Here on OStatic, we've frequently debated whether fragmentation is good for open source projects, or not so good. We've published posts arguing that centralized management of open source projects and documentation could have big benefits for users, and we've run many posts on successful forks of open source projects.
For those of us that have worked for years in open source, rumors in the press of IBM “breaking its open source patent pledge” were met with a bit of dismay. IBM is one of the top contributors to the Linux kernel and dozens of critical open source projects. For more than a decade IBM has been a good citizen in the open source community.
Open source software as good as proprietary up to 1 million lines - not so good after that.
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise...verity-report/
This sort of confirms a suspicion I have had for some time that while we could potentially build much larger projects using open source than is possible with the proprietary model (just based on licensing costs) we still don't have the tools and t
When it comes to defining open source, licensing is a critical topic since it's the license that helps to make an application or effort open. But for Michael Tiemann, president of the Open Source Initiative, it's not necessarily the only key success factor for open source projects.I have come to b ...
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Most commercial software today depends on open source software. The commercial software might be using an underlying open source platform, or it might be incorporating open source components, or it might be provided as a commercial open source product itself.
I have many friends who are interested in finding work as professional translators. It occurred to me that they could get some useful volunteer experience by translating Open Source software and documentation.
Most are CS students. They like computers, but Linux is unknown to them. All are fairly fluent in at least 2 languages.
Hi,
What if all the open source people go to the UN and for an island which has its own rules and works like a good democracy inviting all the open source people to develop open source application with sepcial visa that is life time.
Any time you can come and go, no restrictions. Is it possible?
Thanks
In his new regular column for The H, Glyn Moody takes a look at Linux and asks if open source is really too open for its own goodmore ...
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