal sends out in advance really matter!
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