Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
>
> Is Cloud Computing Vaporware?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Cloud computing is being over-hyped, and enterprises should be wary after
>| high-profile outages at providers such as Amazon cloud services, said analyst
>| firm Ovum.
>|
>| A raft of IT-as-a-service offerings have emerged in recent years, including
>| Amazon Web Services, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Service
>| (S3) along with Google Apps offering and the Salesforce platform-as-a-service
>| product.
> `----
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/155851/cloud_vaporware.html?tk=rss_news
Why should outages make anyone wary? Aren't most people using Windows
now anyway - what's another outage?
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> Affero GPL is freedom to the web
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> ,----[ Quote ]
>| There is no question in my mind that freedom must be fought for and defended
>| with all means available. We have copyright laws and we use it. The GNU
>| system and copyleft is mainstream on personal computers and servers. Now,
>| with the Affero GPL it’s time to take freedom to the web.
> `----
>
> http://maffulli.net/2008/12/18/affero-gpl-is-freedom-to-the-web/
>
>
> Recent:
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> Funambol's CEO sees AGPL as essential for FOSS in cloud computing's future
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> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "The future of software is in cloud computing," says Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO
>| of Funambol, a company that provides mobile services. And if free and open
>| source software (FOSS) is going to survive in that emerging market, he says,
>| then the community needs to adjust by promoting greater use of the GNU Affero
>| General Public License (AGPL), a license specifically crafted for software as
>| a service.
> `----
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/154696
>
>
> Do we need GPLv3?
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> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Regardless of opinion on the merits of the new GPL, the fact is it's
>| here--and likely here to stay.
>|
>| In essence, copyleft is a complete reversal of traditional copyright values
>| where the law sees software as a literary work under the Copyright, Designs
>| and Patents Act 1988.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>|
>| The result is a new version of the license that is much clearer in its scope
>| and application. It also takes greater account of software patents. To
>| prevent software owners using patents to impose additional terms on users,
>| the license includes the use of any patents owned by copyright holders that
>| fall within the scope of the software. The termination provisions are also
>| made clearer and are now automatic instead of requiring a notice from a
>| copyright holder.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| Conversion from GPL version 2 to version 3 is increasing as existing open
>| source applications seek to benefit from the improved certainty afforded by
>| the new terms. That's not to say that version 2 is unenforceable, it will
>| continue to exist and be used by those who prefer it, but version 2 and
>| version 3 are incompatible. Thus a decision needs to be made by those
>| organizations 'going open' as to how they would prefer their software to be
>| made available--and soon.
> `----
>
> http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/software/0,39044822,62047569,00.htm
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>
> GPLv3/AGPLv3 Adoption: If It Happened Too Fast, I'd Be Worried
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> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Since the release of GPLv3, technology pundits have been opining about how
>| adoption is unlikely, usually citing Linux's still-GPLv2 status as (often
>| their only) example. Even though I'm a pro-GPLv3 (and, specifically,
>| pro-AGPLv3) advocate, I have never been troubled by slow adoption, as long as
>| it remained on a linear upswing from release day onward (which it has).
> `----
>
> http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2008/nov/13/gplv3-agplv3-adoption/
>
>
> AGPLv3 Keeps Open Source Vibrant in Age of SaaS
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> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 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.
> `----
>
> https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/agplv3-keeps-open-source-vibrant-age-saas
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