This is an important and timely conference and I congratulate the organisers of Glam Wiki for their foresight.
There are several public policy initiatives which place Australia in the vortex of the social revolution that is occurring on the back of some incredible digital technological developments over the last 30 to 40 years or so.
The first [...]
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GLAM WIKI: Finding Common Ground
News: Open content pioneer talks govt information policy
Lundy will host an open government public sphere event on Monday, June 22 in Canberra. The details are on her Web site.
Conversations at Copyright Futures
I have already posted my speech to the Copyright Future – Copyright Freedom dinner, however there were a lot of other things happening at this conference that I wanted to discuss.
On the evening of the dinner, I was able to catch up with Professor Lawrence Lessig and thanks to Pia’s organisational skill, we were able to [...]
Software Freedom Day 2006
SFD Conference
University of NSW, Sydney
Thank you for having me here today to speak and celebrate international software freedom day! I want to give you an insight into how federal politics and policies impact upon Free and Open Source Software in Australia.
There are three main areas of effect:
Firstly, the Commonwealth Government as procurer, user and consumer [...]
