Free/Libre and Open Source Software, Open Access, etc

Force and control aren’t useful tools toward making things Open (knowledge, source, government, access, etc)

A metaviews article discussing copyright in the context of so-called “artificial intelligence” caught my eye.

Jul 3, 2025 • Russell McOrmond

One of the most critical discoveries that determined the form that my business and advocacy work would later take was the discovery of the Free Software…

Feb 11, 2017 • Russell McOrmond

Defining FLOSS - free/libre and open source software

The term free software is defined by the Free Software Foundation.

Mar 6, 2011 • Russell McOrmond

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