Let’s make some clothes: Joost de Cock on Make my Pattern
The delightfully quirky sewing site Make my Pattern.com is the work of self-proclaimed “sewcialist” Joost de Cock, a Belgian designer with a flair for fashion. When he started Make my Pattern, de Cock...
View ArticleThe future of housing is here: CC Talks with the Open Building Institute
What if the future of eco-housing is remixable, inexpensive, collaborative, open sourced, freely licensed, and accessible to all? The post The future of housing is here: CC Talks with the Open Building...
View ArticleThe changing role of the publisher in the age of plenty
In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership, and in our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. By...
View ArticleShow your support for Diego Gomez this week!
Final arguments in the case against Diego Gomez will be presented on August 10. Gomez is a Colombian graduate student who shared an academic paper without permission online and received a criminal...
View ArticleExploring open textbooks to improve education in Uganda
In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership. In our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. As a...
View ArticleU.S. Moves Ahead with Limited Code Sharing Policy
Image by Ilya Pavlov, CC0. Last week the White House finalized the Federal Source Code Policy to improve access to software code developed by or for the federal government. The policy is a step in the...
View Article‘Reclaim Invention’ for the benefit of everyone
The vision of the Creative Commons project is universal access to research and education, and full participation in culture to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity. Collaboration,...
View Article“This is my time and I’m recording it”: Carol Highsmith and the nature of giving
Photographer Carol Highsmith has donated her life’s work of tens of thousands of photos to the Library of Congress during her decades long career. The post “This is my time and I’m recording it”: Carol...
View ArticleOpen Access to Research Critical to Advance Progress Against Cancer
The National Cancer Moonshot Initiative seeks to make ten years of progress on cancer research in half that time, with a goal to end cancer in our lifetime. The project—led by U.S. Vice President Joe...
View ArticleA politics of cooperation: Caroline Woolard on free culture, fine art, and...
The interdisciplinary artist Caroline Woolard engages with political economy and activism through radically innovative collaborative projects. The post A politics of cooperation: Caroline Woolard on...
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