Video: Alan Cox and the state of free software
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| This video is the first in a three-part series addressing patents, open
| standards, and the challenges facing the free software community.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/18/video-alan-cox-and-the-state-of-free-software/
http://www.redhat.com/v/magazine/ogg/cox-issues.ogg
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Alan Cox on open-source development vs. proprietary development
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| When you release a free software project, you do things in a different order.
| Firstly, you get some code. Hopefully, it just about works. And you document
| it as "Needs fixing, needs this, needs that."
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| But most free software code, to get other people involved in the project, it
| has to work. It doesn't matter if it's hard to compile. It doesn't matter if
| it only works on one machine in five. And it doesn't matter if it eats the
| data file every so often. So long as sometimes, the right results happen,
| people will start to pick up the project and use it. They start to use it,
| and then they have to fix it.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9803919-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Alan Cox Interview
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| Personally I think it's a bad idea and that Novell are going to
| get stung by the GPLv3, and rightfully so. The license is designed
| to keep the software free, if it fails to do this then it needs
| fixing, so GPLv3 hopefully will fix this flaw.
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http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/rozhovory/alan-cox?page=1
Is the BBC Perpetuating the Microsoft Monopoly?
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| The BBC recently released its Public Value Test for "public consultation"
| with respect to its proposed on-demand services. The problem is that, while
| the EU has hammered Microsoft for using its monopoly unfairly, the BBC is
| poised to prop up the convicted monopolist with a Windows-only service.
|
| [...]
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| According to Alan Cox, a well-known Linux kernel hacker, "Such a proposal
| IMHO completely violates the expectations that the BBC does not use public
| funds to distort markets, and there is no sign that the BBC trust who
| should be overseeing this have done the relevant market distortion
| analysis."
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/80699/index.html
Linux guru backs new GNU licence
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| Open source guru Alan Cox has voiced his support for the
| controversial version 3.0 of the GNU General Public Licence
| in an exclusive podcast interview with Computer Weekly.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/10/223693/linux-guru-backs-new-gnu-licence.htm
Rights management system patented [by Alan Cox]
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| A rights management system monitors and controls use of a computer
| program to prevent use that is not in compliance with acceptable
| terms. The system monitors usage of the computer program for usage
| and activities that are not in compliance with the license or
| other use terms.
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http://www.freshpatents.com/Alan-Cox-Swansea-invdirc.php
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