SOPA Act - Dictatorship in the network - Stop SOUP
The law SOUP (Stop Online Piracy Act) will cause some of the great battles on the net because if it goes ahead, will destroy the Internet as we know it. The network of networks will be surrounded and tied to a version of Homeland Security but online. Translated: Violation of legal rights, serious threat to freedom of expression, negative impact on many businesses and websites that host user content, afraid to publish, to comment, threat to open source software, invasion of privacy, impact negative impact on the DNS, DNSSEC and Internet security and all that, IS NOT TO STOP PIRACY.
To stop piracy, which can not be stopped at all, you have to do is change the means of distribution and eliminate as many intermediaries between the product and the end user to adapt to new technologies as there is a global crisis not forgive. Content producers have to lower their prices, make the product available at a reasonable price and that put it in digital download format cut costs and still earn good money, even a lot and we rejoice. But they can still maintain an artificial, absurd prices for a record or book, that even paid almost the same as a film for which they have required 300 to 500 people depending on what and users must understand that not everything may be free but people are also working to create and live like them and have to pay those prices "affordable" because then you put the creator and that has been left hours and hours of his working life lose the desire to continue creating for others. Is that also includes, no?
Now, the output is not establish a dictatorship in the network. In December 2011, the writer of comics and movies Steve Niles spoke against the law SOUP commenting, "The law does more than SOUP pursue so-called" pirate sites "... SOPA law prevents any due process, turning any room found that seems at odds with the law, without notice, without a trial ... Nobody seems to care a shit (sic), or even cause a little apprehension. From any point of view it is very disappointing. I guess when it affects them will be angry ... I know people are afraid to talk because many of us work for these companies, but we have to fight. Too much is at stake. "
Wikipedia, WordPress, Mozilla and many others have started their protests today. Google has only a small note under the searches at the moment ... This is just beginning, it's scary and of course, is NOT a game.
Vazquez Lisset Meizoso
This October has been started with mournful news. The death of Steve Jobs was now joins the death-last-weekend of MacAlister Rithcie Dennis , co-creator of the Unix operating system and father of the C programming language
This engineer graduate in physics and mathematics at the University of Harvard helped design and development of this system with Brian Wilson Kernighan, and contribute to the creation of the programming language C.
As announced in Google + one of the team members of Computing Science Research Group at Bell Laboratories which developed the Unix operating system, Robert Pike, Dennis Ritchie died last weekend, victim of a long illness.
Rob Pike has said about Ritchie, through Google's social network, which "confident that there are people who appreciate the scope of their contributions and mourn his death properly." And is that "the world has lost a truly great mind," he concluded.
Turning Ritchie was awarded in 1983 by the generic operating systems theory and the National Medal of Technology in the U.S. in 1998. In 2007, when the computer was finally retired, after being head of systems software research at Alcatel-Lucent.
Big East programming, died as he lived, quiet, discreet, like most true geniuses.
I arrive a few days late to wish you bon voyage, Dennis, but here I am.
Thank you for your legacy.
Lisset Meizoso Vazquez.
R & D Foundation of Free Software, sponsored by the Cenatic, held today, Wednesday December 15, in Building Technology Park Bic Health Sciences in Armilla, Granada, the Day of Free Software Diffusion, "University -Business-Public Administration: Model Code of success. "
Objectives
Workshops and reflection on the contribution of free software in the search for a sustainable economic model.
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If you can not go, they can make up online here.
Location:
Hall of the BIC building. Innovation Avenue, a 18,100 Armilla. Granada (Spain)
Date and Time:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
From 10:00 to 20:30.
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Capacity:
Limited to 50 participants. It is imperative to use the registration form to confirm attendance. Remember that registration is completely free.
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International Free Software Conference and Public Administration at Badajoz
In a year that everything that smacks of International Conference in the field of free software brings mixed feelings, FUNDECYT (Foundation for Science and Technology in Extremadura) organizes an event called precisely "International Free Software Conference and Public Administration) .
