Posts in open source Category

Oct 1, 2008

FOSS Can Speed Digitization

The Indian Linux Users Group made a presentation on how FOSS can be effective in implementing GIS in India. I remember this client who took about 3-4 months to acquire a piece of software that would have proved a lot more beneficial at an earlier stage. The delay was attributed to debates about number of licenses, reading through the legal paper work and then making negotiations to do the deal. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: india, open source · Tagged: · (1)

Sep 8, 2008

Practical Guide For GPL

If you have been looking for a guide to check compliance with GPL, it has arrived. Legal language sure is tedious to read through and understand, so this guide can be really helpful. However I felt its own language is not any better! [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: asides, open source · Tagged: gpl, license · (0)

Aug 2, 2008

Core Attribute Of Open Source Software

A friend asked me what was the single most important core attribute of open source software. Of course, as the name suggests, it is the open source code - making the source code available to everyone under a valid license. However, I think it is useless if the openness gets limited only to the source code. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: asides, open source · Tagged: · (3)

Jun 24, 2008

Nokia Takes Symbian In The Open Source World

While the many Linux groups are trying to push the mobile market, Nokia has taken Symbian OS open source (via Matt Assay), under the Eclipse License. The Symbian Foundation will push Symbian as the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. This is big news, from multiple aspects. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: mobile, open source · Tagged: nokia, symbian · (0)

Jun 20, 2008

Free Java Now Available

The hype around open sourcing of Java has mostly died down after the announcement. Not many have followed it up. Red Hat had started the IcedTea project to remove the last obstacle in freeing Java. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: asides, java, open source · Tagged: redhat · (0)

Apr 8, 2008

10 Years Of Open Source

It has been a decade since the term open source was chosen to represent the concept. Since then open source has changed the way we develop software and it has changed the way users participate. It has made businesses rethink their business models and has helped the industry evolve new economies. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: open source · Tagged: · (0)

Mar 1, 2008

Guide For FOSS On Legal Issues

Copyrights and licenses are not the most interesting subjects in software development. Unfortunately they cannot be bypassed, they have to be confronted. The free and open source software movement has always had a legal side which is working on this. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: asides, open source · Tagged: legal, license, sflc · (0)

Feb 28, 2008

Judging You By Your Tools

Sometimes a lot of us, even the heavy weight ones, want to write like fanatics. David Heinemeier Hansson wonders if he would Windows is the most unsuitable platform for web and open source development. I am an open-source-fanboy Linux user, but I am aware of a lot of good open source tools on Windows. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: open source, tools · Tagged: cross-platform, david heinemeier hansson · (1)

Feb 22, 2008

Commitment To Interoperability Requires Commitment To Standards

Microsoft announced that it is ready to change to make its tools more interoperable, or as it says expand the interoperability. Is Microsoft serious about open source interoperability? I think it is yet another announcement to keep the buzz alive, and it is not only me who thinks so. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: open source, standards · Tagged: microsoft · (0)

Feb 21, 2008

Microsoft Trying To Get Popular By Wooing Students

Microsoft is trying to woo the students by offering its development tools for free (via Slashdot). Called DreamSpark, the offering is open to too all students across the globe. Microsoft hopes that this will create users for Microsoft’s tools, and possibly eat into the open source user base. [Continue]

by Abhijit Nadgouda · Filed: open source, tools · Tagged: dreamspark, microsoft · (0)

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