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Four short links: 14 July 2009

By Nat Torkington
July 14, 2009

Twenty Questions about GPLv3 (Jacob Kaplan-Moss) -- twenty very challenging questions about the GPLv3. foo.js is a JavaScript library released under the GPLv3. bar.js is a library with all rights reserved. For performance reasons, I would like to minimize all my site’s JavaScript into a single compressed file called foobar.js. If I distribute this file, must I also distribute...

Southern California Linux Expo: freedom in a service economy, and more

By Andy Oram
February 22, 2009

This evening's SCALE blog covers Bradley Kuhn's keynote on Software as a Service, Jono Bacon on security, Red Hat's counsel on patents, and much more (with ample indulgence for my own opinions).

Free software meets corporate needs, including Software as a Service

By Andy Oram
January 22, 2009

The computer field has evolved to the point where we see even more value from free and open source software. As for Software as a Service (SaaS), it has proven a great boost to free software--and vice versa. But I suspect the main driver that will elevate free software to world domination is an economic consideration I haven't seen anyone discuss.

Creative Commons needs your donations

By Andy Oram
December 13, 2008

Creative Commons is more dependent than ever before on the funds of individuals. More and more people these days are grabbing pictures, text, and other random goods they find online and using them in their own presentations or creative efforts; some of us even build businesses on open contributions. All of us should be promoting the Creative Commons, which has provided licenses to support such sharing in 50 countries and is working with people in many more.

Clinical Psychology Cover

By Harold Davis
July 11, 2008

Here's the cover of the 7th edition of Prentice Hall's Introduction to Clinical Psychology textbook. The image is my composite of a spiral stair and a chambered nautilus shell. You can read the back story of the composite Spirals image here. Introduction to Clinical Psychology cover, image by Harold Davis. Briefly noted: this is a publisher with on-staff photo researchers....

Encryption in Flex Applications 3 - NitroLM SWF Encryption

By Andrew Westberg
April 2, 2008

NitroLM (Nitromation License Manager) is a commercial product developed by Simplified Logic, Inc. (SLI) for managing users, products, notifications, and source code protection for applications. It started off as an internal tool to protect SLI’s 3D engineering design and...

Encryption in Flex Applications 2 - SWC AS3 Library Encryption

By Andrew Westberg
April 2, 2008

In this article, we’ll go over an example using Interfaces, Factories, and Encryption to protect code in a SWC library from being easily decompiled.

Encryption in Flex Applications 1 - Simulate EncryptedLocalStore

By Andrew Westberg
March 31, 2008

In the RIA world, Flex and AIR applications have really taken off. With that has come increased adoption by Fortune 500 companies and new enterprise-level apps taking advantage of the Adobe Flash platform. Application and data security should always be a concern of the Flex/AIR developer. The level of paranoia the developer should implement must be weighed against the goals of the project.

How I Used Flickr To Power My Blog and Got 1,496,603 Visits

By Harold Davis
January 27, 2008

Why do I show my work on Flickr? There are a number of reasons, but they boil down to 1,496,603. Let me explain my affair with Flickr. When I started Photoblog 2.0 in May 2005, I made the decision to serve my photos out of Flickr. This means that the several thousand photos in my blog are sitting on Flickr's...

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