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Why open standards, open source, and free software are not the same thing. (And never will be)
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| Much like âOpen Standardâ, the term âOpen
| Source is pretty hollow and vapid. It has
| been abused and watered down such to the
| point that a company can release some
| source code and only give you the ability
| to look at it, and maybe not you.
| Microsoftâs Shared Source program is an
| example of this. Shared Source sounds
| better than âClosed Sourceâ or
| âProprietaryâ, and they can even have
| their hobgoblin minions abuse Wikipedia to
| label everything as âSharedâ. Suddenly
| they arenât hording it, theyâre âSharingâ
| it.
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http://izanbardprince.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/why-open-standards-open-source-and-free-software-are-not-the-same-thing-and-never-will-be/
New Handheld Computer Is 100% Open Source
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| "While the rest of the industry has been
| babbling on about the iPad and imitations
| thereof, Qi Hardware is actually shipping
| a product that is completely open source
| and copyleft. Linux News reviews the Ben
| NanoNote (product page), a handheld
| computer apparently containing no
| proprietary technology. It uses a 366 MHz
| MIPS processor, 32MB RAM, 2 GB flash, a
| 320x240-pixel color display, and a Qwerty
| keyboard. No network is built in, though
| it is said to accept SD-card Wi-Fi or USB
| Ethernet adapters. Included is a very
| simple Linux OS based on the OpenWrt
| distro installed in Linksys routers, with
| Busybox GUI. It's apparently intended
| primarily for hardware and software
| hackers, not as a general-audience
| handheld. The price is right, though:
| $99."
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http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/06/04/142259/New-Handheld-Computer-Is-100-Open-Source
Recent:
BSA: Hardware Without Software Not Tax Deductible
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| The Czech Ministry of Finance along with
| the BSA threaten to disallow deducting
| hardware from base tax if purchased
| without software. This idea stems from
| their joint proclamation that for software
| to be used legally, it must be bought â
| thus completely ignoring the existence of
| free and open source software which can be
| obtained legally without any purchase
| whatsoever. The Ministry and the BSA have
| issued a press release which basically
| labels all users of 'free software'
| pirates. Many public organizations and
| companies (including Red Hat and Novell)
| have expressed their dismay at such
| actions of the Ministry.
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http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/mfcr-bsa-open-source?page=1
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