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This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki|wiki]]. However, the site is protected against random editing, which means that you must create a user account to edit articles. In addition, at present only [[WikiSysop]] can create new accounts, because the wiki was recently spammed (read the details at [[Spam Attack]]). The site thus currently operates as the personal database of [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]], who hopes that it may be of use to others. Note that the [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Wiki] is still (for the moment) a "real" wiki, although as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley] says: "A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids." | This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki|wiki]]. However, the site is protected against random editing, which means that you must create a user account to edit articles. In addition, at present only [[WikiSysop]] can create new accounts, because the wiki was recently spammed (read the details at [[Spam Attack]]). The site thus currently operates as the personal database of [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]], who hopes that it may be of use to others. Note that the [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Wiki] is still (for the moment) a "real" wiki, although as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley] says: "A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids." | ||
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| + | ==Whole Earth== | ||
| + | <font size="3">For pages about the Whole Earth Catalog and its offshoots, see '''[[:Category:Whole Earth]]'''.</font> | ||
==Convivial Tools== | ==Convivial Tools== | ||
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For encyclopedia-type articles about Convivial Tools, see the companion website the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia]. | For encyclopedia-type articles about Convivial Tools, see the companion website the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia]. | ||
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| + | ==Hacker Generation== | ||
| + | <font size="3">For pages about the Hacker Generation, see '''[[:Category:Hacker Generation]]'''.</font> | ||
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| + | ==Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)== | ||
| + | <font size="3">For pages about [[Free and Open Source Software]], see '''[[:Category:FOSS]]'''.</font> | ||
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| + | [[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS) is a comprehensive term encompassing both the Free Software and the Open Source Software movements. | ||
==Wikis== | ==Wikis== | ||
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It may be preferable in some cases to incorporate certain proprietary elements into the otherwise open-source designs, thereby permitting open-source designs even for high-tech products. For example, given the difficulty and expense of design and fabrication of today's extremely complex chips, the [[Open Source Hardware]] movement accepts the use of certain proprietary, closed-source, elements as part of the open-source approach. | It may be preferable in some cases to incorporate certain proprietary elements into the otherwise open-source designs, thereby permitting open-source designs even for high-tech products. For example, given the difficulty and expense of design and fabrication of today's extremely complex chips, the [[Open Source Hardware]] movement accepts the use of certain proprietary, closed-source, elements as part of the open-source approach. | ||
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==Recent Posts== | ==Recent Posts== | ||
