Bristol Wireless on Twitter- BristolWireless: need more information about #Barncamp 2013? See https://t.co/Yz2OP7ZyJI 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: see the ideas for workshops at #Barncamp 2013 https://t.co/NrTv0mhJYi 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: pay in advance for #Barncamp 2013 and save £3! https://t.co/Oyjv0MP8fT 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: registration is open for Barncamp 2013 http://t.co/mumdg5oR0w 20/05/2013
- BristolWireless: Register for Barncamp 2013 - a joint event by Hacktionlab, Floss Manuals & ourselves https://t.co/Oyjv0MP8fT Registration closes 31.05 20/05/2013
- BristolWireless: @ITdonut due to lack of decent #opensource accounts packages, our treasurer (aka @HelmoreAndHunt) wrote his own! #eatyourheartoutsage 20/05/2013
Tag Archives: open standards
CERN resurrects first ever website
In honour of the 20th anniversary of the release of libwww into the public domain (news passim), CERN has resurrected the first ever website at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html As screenshot of the front page of this historic site is shown below, as … Continue reading
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libwww: 20 years old today
The H Online reminds us that 20 years ago CERN in Geneva gave Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau official permission to release the libwww library free of charge, according to Berners-Lee, “to create a server or a browser, to give … Continue reading
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We write to Sir Tim Berners-Lee
As reported yesterday, Bristol Wireless is a signatory of the letter below that was submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on 24th April 2013 (news passim). Dear Sir Berners-Lee [sic], We write to implore the World Wide Web … Continue reading
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Bundestag: “Stop granting software patents”
Germany’s Bundestag (Parliament) has adopted a joint motion against software patents, urging the German government to take steps to limit the granting of patents on computer programs. In the resolution (German, PDF), the Parliament says software patents restrict developers from … Continue reading
Croatia: government creates open source and open standards working group
Joinup, the EU’s public sector open source news website, reports that the Croatian government is establishing open source and open standards working group. The working group will provide advice to government ministries and other public sector organisations wishing to adopt … Continue reading
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Hollyweb? Tell the W3C no thanks!
According to its website, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where its member organisations, a full-time staff and the public work together to develop web standards, whose mission is to lead the Web to its full … Continue reading
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taz.die tageszeitung receives Document Freedom Germany Award
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) have awarded this year’s Document Freedom Germany Award to German newspaper taz.die tageszeitung (TAZ) in recognition of TAZ’s exemplary use of open standards. TAZ is … Continue reading
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20th April is Hardware Freedom Day
Here’s something that’s bound to appeal to our friends at Bristol Hackspace and Dorkbot Bristol: 20th April has been announced as the date for Hardware Freedom Day 2013. Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) is an annual celebration of Open Hardware. Open … Continue reading
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Egyptian openistas protest against Microsoft deal
A group of technology activists gathered in front of the Cabinet office in Cairo on Sunday 30th December to protest an Egyptian governmental deal with software giant Microsoft to buy software for the public sector, the English language Egypt Independent … Continue reading
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Whitehall still struggling with openness
Courtesy of a news report today on governmental lists of open source alternatives to proprietary software on EU public sector open source news website Joinup, the chief scribe duly downloaded and read the Open Source Software Options for Government publication … Continue reading
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