Tag: OLPC

  • One Laptop Per Child: it’s a con, says former exec

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    The former security director of the One Laptop Per Child non-profit has blasted the project for losing sight of its goals, accusing chairman Nicholas Negroponte of deceiving the public. It’s all about shipping kit, says Ivan Krstić in an incendiary essay.

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  • One-Click™ colonialism

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    The music industry has a long and shameful history of robbing black artists of their rights. Now along comes some new software that will help speed up the job. Think of it as a sort of 1-Click “non-payment” system. Liblicense is a project that Creative Commons hopes to integrate with MIT Media Lab’s OLPC, or…

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