Know your Open Source “Rights”
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| We all hear about the Open Source movement, we love the ideas and principles
| it espouses and the liberties it will surely give those of us who need those
| liberties.
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| These liberties extend to far further than just the civil liberties it
| obviously garners, but to liberties that are far more immediate in their
| effective outcome.
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| These liberties include:
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| · The right to access an operating system without paying a cent for it
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| · The right to make MP3 (or any wanton format) backups of your music
|
| · The right to make Xvid (or any wanton format) backups of your videos
|
| [...]
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http://mybroadband.co.za/blogs/2008/03/06/know-your-open-source-rights/
Related:
10 Reasons to Switch to Linux
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| 1. It Doesn't Crash
| 2. Viruses Are Few and Far Between
| 3. Virtually Hardware-Independent
| 4. Freedom of Choice
| 5. Standards
| 6. Applications, Applications, Applications
| 7. Interoperability
| 8. It's a Community Relationship, Not a Customer Relationship
| 9. It's Not How Big Your Processor Is...
| 10. Linux Is Configurable
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http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000117
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