SECTION: Features
How can the ideals of the open source movement be applied to living, self-replicating organisms? Bioleft explores how to pursue a fair system for conserving, developing, and trading seeds working with public sector breeders and farmers hand in hand.
By Almendra Cremaschi, Patrick van Zwanenberg, Anabel Marin, Marcela Basch, Vanesa Lowenstein, July 2020
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What does it mean to be an entrepreneur making open source hardware? An open entrepreneur has parallels to being an entrepreneur of any company, but there are also advantages that are often overlooked.
By Alicia Gibb, Nathan Seidle, June 2017
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COLUMN: Letter from the editors
We continue our conversation on open access ("Information Wants to be Free" XRDS Spring 2013) by taking a closer look at a few recent developments, which highlight some of the conflicting interests fueling the debate over academic publishing.
By Inbal Talgam-Cohen, Peter Kinnaird, June 2013
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DEPARTMENT: Blogs
The XRDS blog highlights a range of topics from conference overviews to privacy and security, from HCI to cryptography. Selected blog posts, edited for print, will be featured in every issue. Please visit xrds.acm.org/blog to read each post in its entirety.
By Lea Rosen, March 2013
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