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On Libraries: Every Open Source Developer Is Both An Author And A Librarian
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| I am running for election to the Board of Directors of the Library in
| Chappaqua, New York, where I have lived for almost twenty-two years.
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| I will carry out my campaign mainly via this blog. I have written many posts
| in the past about libraries and librarians, and will try to focus on this
| topic for at least the next few days.
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http://daveshields.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/on-libraries-every-open-source-developer-is-both-an-author-and-a-librarian/
The Open Source Philosophy
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| The Open Source Definition arose out of the ambiguity of the word "free"
| in "Free Software," as defined by the Free Software Foundation." In the
| English language, "free" is a loaded term that has two meanings: "freedom",
| and "costing nothing." It was created to get rid of some of the emotional
| baggage that came with the intense philosophical point of view of the FSF,
| but just because the OSD is more "business-friendly" does not mean that it
| doesn't have the philosophy and intent of openness behind it.
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http://www.raccoonfink.com/2009/05/the-open-source-philosophy.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the_open_source_philosophy
The Open Source Philosophy (Continued)
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| That said, that philosophy drives me to support the companies that I think
| are doing it "right." I work for OpenNMS not just because I think the
| software's great, but also because I love that we can compete with "the big
| guys" by having a better community.
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http://www.raccoonfink.com/2009/05/the-open-source-philosophy-continued.html
How do open source projects develop?
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| I am sure you all know that the open source model is vastly different to the
| closed source model. Sure there are many similarities, especially for large
| projects, however there are very important differences. The main one being
| that the source code is open to all :)
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/how-do-open-source-projects-develop-31564
Related:
The coming Linux storm
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| The first group - Philosophical Linux User
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| ...
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| The second group - Business Linux User
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| ...
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| The third group - Home Linux User
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| ...
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| In all seriousness, if we want to make serious in-roads into the
| desktop market, we need to take some lessons from all three groups.
| First of all, for you business users, free software is a movement
| about information not being "owned" by any one organization. It's
| all about not doing things the Microsoft way and being locked in
| to [Insert Mega Corporation] products. It's about sharing and
| giving things back to the community. The Free Software philosophers
| are the ones that started this movement and they've got one hell of
| an amount of influence in the direction of all things Linux.
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http://www.openaddict.com/the_three_types_of_linux_users.html
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