The Future is Open 2019

26 October 2019 - RIT's FOSS initiative at the MAGIC Center

Join us on Saturday, October 26th at 10am-5pm at the RIT MAGIC Spell Studios to discover free and open source software and culture in the RIT community. Event is free, but please RSVP here for ordering enough food!

The ideas behind the creation and distribution of intellectual and creative works without (or with more flexible) IP rights restrictions are not new. But they have taken hold in the age of the Internet. Free and Open Source Software and Free Content have moved from an obscure niche filed to the center of how work gets done. Silicon Valley software companies have Open Source offices that manage home-grown FOSS projects and the enterprise contributions to external projects. Open Designs and Open Content are emerging in everything from prosthetics creation to arts and game production. Open Science practices are fueling new efforts across the disciplines. Humanitarian organizations are using open data and cloud services to help disaster victims, map school connectivity, and more.