-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Diego Saravia wrote:
7/1/2005 Do we still need the GPL? -Posted by Joe Brockmeier 8:42 am http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=362
July 01, 2005 More about software patents Steve Hamm http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2005/07/more_about_...
Last Updated: Friday, 1 July, 2005, 23:08 GMT 00:08 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version How schools can get free software school computer room Schools' computer costs have been rising The UK government's school computing agency, Becta, has said schools could save costs by switching to what is known as open source software. In open source software (OSS), the http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4642461.stm
Agregando: Eric Raymond talks about GPL and BSD licenses Recently, during FISL (Fórum Internacional de Software Livre), in Brazil, Eric Raymond defended open source model of development and quoted: "Basically, we don't need GPL. It's based on the belief that open source software is weak and needs to be protected. With it, we continue injuring ourselves, cutting ourselves from the economic benefits of BSD license". Raymond tried, in a straight and ironic way, to explain how open source community should have good "appeals" to convince all the great corporations about the benefits of the use of open source technology: "We should identify theis goals and needs. Not our goals and needs. Then, they will come, because our model is much better". http://www.myfreebsd.com.br/static/raymond-20050604.html - -- Ricardo A.Frydman Consultor en Tecnología Open Source - Administrador de Sistemas jabber: [email protected] - http://www.eureka-linux.com.ar SIP # 1-747-667-9534 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCxrypkw12RhFuGy4RArjbAJ9VpMi7ysotPIHz+yT6CqJcJdJ1zACcDg1H SSPw6LJCWYKBMT8+wu6l97w= =zGbR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----