25 Questions with RMS
Posted by Jason in Free Software on July 30, 2010
Reddit has 25 questions with Richard Stallman! Very good reading, even with a couple of poor questions.
Rob Weir: The value of restricting choice
Posted by Jason in Microsoft, Open Source on July 28, 2010
Excellent and insightful article by Rob Weir. Lie. Lie Big. And Stick to It. One of the things Mr. Weir points out is that through a simple Google search, it’s easy to see how a troop of zombie “tech journalists”, bloggers, and astroturfers simply parrot Microsoft talking points – right down to the exact phrasing. (The [...]
WordPress vs Thesis: Put your money down
Posted by Jason in Free Software on July 23, 2010
Here’s a funny thing that some PR dude kept emailing me about: SBRForum, a gaming odds site, has odds out on the whole “WordPress vs. Thesis” thing: Will the Free Software Foundation or any other group take DIY Themes to court for GPL licensing enforcement in 2010? Yes 1/2 No 8/5 Will DIY Themes relent [...]
BashQL: Another half-assed project by me
Posted by Jason in Free Software on July 22, 2010
Just the Facts BashQL is a stupid little python script that lets you perform SQL queries on the output of shell commands. Use case and example: I wanted to compare what was actually installed by my package manager (pacman -Q) against all the subdirectories where I create the packages for installation (ls -1 /pack): jason [...]
Open Core: Andrew C. Oliver
Posted by Jason in Open Source on July 21, 2010
OSI Board Member Andrew C. Oliver on Open Core: “Open Core” has NOTHING to do with “Open Source”. Nearly all proprietary software, at this point, has various degrees of open source-licensed source code in its core. “Open Core” has none of the advantages of open source to the user and is merely a proprietary software [...]
OpenCore == Crippleware
Posted by admin in Free Software, Open Source on July 20, 2010
This blogpost sums it up rather nicely: http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2010/07/19/rotten-to-the-open-core/
GPL and WordPress: Failure?
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on July 20, 2010
There are an abundance of sources commenting on the GPL/WordPress/Thesis flap, so search them out if you want the details (Spoiler: Thesis is spectacularly in the wrong.) Most of the reading at this point walks well-trod ground, but one bit of commentary by The Accidental Businessman (Marco Tabini) deserves special attention: You could say that Matt’s opinion [...]
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