__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 03 January 2007 16:02 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Open-source tracking system launched
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>>| An open-source wireless tracking system for following people around
>>| buildings got its first public use last week at the Chaos
>>| Communication Congress in Berlin.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| The firmware, drivers and hardware design for the tracking devicesa
>>| re released under GNU/GPL open-source licences. The base station
>>| designs are not currently available as open source because they were
>>| designed closely with a vendor.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=7969
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> Why on earth should "designing closely with a vendor" stop something
> being open source?
Some contract handed in by the vendor maybe? Exclu$ionary deal$.
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