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Some thoughts on licensing from Google's Chris DiBona
Chris DiBona is the director of open source at Google, and he's been taking a big part in the open source and Free software ecosystem for a very long time--not least in his role with Google's Summer of Code. He recently posted on Twitter what he calls "a little rant" about software licensing -- well worth reading the whole (short!) thing.
Upshot: Be cautious and humble in…
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Meeting Mycroft: An Open AI Platform You Can Order Around By Voice
Mycroft developer Ryan Sipes, speaking from the show floor of this year's OSCON in Austin,…
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