The event, which takes place in Badajoz 1 and December 2 is promoted by the European project OSEP (Open Source Software Usage by European Public Administrations) , and will feature CENATIC Miguel Jaque, among other personalities Free Software as ASOLIF mates or our Amutio always admired Michelangelo, head of the Planning and Exploitation of the Directorate General for the promotion of e-Government, Ministry of the Presidency.
The conference was attended by delegations of European public institutions (municipalities, federations of municipalities, universities, etc..) Of at least twelve EU member countries, plus regional and national institutions and organizations promoting Free Software.
If you wish, you can present your project HERE OSEP Conference and anyway you are welcome to participate.
Original news web OSEP
Was presented today to the media in Madrid, at the headquarters of red.es, the Guide to Good Practice for the free development Bidding by Local Government. This is the first of the products generated in the environment ALIAL project, whose aim is that local hire, use, sharing and reuse free solutions based on technical conditions of tendering them.
In the text have been present Sebastián Muriel Smith, CEO of red.es (public company under the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade), Pablo Gomez, President of ASOLIF (National Federation of Software Libre) and Miguel Jaque, Managing Director of CENATIC (National Reference Center for the Application of ICT-based open source).
The expected result is to improve the current dynamics of technology procurement by the Spanish councils, to ensure that it is technically, legally and procedurally feasible to share their solutions and thus help to improve the efficiency of their investments in technology.
- The aim is that local hire, use and share free solutions based on technical conditions of tendering them.
- This guide is the first of the products generated in the project environment ALIAL, and is available for download:
Read the highlights of what was said by those present, and download the Guide to Good Practice for the free development Bidding by Local Authorities HERE.
Source: CENATIC
So with 20 days in advance, with this brief message and without anesthesia, the Andalusian has canceled the Free Software conference this year in Malaga .
This news, of course has not been received gladly among companies as they have now made some investments that can not be recovered.
Luckily, ASOLIF , the National Federation of Free Software Enterprises will hold its fourth meeting, not canceled and here I leave your message and links to sign up all interested parties.
We do not cancel: Fourth Meeting of Software ASOLIF Available from October 28 in Malaga
The National Federation of Software Libre (ASOLIF) said their companies back in July of this year to celebrate our Fourth Meeting ASOLIF Business of Free Software by the Open Source World Conference ( OSWC'10 ) in so that both events take advantage of synergies. This conference, organized by the Junta de Andalucía, would enhance its commercial aspect to the presence of 75 of our companies, while ASOLIF would take the action to solve many of the logistical problems of such events. On paper it looked like a winning relationship.
The sudden cancellation of the event , only 20 days of its conclusion, has been a blow to companies, since most of the investment is irrecoverable. Not only are the costs incurred in traveling and staying, but the work related to the preparation of content to present, commercial work, the merchandaising, etc.. In short, to a large extent, an important part of saving public money that is the failure to hold the rest OSWC'10 inflicted losses on the sector, especially SMEs.
Andalusian companies coalesce around Andalibre and other entities and actors related to Free Software, deserve all the support we can offer from other parts of Spain by our organization. Taking the challenge to pick up the baton left by the Junta de Andalucía, the Federation will continue to plan and will hold its Fourth Meeting ASOLIF Business of Free Software in Málaga on October 28.
Moreover, the usual activities of an internal nature, we will add a public action broadcast on October 27 for displaying products and projects, discuss relevant issues on the industry today and interact with organizations, teachers, technicians, community development and Free Software enthusiasts. Soon announce the location and content.
Together they will be easier to solo, so, please join our public mailing list to assist us in this action. There will be space for everyone.
