2012 Plan for Techrights
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2012-01-04 20:41:31 UTC
- Modified: 2012-01-04 20:41:31 UTC
Summary: A quick overview of topics we shall concentrate on at Techrights
Now begins the year of no Novell, which was sold in 2011. The year 2012 will see our daily links expanded, probably to accommodate more news of relevance to our scope. It will also put a lot of emphasis on patents because readers reaffirmed this focus. We are going to look at how patents affect Free software and highlight players that work to the detriment of digital freedom, not just fair competition.
Digital and legal foundation define the extent to which people can communicate, what they can communicate, and when they are permitted communication. In this age of protests and riots are see an ever-increasing crackdown on freedom of speech, right to organise, etc. The frameworks for communications are mostly proprietary (even if built on top of a Free stack) and this ought to change in order to defend people from unjust power. Software is only part of the problem because knowledge, spectrum, etc. can help or defy freedom. Maybe it will take a few more years for the majority of people to realise this.
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Comments
Michael
2012-01-04 23:49:57
Where open source meets or exceeds the competition in user experience it does well. Even where it is only close (or good enough), it does well if the options are fairly expensive (Android/iPhone). Where it is still far behind in user experience it does poorly.