To clarify…
Mozilla’s mission is to make the Web more open so that humanity is stronger, more inclusive and more just. This is why Mozilla supports equality for all, including marriage equality for LGBT couples.
via Mozilla blog
Category: open source
Strike Debt
I am impressed.
Rolling Jubilee set up by Occupy’s Strike Debt group following the street protests that swept the world in 2011, launched on 15 November 2012. The group purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before “abolishing” it, freeing individuals from their bills.
By purchasing the debt at knockdown prices the group has managed to free $14,734,569.87 of personal debt, mainly medical debt, spending only $400,000.
[snip]We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: education, health care, and housing.
We also oppose debt because it is an instrument of exploitation and political domination.
There is a manual, to help.
Free and Open Source- Software and Tools for Artists
Eben Moglen – Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commons, 2009
This can be listened to and not watched.
A talk by Eben Moglen with the Software Freedom Conservancy given at the Law of the Commons Conference March 13, 2009 at Seattle University and sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.
Tor, Https
Department of the Treasury issued guidance on virtual currencies
fincen.gov (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) issued FIN-2013-G001.
A user of virtual currency is not an MSB* under FinCEN’s regulations and therefore is not subject to MSB registration, reporting, and recordkeeping regulations. However, an administrator or exchanger is an MSB under FinCEN’s regulations, specifically, a money transmitter, unless a limitation to or exemption from the definition applies to the person
*MSB = money services businesses.
Why Freedom of Thought Requires Free Media and Why Free Media Require Free Technology
Eben Moglen at re:publica.de
Met + 3d replicator
…since 1872 when the Met first allowed artists to re-create works of art on display. In that spirit, for the first time ever, on June 1 and 2, approximately twenty-five digital artists and programmers will gather at the Met to experiment with the latest 3-D scanning and replicating technologies. Their aim will be to use the Museum’s vast encyclopedic collections as a departure point for the creation of new work.