Sources: Slashdot and O'Reilly Radar
Rumors of an Android application store Amazon reinforcing brand after filtration of the terms of the developer / publisher. Amazon gets the right to retain a copy of each program (to allow buyers to download if the developer removes the program from the sale) and also the right to change the binary to include their own DRM. The funny thing is the price: Developers receive the highest among the 70% of the sales price or 20% of the advertised price. This would allow Amazon make cuts if developers take advantage of the lack of exclusivity to sell their programs cheaper through other channels.
The remaining terms are much like those of Apple's App Store: Amazon veto the programs you are posting or not.
For users who have access to the store, this is good news: it's always good to have more options, although the fragmentation of Android is not limited to hardware platforms and software versions, but also to the different markets for developers.
For developers who want to sell their programs, good news in principle, but with caution: it is clear that marriage is one that Amazon does not allow divorce.
The open source advocates today celebrated a festival to promote the use of free software, which have a public code and can be copied, modified and distributed without restriction.
More than 500 teams of people from 120 countries have organized events around the world to celebrate this September 20 International Day of Free Software. The commemoration has been held since 2004 to honor those who develop programs and open systems, to promote their use and knowledge and to promote dialogue on rights in the information society, digital inclusion and transparency in the selection of software.
As reported today 20minutos.es, free software are defined by giving their users four basic powers, says the Free Knowledge Foundation. It is free to use the program for any purpose, to examine how it works and adapt it to their needs (access to source code is a precondition) to redistribute copies so you may help others, and to improve the program and improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits. The free nature of the programs is not indispensable, although many are associated with this type of software. Among the free programs available on the network are, for example, three Internet browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Google's new product, and Opera.
Openbravo Launches QuickStart for quick implementation of ERP systems on free software
- New processes, reporting and configuration wizards streamline operations -
Barcelona (Spain) and Boston (Massachusetts), September 9, 2010. Openbravo , the leading company in the development of ERP solutions in free software and web environment, announced the launch of a new version of Openbravo QuickStart, a solution of rapid ERP implementation, designed to meet the needs of SMEs.
QuickStart 2 builds on the proven success of its predecessor to provide standard implementations optimized core business processes, from ordering the collection, from purchasing to payment reconciliation reports and bank accounts. Its price, based on a subscription model and its implementation in the cloud make it easier for SMEs to access the key advantages of the integrated management of companies (the automation and optimization of the processes of accounting, sales orders, inventory and procurement ) without the high costs and the lengthy implementation periods of traditional systems.
This new solution further reduces implementation times for businesses through its configuration wizards, pre-configured processes and improved the management of the chart of accounts, making and receiving of payments or the recording and reporting of sales and taxes.
QuickStart 2 also incorporates the new module for advanced management of accounts receivable and accounts payable of Openbravo, a complete payment management system equipped with a more user-friendly interface that provides a clear view of the cah-flow and automates and controls the payment processing and bank reconciliation.
Manel Sarasa, CEO of Openbravo , said: "In this economy, companies must act quickly and provide high quality financial information. Openbravo QuickStart 2 gives small and medium enterprises with a solution fast implementation and easy to adapt, use and update. This new offering puts the cash flow of vital importance for any business, as a prominent, and has financial structures and processes that make ready-made companies available to all critical business information they need. "
MADRID, Sept 10 (Portaltic / EP)
Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, the company that owns WordPress until recently, the brand has announced that WordPress has been transferred to the nonprofit foundation of the same name, thus ensuring the continuity of the project no matter who is in command of the company.
The foundation is dedicated to promoting and ensuring access to WordPress and related open source projects that may arise, in perpetuity, which means that the most important piece of the identity of WordPress, his name is now completely independent of any .
"The brand WordPress has grown tremendously in the last 5 years and it is rare to see a for-profit company to donate one of their most valuable assets and give control. However, I know in my heart that this is the right thing for the entire WordPress community that has supported me in this decision. It was not easy, but worthwhile things seldom are, "said Mullenweg in his blog.
Mullenweg also wanted to "recognize and applaud the" value and "vision" of the board of Automattic, investors and lawyers who have made this assignment.
