European Commission Steps Up Fight Against Online Piracy
The European Commission has had copyright issues at the top of its agenda for a while, resulting in several controversial proposals. This week it presented a series of new measures to ensure that copyright holders are well protected, targeting both online piracy and counterfeit goods. “Today we boost our collective ability to catch the ‘big fish’ behind fake goods and pirated content which harm our companies and our...
Paying it forward at Finland's Aalto Fablab
Originating at MIT, a fab lab is a technology prototyping platform where learning, experimentation, innovation, and invention are encouraged through curiosity, creativity, hands-on making, and most critically, open knowledge sharing. read...
How to find a publisher for your tech book
You’ve got an idea for a technical book—congratulations! Like a hiking the Appalachian trail, or learning to cook a soufflé, writing a book is one of those things that people talk about, but never take beyond the idea stage. That makes sense, because the failure rate is pretty high. Making it real involves putting your idea in front of a publisher, and finding out whether it’s good enough to become a book....
Giving the gift of a pull request to an open source project in need
On December 1st, 24 Pull Requests will be opening its virtual doors once again, asking you to give the gift of a pull request to an open source project in need. Six years ago, inspired by 24 Ways (an advent calendar for web geeks), I decided an advent calendar was a great way to motivate people to contribute to projects. Last year more than 16,000 pull requests were made by nearly 3,000 contributors through the site. And...
Top 5: Politics of the Linux desktop, learning Python with Pygame, and more
This week we want to know if you still have the installation media for your first Linux computer. We also look at three open source alternatives to Microsoft Publisher, if Pygame could be the best way to learn Python, open source trends for 2018, and more. read...