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November 2007
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 02:23
NOSI is in Zagreb, Croatia, for the 2007 Open Translation event, co-organized by Aspiration and the Multimedia Institute. It's a great gathering of folks - both developers of open source translation tools, as well as producers of open content that have needs for translation.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 13:09
One of the things that people ask when they come first across Free Software is 'why would anybody want to develop software and then give it away for free?'There's an editorial in Free Software magazine that tries to explain this conundrum:'The answer, as amazing as it sounds, is 'convenience'.' It makes life easier and simpler for the developer if other people are using the software that they adapted or developed - it saves them more work in the long run keeping it up-to-date and is therefore 'cheaper'.As the comments p
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 15:47
As you know, a couple of months ago, we released the updated version of the NOSI Primer, which we produced with the generous support of IBM. We added many more case studies and compiled a great list of organizations that support Free and Open Source Software. We collaborated with Aspiration to pull a live feed of FOSS tools that nonprofits can use, so our tool list will be up to date as long as Aspiration's Social Source Commons is an active community. It won't be stale in six months.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 21:05
Linux has proven itself as a server platform - no one really questions it. A large chunk (the majority?) of nonprofits already use Linux server-side - either in-house, or if not, their web host usually does. But can it really be a desktop platform for nonprofit organizations?Linux on the desktop has come quite far, in just a few years. And recently, there is increasing evidence to suggest that it can, indeed in large part, replace Windows on the desktop. Why should it?
You can donate to NOSI directly, by donating money to our fiscal sponsor, the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region.You MUST designate the gift to the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative, or we won't get it!==>> Donate via CFNROn CFNR's page, you'll see the field 'Name of Fund'.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 07:48
I'll be giving a free 14 week course on the free and open source database management package PostgreSQL under the auspices of Linuxchix. However, anyone can be involved in the course, as long as you follow the Linuxchix motto: 'be polite, be helpful.' The course starts on November 19, and will be weekly lessons, with some assignments and discussion. More info is available on the Linuxchix web site.
Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 14:16
A scheme to certify exactly how open certain open source software solutions really are has been launched by the non-profit bodies Open Forum Europe and the Free Software Foundation Europe.There is an online self-certification process dubbed 'Certified Open' which has been designed to test technical and commercial aspects of software interoperability and awards gold, silver or bronze certificates to applicants.The website aims to help different types of organisations avoid proprietary software lock
Submitted by admin on Sat, 11/10/2007 - 21:00
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 09:53
The amazing and wonderful folks at the ICT Hub have created a new resource, called 'FOSS @ VCS' - which includes resources on services, training and certification. Definitely a resource to watch.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 21:00
Reposted from MediaShift Idea LabI'm currently working as the Technical Director of an online news site in New York City, Gotham Gazette and wrote this piece about a funders decision to require us not only to release the code we develop under the GPL but to develop our web-based news games using free software.Their decision has given me a unique opportunity to 'start the conversation' about free software with a lot of people I'd otherwise have a very difficult time engaging on the issue. My original post elicited a handful of comments, mostly from proponents of software freedom. The nay sayers (who I meet regularly) haven't spoken up as widely, but they are absolutely present.
As the Gotham Gazette prepares to launch our first Knight-funded news game, I've been thinking a lot more about their requirement that we produce our games using free and open source software.
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