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SECTION: Features

Bioleft

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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Being an open entrepreneur

Being an open entrepreneur

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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Money and power in academic publishing

COLUMN: Letter from the editors

Money and power in academic publishing

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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Information wants to be useful

COLUMN: Publisher's corner

Information wants to be useful

By Scott Delman, June 2013

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Drones and the digital panopticon

DEPARTMENT: Blogs

Drones and the digital panopticon

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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Introduction

By William Stevenson, October 2005

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Introduction

By Jeremy T. Lanman, April 2004

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Introduction

By Lynellen D. S. Perry, September 2001

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An intellectual property course for CS majors

By John P. Kozma, Thomas Dion, September 2001

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Book review

By Lynellen D. S. Perry, March 1999

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