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Who will build the open source cloud?
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| I wrote recently about the potential of open source software as a platform
| for cloud computing. Since then I’ve been involved in a couple of
| conversations with prospective cloud users that have further highlighted the
| opportunity for an open source cloud.
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| The conversations involved big companies with substantial budgets/IT costs,
| truly mission-critical applications and a tendency towards being early
| adopters. Suffice to say they are interested in cloud computing as an
| opportunity to lower costs and improve the efficiency of their IT systems.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/07/30/who-will-build-the-open-source-cloud/
There's the need for AGPL too. Most clouds are built using FOSS, but they are
proprietary.
Users should Value Freedom 1
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| I am writing a series of posts that address various myths and misconceptions
| about free software. In this first post, I address the misconception that
| users have no need for freedom 1 as they lack the capability to practise this
| freedom.
|
| Computer programs are invaluable tools. Software users use computer software
| to perform a task or solve a problem. Over time, computer software becomes
| outdated when the user requirements of the software change and the software
| fails to meet these new requirements. Assuming freedom 1 is permitted, the
| program can be changed whenever a user identifies a need for this. Access to
| the source code is a prerequisite for freedom 1. Without freedom 1, the user
| is expected to be helpless before he gets the blessing from the master for
| improvements to be commissioned; the user is expected to subject to the
| master of the software. A user cannot expect to live in freedom while living
| subject under the rule of a software master.
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http://www.fsdaily.com/users-should-value-freedom-1
Recent:
Yahoo, Intel and HP form cloud computing labs
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| Intel, Yahoo and HP are forming the Cloud Computing Test Bed, which they
| describe as a global, multi-data center, open-source effort designed to
| promote research on software, data center management and hardware for
| large-scale, Internet-hosted computing.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1117964565&rid=-50
Freedom and privacy in the cloud: a call for action
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| This is a post about freedom. The freedom to keep your data for yourself and
| the freedom to run free software. You should be able to reclaim and enjoy
| these freedoms also when using web applications.
|
| If you are a supporter of the free software movement, you can easily opt for
| Gimp instead of Photoshop, or Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. You can
| also protect the privacy of your data by using the many encryption tools that
| are available (GPG, TrueCrypt, …). But when it comes to web applications
| things get complicated.
|
| [...]
|
| 1. Choose AGPL
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| Why is AGPL important? Because it means that, if you are an application
| service provider and your services are based on software with an AGPL
| license, you have to make the source code available to anyone that uses the
| service! FSF guidelines suggest to add a “Source” link that leads users to an
| archive of the code right into the web application interface.
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http://www.clipperz.com/users/marco/blog/2008/05/30/freedom_and_privacy_cloud_call_action
AGPLv3 Keeps Open Source Vibrant in Age of SaaS
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| For all practical purposes, the AGPLv3 is a key advance for everyone involved
| in open source, regardless of if you are a software developer, Internet end
| user or enterprise end user. The AGPLv3 closes the ASP loophole and keeps the
| freedom of open source software alive, in the age of SaaS and hosted
| applications.
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https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/agplv3-keeps-open-source-vibrant-age-saas
Google pays for Affero ban
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| The projects will join around 10 other AGPL-licensed efforts on SourceForge,
| compared to six on Google Code. Before the defections, Google had been
| discouraging other AGPL projects, saying Google Code does not support AGPL.
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| The dispute between Google and developers who want to use AGPL - a version of
| GPLv3 tailored for use in software as a service - has rumbled on since last
| November, when AGPL was finalized.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/04/11/google_bans_aero/
Google blocking AGPL in Google Code
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| So, first AGPL was not good enough for Google because it was not
| OSI-approved. That limited its popularity... Now it is OSI-approved. Still,
| it is not popular enough to be accepted in the Google closed open source
| hosting site?
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| And, by the way, why should people put their open source code in the hands of
| someone who likes open source only when it does good to its business (ehm,
| that could include me, but we are not talking about me, are we ;-) ?
|
| C'mon Chris, give developers the ability of using AGPL for their own projects
| in Google Code. Your fight for no proliferation of licenses is something I
| subscribe to, but AGPL is the license of the future, no matter if Google
| likes it or not. And I can guarantee you it will become even more popular if
| it is accepted in Google Code...
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http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/2008/03/google-blocking-agpl-in-google-code.html
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