2006 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration

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Here’s a great idea: reward people for the great work they’re doing on open source projects. From http://rit.mellon.org/awards/: The Program in Research in Information Technology of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation invites nominations for the 2006 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration (MATC). In support of the Program’s mission to encourage collaborative, open source software development … Read more

Come to the Open Education Conference!

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Many of you have come before, and it’s back again! The USU Open Education Conference is coming up September 27-29, 2006 here in Logan, Utah. The Call for Papers is still open – http://cosl.usu.edu/conferences/opened2006/ – come talk about the cool things you’re doing related to Open Education!

A Pat on the Back

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Every now and again it’s nice to get a pat on the back. Glyn Moody has given me just that in a new article on LWN about the history of open content licensing. The story actually credits me with coining the term “open content” and creating the first open license for non-software stuff. Of course, … Read more