Mr. Locke’s Classroom

It appears (at least in this debate) that some Christians — and their lawyers — are on the side of “information lockdown” and the current draconian copyright regime, while some Atheists are on the side of freedom and sharing of information:
Creationist vs. Atheist YouTube War Marks New Breed of Copyright Claim

Anybody seen the YouTube [...]

I’m proud to announce the forthcoming release of Baby Locke 2.0 (Beta)*.

Baby Locke 2.0 will undoubtedly reflect features yet to be seen in previous releases, but by far the most exciting one we can announce for sure is the use of the “Girl-Script” programming language!
Baby Locke 2.0 will remain in beta [...]

(and any other copyright hawks still reading)

I Just finished reading Eric S. Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar. If you’re unfamiliar with this work, it’s not (despite the title) anything about theology. It’s actually the seminal text on the history and rationale behind the open source software movement, from one of its key architects and proponents.
Although ESR [...]

In Open-Source culture, taking someone’s programming code and modifying it to suit one’s own needs and purposes is not considered theft, but rather a compliment of the highest order. To that end, I’m taking a page from the blog of friend and fellow Presbymergent Adam Walker Cleaveland.
Over the course of the next [...]

Today’s viewing entertainment has been brought to you by Novell. I’m not a huge fan of SUSE Linux (Novell’s product) but we’re all on the same team, right? (I’ve been happily using edubuntu Linux for almost two months now).

But those are just for fun. If you really want to see [...]

I had a long talk with a friend today about traditional security vs. “soft security” (the kind of security practiced by Wikipedia, among others). It’s time to start practicing what I preach.
This is my blog. It will always be, first and foremost, my blog. But as of today, it is [...]