Anil Dash, 2007: As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. Daiji Hirata, 2013 Starting with Movable Type 6, registration for the Movable Type Open Source (MTOS) license will end and a new license will be introduced.…
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A collection of 11 posts
Markdown versus CommonMark: the ambiguity and clarity dilemma
The “standard Markdown” controversy seems to be over and done. I was essentially offline for the weekend, and I came back to find that what was “Standard Markdown” has now become “CommonMark“, respecting Markdown co-creator creator John Gruber’s wishes…
Writers, Coders and the Markdown landgrab
If Standard Markdown (now CommonMark) wants to replace Markdown, it needs to acknowledge that it's not just a markup standard for coders.
IndieWeb - Kevin Marks on the web that will win (LeWeb 13)
Can we reclaim the open web from the closed social silos? Kevin Marks thinks so…
Laura James on Open Data, Source and Knowledge
Dr Laura James, foundation coordinator of the Open Knowledge Foundation What is open data? asks Dr James. They have the Open Definition. Open data is open. You can use it whatever organisation you’re in. Data? Not personal data. There…
Content Strategy, Like Lightning...
Simon Land – Magus (sponsor) They want to help us manage the quality of content. Over half of websites have four plus errors per page. State of the art CMOS? You can’t lock everything down. The Magus approach is to…
#media140 : Hemlock & AudioBoo
Hemlock is an open-source environment for building social applications, with a gaming focus. There’s a showcase of uses on the site. [AudioBoo](http://audioboo.fm/) – a low coast, efficient way of generating audio reports. The platform collects pictures, geodata…
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin: The Wednesday Keynotes
Leisa Reichelt – Drupal.org redesign How do you design for a large Open Source Community? That was the problem Leisa Reichelt faced when commissioned to do the redesign of the Drupal.org site. “You can’t do it behind closed…