Leftovers: OSS
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EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software
The Librarian of Congress has granted security researchers and others the right to inspect and modify the software in their cars and other vehicles, despite protests from vehicle manufacturers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed the request for software access as part of the complex, triennial rulemaking process that determines exemptions from Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Because Section 1201 prohibits unlocking “access controls” on the software, car companies have been able to threaten legal action against anyone who needs to get around those restrictions, no matter how legitimate the reason. While the copyright office removed this legal cloud from much car software research, it also delayed implementation of the exemption for one year.
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Guido van Rossum The Python Creator
Guido van Rossum, best known as the Python programming language author, was born 31 January 1956 in Netherlands. In Python community, Van Rossum is known as a BDFL (Benevolent Dictator for Life), which means that he continues to oversee Python development process, and always making decisions where necessary. He worked at Google from 2005 till 7 2012, where he spent half of his time developing Python programming language. In 2013, Guido started working for Dropbox.
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Samsung kicks off conference to promote open source ecosystem
South Korea's top tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. kicked off a conference on Tuesday to promote an open source ecosystem, with local programmers and technology experts sharing ideas and experiences.
Samsung Open Source Conference, which first started in 2014, falls in line with the tech giant's efforts to forge deeper ties with local developers to pave the way for the creation of new services and devices.
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Mozilla will donate $1 million to open-source projects
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Mozilla launches open source support programme
The Mozilla Foundation has announced it is launching an award programme, to support open source and free software groups.
The initial allocation for the awards will be US$1 million, initially to groups which Mozilla depends on, and later to other groups which help to make the community better.
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Open Source Health Provides Update to Non-Brokered Private Placement
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Marine technology group takes to Kickstarter to fund data sharing device for yachts
A marine technology group has begun a crowd funding campaign for an on board data sharing device that will allow users to connect to mobile devices and the cloud.
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Digital Yacht launches a new interfacing technology for the marine electronics market.
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Portugal seeks feedback on interoperability policy
Portugal has launched a public consultation to gather feedback on the revision of the country’s digital interoperability regulation. This is the first revision of the 2012 regulation, itself one of the outcomes of a 2011 law on the adoption of open standards in government IT systems.
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