Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Author, Activist, and Journalist, gave a short presentation on technology scaling up, Competitive Compatibility (“ComCom”), and tech laws relevant to open source.
From OpenJS World 2022: Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Author, Activist, and Journalist
Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Author, Activist, and Journalist, gave a short presentation on technology scaling up, Competitive Compatibility (“ComCom”), and tech laws relevant to open source. Cory began the presentation by sharing certain practices of big tech firms like Facebook. He continued by mentioning problems with certain tech laws and the idea of restoring ComCom, as well as a real-world example. Cory closed the presentation with the element of government procurement and invited the audience to check out a couple of resources that can assist in such issues.
Full keynote available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPlQufpzywc
Main Sections:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Technology scaling up
3:51 Interop
5:24 Problems with tech laws
9:15 Restoring ComCom
11:36 Real-world example
14:51 ComCom and mandates
16:10 Element of government procurement
17:16 Closing
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