August 20, 2002 Archives

Ziggy wrote about an unusually clued article at CNET, Three kinds of free. It is about the different kinds of open source licenses (GPL and other more inclusive licenses).

Most importantly, open source is not just about code; it is about community. You don't make a project open source just with a license. It takes the costly and time-consuming birthing of a community of code, a trusted gatekeeper function and a series of symbiotic commercial enterprises to make true open source.

That's one of the mantras of the Apache Software Foundation, it's nice to see it in something as mainstream as CNET too.

Adam noticed other things, so be sure to read what he wrote too.

At 2 in the morning two tired consultants arrived in Houston to their guarenteed rooms. Except there were no rooms; only a rude night clerk called Mike who couldn't care less. They made a powerpoint presentation Yours is a Very Bad Hotel (also available in html).

(also via Fast Company's print edition)

update: PPT / html

When you travel (or when you don't) it's really neat to take photos as you go along. I find it very pleasing to look up my old photos a year or two later, remembering some of the small things that defined the time for me. Marco Hart took a photo of his food last fall to show his parents. Now he runs a website with nothing bit Airline food. (Also reported by CNN). 543 meals from more than a hundred different airlines.

(via Fast Company's print edition)