From the monthly archives: September 2010

Speaking at PICNIC 10 in Amsterdam

By Rufus Pollock On September 21, 2010 · 1 Comment

This week I’m going to be in Amsterdam at PICNIC ’10 speaking about open data — what it is, why it’s good and how we can go about growing the open data ecosystem.

If you’re in Amsterdam — at PICNIC or otherwise — and interested in open data do get in touch.

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Shuttleworth Fellowship

By Rufus Pollock On September 21, 2010 · 1 Comment

This month, I’m starting a year long Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship. Thanks to Shuttleworth Foundation’s support I’ll be able to dedicate myself full-time to open knowledge and the Open Knowledge Foundation.

I’ll be working to promote open knowledge and open data around the world — open knowledge being any kind of content or [...]

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Versioning / Revisioning for Data, Databases and Domain Models: Copy-on-Write and Diffs

By Rufus Pollock On September 10, 2010 · 1 Comment

There are several ways to implement revisioning (versioning) of domain model and Databases and data generally):

Copy on write – so one has a ‘full’ copy of the model/DB at each version. Diffs: store diffs between versions (plus, usually, a full version of the model at a given point in time e.g. store HEAD)

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Proposal in Brazil to Legalize Non-Commercial File-Sharing and Monetize P2P

By Rufus Pollock On September 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Pedro Paranaguá points me to a proposal for monetizing P2P file-sharing in Brazil.

The proposal has been submitted as part of Brazil’s open public consultation to review its copyright law. As he summarizes it for non-Portugese speakers like myself (though Google translate did not do a bad job!):

Basically, non-commercial file sharing will [...]

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