Support Free Software? Then Ditch Proprietary IM
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| There are a few things that I find ironic about most Free Software geeks.
| They’ll support the philosophy of GNU and Free Software until the cows come
| home, but they’ll continue to chat with their buddies over proprietary IM
| protocols, such as MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, Gadu Gadu, Skype and more.
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http://pthree.org/2008/02/25/support-free-software-then-ditch-proprietary-im/
How Appcelerator is Building the Largest Open-Source Community Dedicated to
RIAs
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| "We’re committed to building a community that can serve the needs of all
| developers, regardless of the technologies they want to use most," Haynie
| says. All of Appcelerator’s products are currently available under a GNU
| public license (GPL), he adds, and Appcelerator also provides customers with
| commercial licensing options based on their needs and requirements.
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http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/500782_p.htm
Open and Free Software
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| Dr. Stallman is the founder of the GNU project and president of the Free
| Software Foundation. He has received honorary doctorates from the University
| of Glasgow, Free University of Brussels and Universidad Nacional de Salta. In
| 1990, he was the receiver of a Macarthur foundation fellowship and has been
| elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the American
| Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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| You also watch a small video from the presentation. For the all open source
| events in KTH, please stay tuned. We will organize more solaris and java
| events very soon. Hope to see you all again.
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http://sunkth.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/open-and-free-software/
Is public domain software open-source?
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| "I've had a number of conversations on this topic with corporate lawyers for
| companies that are actively using SQLite. The consensus there seems to be
| that 'public domain' is valid and is a proper subset of 'open source'--except
| in France and Germany where the concept of 'public domain' is not
| recognized," he told me in an e-mail discussion prompted by the Adobe story.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9881858-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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