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Obama and Free Software

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Love

While free software was once considered by some as a fringe movement, it is now mainstream. Fortune 500 companies are embracing free software programs like R to analyze data.

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How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own

David Bollier | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Bollier

An open culture, a sharing economy and a digital republic: the foundations for this new world actually matured during the nightmarish Bush years, beneath its contemptuous gaze.

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Free Web Version of Photoshop Launches

AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online. San J...

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