We live in a software culture - that is, a culture where the production, distribution, and reception of most content - and increasingly, experiences - is mediated by software. And yet, most creative professionals do not know anything about the intellectual history of software they use daily - be it Photoshop, GIMP, Final Cut, After Effects, Blender, Flash, Maya, or MAX.
OSAF is a non-profit organization developing next-generation inter-personal information management software. Our current projects include a desktop PIM application code-named "Chandler", and a server code-named "Cosmo".
Heise online reports that bancrupt company IPIX will sell their patent holding the creation of 360° panoramas. Part of the patent protects undistorting images made with fish-eye lenses. As one commenter remarks this could be an opportunity for the open s
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