Why UK leaders need open technology for the disrupted future
Open technology forms the basis of the UK’s thriving knowledge economy, but we’ve been slow to acknowledge this and capitalise on our strength in numbers
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Why Open Source Makes the UK Open for Business Post-Brexit
Politics and government can feel far removed from our day-to-day activities. But in recent times there has been a shift, particularly with the perceived need for governments to regulate the digital economy, whether that relates to our outputs and the right to create them or taxing the big technology companies to keep us safe. Government …
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Why Open Source Makes the UK Open for Business Post-Brexit
Politics and government can feel far removed from our day-to-day activities. But in recent times there has been a shift, particularly with the perceived need for governments to regulate the digital economy, whether that relates to our outputs and the right to create them or taxing the big technology companies to keep us safe. Government …
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7 game-changing moments for open source technologies in 2019
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, takes us on an end-of-year round-up of the winners and losers in the world of open source technologies
How open source can live up to its name in a post-Brexit world
How open source can live up to its name in a post-Brexit world Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK and keynote speaker at Tech Leaders Summit, explores how open source can thrive in a post-Brexit world
How open source can live up to its name in a post-Brexit world
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK and keynote speaker at Tech Leaders Summit, explores how open source can thrive in a post-Brexit world
The Bacon Method: A Plan for Building Communities That Matter
I joined Canonical almost two years later as employee 165. Jono Bacon was not based in the same office as me, but he was one of my new colleagues and was in the office and the pub on one of my first days at Canonical. He may well not remember, but he was one of …
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What happens when software becomes a matter of life and death?
Excerpt from the article: Many might say that Karen Sandler, a former corporate lawyer turned executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy (part of the not-for-profit sector), has a big heart. She is a senior figure in the free and open source software community, but I suspect not rich – and undoubtedly not earning what …
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Forget the year of the pig, is 2019 the year of open source?
Those of you non-geeks out there may well have heard the phrase ‘open source’, but not quite be sure of what it means. Well, in short, open source software licenses give users freedoms they would not otherwise have. If a program is open source, its source code is freely available to its users. Its users – and anyone …
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Blockchain – a Girl’s Best Friend?
Initial Coin Offerings (“ICO”) by crypto-currency providers have been the flavour of the crypto-currency world for some time. A clear way for organisations to raise significant funds. However, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in the US, has been clamping down on providers.