Archive for the ‘open source’ tag
Gnapsack 0.1.0 released
I have just released Gnapsack, a desktop client for Linux that uses the Backpack API. Check out the site for info, screenshots, etc. This is an open source (GPL) project.
While it only runs on Linux currently, I’m hoping to get someone to help me out with a Windows port. It uses the [...]
Getting started with Darcs
The following is a rudimentary set of instructions for setting up, on a Linux server, a Darcs repository which uses the most basic possible method for collaboration, in which a single administrator manually applies patches1 sent him/her via email (automatically, via the darcs send command issued by the contributor).2 Some notes on producing those [...]
Legal threats to the Internet and Open Source
The field of information technology–particularly the rise of the Internet and a related phenomenon, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)–provides an interesting prism through which to view contemporary ideological conflicts in the political and economic realms. Both the Internet and FOSS are powerful testimonies to the fertility of the public domain, at a moment [...]
A personal introduction to Digial Rights Management (DRM)
Given the unorthodox style in which I’ve lived the last 4 years of my life–forsaking a lucrative and stable job stateside in favor of pursuing entrepreneurial and educational opportunities (with varying degrees of success) abroad, specifically in Latin America–I’ve felt a bit more freedom than I otherwise would have to spend most of my computing [...]
A few amateur reflections on Open Source development
I recently had to add CSV logging functionality to the PloneFormMailer product for a customer. This isn’t the first time we’ve wanted to add some customization to an Open Source project. The temptation in such situations is always to simply make your changes, and maintain your own personal fork of the project. That’s generally the [...]