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Author: Amanda Brock

“Some people have all the luck” Neil McGovern, Executive Director, Gnome Foundation

Posted on 6th December 2019 by Amanda Brock

Some people have all the luck – by Neil McGovern. A colleague said this to me after it was announced that Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC alleged that GNOME is in violation of one of their patents. Being sued is usually… Continue Reading →

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OpenUK Christmas and a FOSDEM new year

Posted on 29th November 2019 by Amanda Brock

OpenUK’s first annual Christmas party was a time to celebrate and share all the great things happening. It was definitely the first  Christmas celebration of  the year for the UK’s open source community. A number of OpenUK’s volunteers who have been… Continue Reading →

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DG Connect: Open Source 2020 and Beyond

Posted on 18th November 2019 by Amanda Brock
Snapshot of Commission website intro to the event

The European Commission is taking Open Source, Open Hardware and Open Data seriously and recognising the need to take real and defined steps to move forward to the ‘open source first’ objective of the Tallinn Declaration. To this end, 14… Continue Reading →

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OggCamp

Posted on 7th October 2019 by Amanda Brock

On October 19th and 20th, long running open source event OggCamp will have its next outing in Manchester, UK. OggCamp is named for the file format Ogg Vorbis, reflecting roots in the podcasting community and the open source communities, especially… Continue Reading →

Events & meetings, Industry articles Oggcamp 2020

Ethical Open Source Licence dilemma Andrew Katz, Pro Bono GC OpenUK

Posted on 23rd September 2019 by Amanda Brock

Coraline Ada Ehmke (where.coraline.codes) has just stirred up a minor hornets’ nest in the world of Free and Open Source Software by re leasing a new licence: the Ethical Open Source Licence: https://firstdonoharm.dev. Ehmke is known as the author of the… Continue Reading →

Industry articles, Licensing

Ripple Foundation team receive Public Sector and Third Sector Open Source award

Posted on 7th August 2019 by Amanda Brock

The Ripple Foundation team are thrilled to receive the Public Sector and Third Sector award for the UK Open Source Awards – thank you to all who nominated us and the judges for recognising our important work in what was… Continue Reading →

Events & meetings, Industry articles

United Nations Technology Labs (UNTIL) Convenes Panel on Open Source

Posted on 19th July 2019 by Amanda Brock

Espoo, Finland, July 19, 2019 – The Intellectual Property and Open Source Advisory Panel of the United Nations Technology Labs (UNTIL) convened its first meeting this week on the campus of Aalto University. The aim of the Panel is to… Continue Reading →

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2019 UK Open Source Awards – The Winners

Posted on 20th June 2019 by Amanda Brock

A record 65 nominations were received for the awards and the 4 winners were announced on the 12th June at the UK Open Source Awards in Edinburgh. The 2019 UK Open Source Awards, 10-year record 65 nominees were whittled down… Continue Reading →

Events & meetings, Industry articles

UK Open Source Awards Shortlist Announced

Posted on 24th May 2019 by Amanda Brock

As CEO of Trustable, I am one of the organisers of the UK Open Source Awards taking place on 12 June 2019, in Edinburgh, working with SalesAgility who founded the awards 10 years ago www.opensourceawards.org. I was delighted that we… Continue Reading →

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Looking forward to @BorisJohnson and @NicolaSturgeon following the Canadian Prime Minister and requiring the Minister for Digital to make open source and open data a priority.

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A top priority even!!
“I will expect you to work with your colleagues and through established legislative, regulatory and Cabinet processes to deliver on your top priorities. In particular, you will:
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Encourage the use and development of open source products and open data” https://t.co/6VK2S1D6qM

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How can open source technology live up to its name in a post-Brexit world? by ⁦@AmandaBrockUK⁩ https://t.co/ycV4Ku7OdN

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Watch this space @luis_in_brief @openuk_uk will be doing some work on open data with our first open data event scheduled for 17 March and done very specisl attendees including @JeniT

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Some good stuff from @AmandaBrockUK. Would love to see someone write something similar about Open Data. https://t.co/34s0nIGud5

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Whatever the outcome of today's election in the UK this raises some important things to think about https://t.co/55cxhRbyKX

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Key reading for #FOSS enthusiasts: @AmandaBrockUK of @openuk_uk on some of the areas presenting both a threat to and opportunity for open-source from #Brexit. https://t.co/uukjvTbcFn

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