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TIL that a #BlackBox #AI can be defined as #OpenSource.

Granting the “freedom to fine tune” cannot be enough to qualify as Open Source AI just like granting the “freedom to configure” cannot be enough to qualify as Open Source Software.

Yet, for #OSI it's enough.

And you can't provide effective solutions to the problem they pretend to see into making training data available.

Or you will be silenced.

https://opensource.org/blog/copyright-law-makes-a-case-for-requiring-data-information-rather-than-open-datasets-for-open-source-ai

#OpenSourceAI #OpenWashing #OpenWashingAI
#OSS #OSAI #AIAct #BigTech #GAFAM


Update. Here's the #EuropeanCommission call for tenders on the new #OpenSource infrastructure for Open [#OpenAccess] Research Publishing.
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:737455-2023:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0

The EC estimates it will pay €1 million for 2 years of work. Tenders are due by January 31, 2024.

#Code4OA #FLOSS #ORE #OSS


The #EuropeanCommission is finally considering whether "#OpenSource software (#OSS)…can be used as a foundation for developing the new #publishing platform" for EC-funded #OpenAccess research.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/cc087fd8-82b3-11ee-99ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

Unfortunately, the new software would merely "underpin" #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE), not replace it. ORE is proprietary software owned by #TaylorAndFrancis. When the EC called for bids on ORE, it did not require open code despite many calls to do so.

#FLOSS #OpenInfrastructure


For those who can't afford commercial software, and for those who want full flexibility and extensibility and future-proofing the ability to open their own art work years from now, there's free open source software:

* #Krita: replaces Adobe Photoshop for editing and painting; https://krita.org/

* #Inkscape: multi-page, replaces Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign; great for scientific figures and posters; https://inkscape.org/

* #Gimp: image editor, with layers and transparencies; replaces Adobe Photoshop; https://www.gimp.org/

* #MyPaint: just for painting; https://mypaint.app/

* #FijiSc: for image processing and image analysis, with conventional computer vision techniques and also machine learning. Handles multi-dimensional bioimagery. https://fiji.sc

* #Blender: for 3D animation and video editing; https://blender.org

* #ffmpeg: command-line based video editing; see this page https://ffmpeg.lav.io/ for testing out commands.

I don't use anything else: there's no need. And all of the above are extensively documented.

#OpenSourceSoftware #OSS


The nonprofit Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded George Washington University a grant of $685,000 to establish an Open Source Program Office (#OSPO) on campus.

“What we want to do with GW’s OSPO is coordinate and support #OpenSource software across campus and to help researchers discover and embrace #OSS and contribute to creating a culture of open collaboration and knowledge sharing.”

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/sloan-foundation-awards-gw-grant-encourage-open-source-software

#HigherEd #HigherEducation #EdTech #OpenEducation #EdTechChat #OpenEdTech


Non solo non è costretta, ma valutanto il rapporto costi/benefici proprio non lo dovrebbe fare praticamente mai. La #PA è uno di quegli ambiti dove l'#OSS (e in particolare il #FOSS) dovrebbe essere proprio obbligatorio
#FOSS #oss #pa


BEYOND proud to present "Beyond the Repository: Best practices for open source ecosystems researchers", a collaboration between myself, @amcasari, and @jlovato that was just published in the the @ACM Queue.

Please share with anyone who is doing research into open source!

#OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #SociotechnicalSystems #Research #BestPractices

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3595879


Our next OnRamp meeting will feature Sébastien Lejeune, #OSS Advocate at Thales Group

He'll talk about #OpenSource Software & Hardware #Governance inside Thales.

📅 Apr 21st, 2023
⏰ 10:30-12:00 CEST
▶️ https://ospo.zone/onramp/

Open to all / no registration / safe environment

#OSPO

/ping @EclipseFdn @mmilinkov @gblondelle @paolo @silona @flzara @yakaceme


Hello Fediverse 😀
We are starting this account for Qt Project related communication, events, and many more things.

Did you know that there is a simple page that gives you the instructions to contribute to Qt? and also you can get some nice plots to see the activity on all the repositories!

https://contribute.qt-project.org

#qt #oss #qtproject #floss

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