Archive for October, 2002
Intellectual Property
A series of articles that touch on important themes related to intellectual property has caught my attention today as I scanned a few of my favorite websites today, for the first time in a while.
The New York Times reports on the efforts of the International Commission on Intellectual Property Rights to persuade the [...]
Why free software?
Exhausted by two years of study in a graduate program in American literature, and disillusioned by the hyper-politicization of academic inquiry in that field, I left school in 1996 with no real career direction. I relocated to Chicago, and in the midst of an ignominious stint in the office temp world I managed to [...]
Why free software?
It has occured to me that some of you, after seeing the changes I’ve made to my website, might be wondering: What is this free software stuff and why should I care? Others may be saying to themselves: Where are all the pictures of the beautiful Argentine women he’s always talking about? [...]