Public Money, Public Code Introduction In recent years, the concept of "public money, public code" has gained traction as a principle that advocates for publicly funded software to be made openly available under open-source li... Jan 23, 2025 0 4312 Our blog posts
Understanding Open Source Licenses Introduction Open source licenses play a crucial role in the software development community, ensuring that open-source projects remain accessible and freely available for use, modification, and distri... Jan 16, 2025 0 4474 Our blog posts
Open Source and Communism Introduction Open source software has become an integral part of modern technology, with countless applications and projects being developed under this model. However, there are some who argue that op... Jan 9, 2025 0 5105 Our blog posts
Four Freedoms of Open Source Open Source software is built on the foundation of four essential freedoms, which ensure that users have control over the software they use. These freedoms are crucial for fostering innovation, collab... Jan 2, 2025 0 5900 Our blog posts
Why is an international open source hackathon important for you? On 21 and 22 February, OS-SCi is organizing an international Hackathon, together with partner Universities and Open Source partners. On one or both days, international teams from around the world are ... Dec 28, 2024 0 5037 Our blog posts
Replacing the Entire Adobe software Stack While we feel you should replace all the Adobe software, for open source based on philosophy, because you hate it, they steal your data and take away your freedom, we understand it also can be financi... Dec 26, 2024 0 9702 Our blog posts
Education as an Institute Background Education has become an institution with its own norms and rules, its own internal qualification measurements and its own way of external comparing with the other education institutions. By... Dec 19, 2024 0 4792 Our blog posts
A FOSS software stack for private persons and small businesses In this blog we want to give you an example from a software stack for private users and small companies to solely use free and open source software. Yes a complete working environment without any prop... Dec 13, 2024 0 5563 Our blog posts
International Hackathon On 21 and 22 February, OS-SCi is organizing an international Hackathon, together with partner Universities and Open Source partners. On one or both days, international teams from around the world are ... Dec 5, 2024 0 9326 Our blog posts
Is the downfall of the East India Companies a History Lesson for Big Tech? Introduction The British East India Company (EIC) and the Dutch Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) were two of the most powerful corporations in history, dominating global trade and commerce for... Nov 28, 2024 0 4084 Our blog posts
Open Source communities and communication With #foss, #floss or #opensource or how you want to call it, it's all about community. With communities, it's of course important to communicate with each other. Communities can communicate live or o... Nov 21, 2024 0 4832 Our blog posts
Unbiased Open News Not directly related to #foss #floss and Open Source, but surely related to the open source philosophy, is the discussion about Open News. In the past, present and future, for sure in combination with... Nov 14, 2024 0 3620 Our blog posts