Article that suggests Indian culture might be more open to open source philosophy than the west.

" ... Kelp is a framework for taking notes about source code files in a simple way. It is composed of a set of command line tools, and a text file format. The text files contain annotations and can be written using any standard text based editor. The tools retrieve the annotations using a sophisticated search pattern.

Since annotations are stored separately from the source code module they describe, Kelp is a natural fit for annotating third-party libraries. When it is not possible, or desirable, to insert clarifying comments into code that could be replaced/erased by the next release, Kelp succeeds at keeping your annotations current and pertinent. ... " Possible wikispammer, but interesting enough to check out

" ... How many transistors does your radio have? Does it have 9 transistors? How many jewels in your wrist watch? 17 jewels? Is your program developed using Object-Oriented programming techniques? Is it Extensible? IT DOESN'T MATTER as long as you get good reception, the watch keeps accurate time, your program runs FAST and does what the USER wants ... "

" ... The Clear Climate Code project writes and maintains software for climate science, with an emphasis on clarity and correctness.

The results of some climate-related software are used as the basis for important public policy decisions. If the software is not clearly correct, decision-making will be obscured by debates about it. The project goals are to clear away that obscurity, to increase the clarity and correctness of climate science software. ,,, "

Todo list maintenance mode for emacs. Looks very useful.

" ... The programme NOiV (Netherlands in Open Connection) informs and advises the Dutch public sector about the possibilities of open source software and stimulates the use of open source software in their information systems. The acronym OS & OSS stands for “Open Standards & Open Source Software”. ... "