{"id":1957,"date":"2006-03-07T03:35:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T03:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/03\/07\/march-is-open-source-for-appropriate-technology-month\/"},"modified":"2006-03-07T03:35:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-07T03:35:00","slug":"march-is-open-source-for-appropriate-technology-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/march-is-open-source-for-appropriate-technology-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March is Open Source for Appropriate Technology Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unpluggedliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterroundabout.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unpluggedliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterroundabout.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agroblogger.com\/2006\/03\/06\/the-green-theme\/\">Agroblogger<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/agroinnovations.com\/content\/blogcategory\/38\/149\/lang,en\/\">the Open Sourcing blog<\/a>&#8230; I&#8217;d kicked in <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablog.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/building-open-source-community-for.html\">a paltry two cents<\/a> two months ago, but now AB wants to get the wider blogosphere discussing &#8220;the Viability of Open Source as a model for Appropriate Technology development.&#8221;  As I&#8217;m a bit sleepy, I won&#8217;t try to say too much, other than this is an exciting combination of two concepts that are each revolutionary, and that harnesses the best aspects of technological development and the community that surrounds it.  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