Tag Archives: free software

Mad Generation Loss

posted on 31 October, 2015 also tagged , , , , ,

Mad generation! down on the rocks of Time! Mad Generation Loss is a project exploring media encoding and the ways in which imperfect copies can descend into a kind of digital madness. It takes an audio file—here, a recording of Allen Ginsberg reading an excerpt from his seminal poem “Howl”—and adds another layer of mp3 […]

NASA proposes free software exception for contractors

posted on 23 September, 2014 also tagged

NASA just submitted a proposed update to its acquisition regulations, specifying that contracting software developers may request to retain their copyright in order to release their software as part of a free software project. This is a good update, and parallels earlier language that allowed contractors to request to retain their copyright to use in […]

Our encryption tools must be free software, not just open source

posted on 3 March, 2014 also tagged , , ,

In order to serve its purpose at all, encryption and secure communications software has to be single-mindedly dedicated to protecting and promoting its user’s interest. In the real world, that dedication can be subverted in a handful of ways. Broadly speaking, these failures can come from with technical problems, or from the developer’s interest being […]