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Open Source, Makers, and Innovators

by | Tue 14 Apr 2015

Recently I started writing a column on [opensource.com](https://www.opensource.com) called *Six Degrees*.

They just published my latest column on how Open Source could provide the guardrails for a new generation of makers and innovators

Go and read the column [here](https://opensource.com/business/15/4/makerspace-next-open-source-frontier).

You can read the two previous columns here:

* [Firing community members](https://opensource.com/life/15/3/how-to-fire-community-members)
* [What the Ubuntu phone could mean for open source](https://opensource.com/business/15/2/what-ubuntu-phone-could-mean-open-source)

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