Open Source Energy Savings
Now, this is cool: Austin Hill and Ron Dembo are launching a program called Dark Green PC that will use open-source software to help people reduce the amount of energy used to power personal computers. Hill said the key to making Dark Green a success is making it a social and fun activity by letting people broadcast on Facebook, on their blogs, etc. how much energy they’re saving. The question is how much energy could we save just by turning off our screen savers: Hill said if 100 million people installed the software on their computers, it’s equivalent to planting 13 million trees, or taking nine million cars off the road, and not building 200 power plants. “This is an example of something small that can have a huge impact,” he said. Dark Green is looking for a open-source project leader, and hopes to have some early code developed by the Fall.
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Open Source Technologies should:
* be free of encumbrances (e.g. patents are expired; inventor gives permission in writing)
* have no intent to patent
* claim no license rights
It needs to be is free and clear for public use to the best of the due-diligence knowledge of all involved.
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