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133          group. The software will manage all versioning.          group. The software will manage all versioning.
134    
135        
136    
137    - hypotheses and research methods
138      
139      Reproducibility - the philosophy underlying everything we do.
140      
141      LEGO philosophy: not single complicated things that do lots of things
142      in fixed ways but multiple, really simple things that can be used with
143      imagination.
144      
145      
146      - schedule and intermediate objectives for the research
147      
148       Peer-to-Peer networking
149       Usability tests
150       Fenfire prototype 0.8
151    
152    - objectives in researcher training
153    
154      - foundations for performing high quality research work
155      - team work in reserch group
156      - improve communication/presentation skills  
157    
158    - ethical questions or data protection problems of the research
159      
160      All source code is available from the nongnu.org's CVS
161      
162      Free software.
163    
164        - mostly LGPL, most valuable innovations GPL.
165        - if we ever acquire patents, we shall make a worldwide
166          irrevocable license grant for use in GPL software
167    
168            - we are funded by companies who will either own
169              or license these patents; we have an understanding
170              that they will grant the GPL rights: this does not
171              undermine their business interests.
172    
173    
174                
175    Our main research areas:    Our main research areas:
176          User interfaces  
177    
178    User interfaces
179    ---------------
180    
181                  Research on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural                  Research on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural
182                  approach to information opens to user interfaces. Many more                  approach to information opens to user interfaces. Many more
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194                    - applying the earlier experience on Monte Carlo methods,                    - applying the earlier experience on Monte Carlo methods,
195                      etc.                      etc.
196    
197            Controllers
198    
199                    New ways to navigate/control information flow in the screen
200    
201    
202            Usability testing
203    
204    
205    Structure and storage
206    ---------------------
207    
208          Structure          Structure
209    
210                  - Implementing Ted Nelson's ideas  (Xanalogical hypertext storage model)                  - Implementing Ted Nelson's ideas  (Xanalogical hypertext storage model)
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225                  are also studied.                        are also studied.      
226                                    
227    
         Controllers  
   
                 New ways to navigate/control information flow in the screen  
   
         Usability testing  
   
                 User interfaces, Controllers      
   
 - hypotheses and research methods  
     
   Reproducibility - the philosophy underlying everything we do.  
     
   LEGO philosophy: not single complicated things that do lots of things  
   in fixed ways but multiple, really simple things that can be used with  
   imagination.  
     
     
   - schedule and intermediate objectives for the research  
     
    Peer-to-Peer networking  
    Usability tests  
    Fenfire prototype 0.8  
   
 - objectives in researcher training  
   
   - foundations for performing high quality research work  
   - team work in reserch group  
   - improve communication/presentation skills    
   
 - ethical questions or data protection problems of the research  
     
   All source code is available from the nongnu.org's CVS  
     
   Free software.  
   
     - mostly LGPL, most valuable innovations GPL.  
     - if we ever acquire patents, we shall make a worldwide  
       irrevocable license grant for use in GPL software  
   
         - we are funded by companies who will either own  
           or license these patents; we have an understanding  
           that they will grant the GPL rights: this does not  
           undermine their business interests.  
   
   
228  Performers of the research and resources  Performers of the research and resources
229  ========================================  ========================================
230    

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