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Software Freedom
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| We, free (libre, as in freedom) software
| users are used to prefer open source
| software over closed source, and I think
| itâs great, Iâm not going to discuss about
| that now though, thereâs plenty of
| literature about that. My concern today is
| about distributed services (some people
| call it the cloud if you wish).
|
| [...]
|
| I think the inflection here comes to the
| âAm I capable to install that service on
| my own server?â. If we have an
| alternative, itâs just our choice to be
| using the distributed service or not. I
| think we donât want to introduce people to
| closed source software just because itâs
| easy. Do we?
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http://www.proli.net/2009/12/13/software-freedom/
Freedom or Sponsors, Not Both? by Thomas King
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| Does lack of membership to FSF and GNU
| mean you donât support software Freedom?
| Heavens, no! However, separating yourself
| from them says there is something you
| donât like about their stances and ideals.
| Complaining that a pretty hard line
| against closed, proprietary software might
| hurt the feelings of the sponsors just
| shouts that all bets are off, the doors
| are being swung wide open, and corporate
| interests are being put ahead of Freedom
| and the overall community. Yes, the
| Foundation needs money to operate,
| granted, but at what cost? Should it bend
| to the will of the sponsors to the point
| it loses its identity in the process of
| kowtowing?
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http://www.pwnage.ca/?p=467
Recent:
Open Cloud Services & Co-operative Community Clouds
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| First in regards to Open Cloud Services,
| basically the concept goes like this; as we
| move away from the traditional client/server
| based models of the past to more web centric
| / service oriented opportunities of the
| future, we will see open source shift from
| application centric (source code) toward free
| open services and information. Cloud
| providers will essentially give away access
| in return for greater adopt of their
| platforms / services, increased customer
| acquisition and to accelerated creation of
| data and information. Basically the same
| reasons companies open source their
| applications today, just applied in a cloud
| context.
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http://www.elasticvapor.com/2009/12/open-cloud-services-co-operative.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Elasticvapor+%28ElasticVapor%29
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