Tag Archives: free and open source software

As One Association Closes, Another Network Begins

The Association For Free Software (AFFS) seems to have been finally wound up last week. So long, AFFS was Richard Smedley’s view of it. I actually left four years ago (when I wrote State of the AFFS – site currently … Continue reading

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OCLC Library Data-grab Policy Countdown

There’s now about a month until the privatisation of library data described in Libraries, Cooperatives, OCLC and TTLLP happens. There’s now a Thingology Blog series on Why libraries must reject the OCLC Policy, with a list of four actions at … Continue reading

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Libraries, Cooperatives, OCLC and TTLLP

Thanks to Koha, TTLLP is partly a library services worker cooperative and just now there’s a massive flame-storm about the largest library services consumer cooperative – OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center – because it just updated the terms for … Continue reading

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