Tag: open source
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The FCC Says Your City Can Build a Public Internet, Even If Your State Says No
from motherboard.vice.com: The Federal Communications Commission is going to allow two cities to ignore state laws that ban them from building community-owned broadband networks, according to chairman Tom Wheeler. It’s big news for Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, and it’s a signal to other cities in the 21 states that have laws restricting municipal…
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Open Source Comes to Farms With Restriction-free Seeds
29 crop varieties are now distributed under an open source license. from arstechnica.com: There are now 29 kinds of plant varieties that are available under an open source license, reports NPR. On Thursday, a group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison debuted the Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI), a set of seeds that can be used by…
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‘mafiaa fire’: firefox add-on to reverse US govt domain censorship
from boingboing: Earlier this year, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shocked the world by asserting the right to seize any .com or .net domain that it characterized as a “pirate” or child porn site, with little due process or judicial oversight. ICE conducted a series of high-profile seizures that were notable in that they…
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defcon 10/29: smart grid, nsa supercenters & surveillance
obama announces stimulus funding for the ‘smart grid’*obama invests $3.4b in US electricity grid*feds’ smart grid race leaves cybersecurity in the dust*flashback: corbett report: episode103 – the smart grid cometh*cyberattacks: espionage now, sabotage soon*nsa supercenters to store americans’ private data permanently*government to build $1.5b cybersecurity data center*dhs to announce cyber merger*scan of internet uncovers 1000s…