This article itself is a perfect example of misinformation through misrepresentation. The title is a unattributed quote and the first three sentences only mention Tim Burners-Lee. Its misleading. The article should first state its a quote from Aral Balkan and then explain its a reaction to Burners-Lee. In its current form it implies that Tim Burners-Lee said, 'We Didn't Lose Control Of Our Personal Data -- It Was Stolen From Us By People Farmers' which he didn't.

Scott here. You are right but I consider unstable keyworded packages as the "future" version of Gentoo. See the website again for the metrics on it.

Scott here. You are totally right. These are all holes I'm aware of in the analysis. However, the problem gets much more difficult if you start considering patches and general stability. I don't deal with that because the problem already needs much more work. However, in the future, I'd be willing to explore other metrics. Email me to help out.

Scott here. Yeah, there is data for older distributions, its just not on the front page. Look in the OSCON slides or my thesis.

This research is ongoing. Email me (on the website) and we can add code to collect data from more distros.

Scott here. There are definitely better metrics we can derive from the underlying data. See my thesis for more details and email me your ideas.

Scott here. This is not necessarily true. The lag is the time since the oldest new release. So for it to approach 51 weeks each project would have had to release a newer version upstream immediately after the lenny freeze. Email me and we can look further into this.

Scott here, yeah there is a lot more analysis to do besides what is on the front page. See my thesis for more details on the underlying data and email me analysis ideas.

The free software and free culture movements are full of great people including Lawrence Lessig. I got a chance to interview him. During the interview he expressed his over commitment to the movement. Lets acknowledge the larger organizations in order to reduce strain on any one figure. All of the people at Creative Commons, Electronic Freedom Foundation, Free Software Foundation, etc. deserve credit for their dedication to the cause (if you will).

That said, one critical aspect to promoting a digital culture is supporting revolutionary projects and artists. Some examples are Project Orange, Cactuses and Chance. Each has a different unique aspect but each hopes for a future which is better for artists. They aim for equal opportunity for artists to sustain themselves. Free software tools along with flexible creative licenses will allow this.

The most important aspect of Creative Commons licenses is that it allows for a new art form, remix art.

Alteration can create something unique.

You can create a unique Alteration.

For more interviews with revolutionary people/projects see my own project, Open Road Trip.