Tag Archives: wikipedia

What sources are good for some one who likes to gather open source intelligence research as a hobby?

I am the kinda of guy who likes to know about what is going on in the news, before it becomes news. Seeing how I am in the military, I can see such a hobby being an asset to my current job. So my question is where do you get your non-mainstream news, information and intell
My current sources are from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_intelligence

Just looking for more.

Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics

Wondering about whether to switch to open source. Here is a economic view of the open source movement.

www.ted.com Law professor Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. By disrupting traditional economic production, copyright law and established competition, they’re paving the way for a new set of economic laws, where empowered individuals are put on a level playing field with industry giants.

How do open source companies avoid harmful contributions and find the useful ones?

Because wikipedia is open source, I can modify anything I want. But what happens if someone deletes, adds bad content, modifies useful content ? What does wikipedia do to prevent that ?

The last question is available for any other open source software: linux, php etc. How do they know which contribution is useful and which is harmful ?
Thank you.