Editing Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathons
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*Organizers: @Fabelier | *Organizers: @Fabelier | ||
*Website: http://fabelier.org/aaronsw-hackathon-hack-your-phd/ | *Website: http://fabelier.org/aaronsw-hackathon-hack-your-phd/ | ||
A full gathering of hackers and data liberationists stayed through the night at Fabelier coding and organizing. Much energy coalesced around a controversial agreement between the national library and private corporations concerning book scanning, where the companies gain limited exclusive rights to the content scanned. | A full gathering of hackers and data liberationists stayed through the night at Fabelier coding and organizing. Much energy coalesced around a controversial agreement between the national library and private corporations concerning book scanning, where the companies gain limited exclusive rights to the content scanned. | ||
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Some photos from the night of the 26th: | Some photos from the night of the 26th: | ||
http://numm.org/~rmo/asw-paris/ | http://numm.org/~rmo/asw-paris/ | ||
== St. Erme == | == St. Erme == | ||
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We of course did not manage to tackle all issues that the occasion inspired us to consider, but that was to be expected - and in fact to be welcomed. Just as life itself, this was a (small) step in a never ending work-in-progress, and for progress. And it was heartening to see a consensus on fundamental values and a shared commitment to uphold them. | We of course did not manage to tackle all issues that the occasion inspired us to consider, but that was to be expected - and in fact to be welcomed. Just as life itself, this was a (small) step in a never ending work-in-progress, and for progress. And it was heartening to see a consensus on fundamental values and a shared commitment to uphold them. | ||
Raising a goblet of Schiedam Genever, the traditional West African custom to honour the departed, we closed the session with a reading of the last sentences of Jens Stoltenberg's remembrance speech for the | Raising a goblet of Schiedam Genever, the traditional West African custom to honour the departed, we closed the session with a reading of the last sentences of Jens Stoltenberg's remembrance speech for the Olso/Utoya tragedy, which we think holds universal truth: | ||
"Realise the shortness of existence, remember the good times we had together, and honour the dead by celebrating life". | "Realise the shortness of existence, remember the good times we had together, and honour the dead by celebrating life". | ||