The hype, no thanks to FOX and those Dane Cook promos, has reached a fever pitch (pun intended). The GPL, on the other hand, saw above average adoption rates among open source developers and their projects.
At this rate, GPLv3 will become a reality to accept and for businesses to prepare for. The high transition pace has been maintained, just as hoped and expected by those who were not drinking the Kool-Aid (disinformation [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).
The GPLv3 is not only important because of Novell, but also because of the increasingly-relevant patent battle. The new licence addresses a number of new important issuesl, but like all changes, it is received with hesitance and endless FUD from those whom it hurts the most, notably proprietary software vendors and predatory/anti-consumer monopolies.
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Sam Hiser
2007-10-27 15:51:38
But what if the rate of increase of the rate of increase should fall by 4 percent?
Roy Schestowitz
2007-10-27 22:48:20
Then Al Gillen from IDC would argue that GNU/Linux (as measured by new hardware with an operating system preinstalled) is 'dying'. And yes... Al is particularly close to a very large company.
Web-based knowledge management system. (competing directly with, i.e. sharepoint)
Roy Schestowitz
2007-10-28 14:45:35
SubSonica,
I've watched this project for a long time (Tectonic covers it a lot) and I was under the impression that it revolves around Microsoft Office. A closer inspection later revealed that it was purely LAMP, IIRC.
Alfresco is another one to keep an eye on when it comes to SharePoint (there's another one which integrates with OpenOffice.org, but I can't recall its name). It's GPLv-licensed (transformed not so long ago), but Matt Asay hesitates on GPLv3, for now (ASP loophole being the excuse).
It would be interesting to see some charts, based on some long-term study, comparing the general health (blood pressure, BMI etc.) of people who use proprietary stuff and people who do not
In the case of Rust, instead of "the liberation of the digital society" we have empowerment of Microsoft GitHub and of GAFAM in general. Guess who funds this...
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Sam Hiser
2007-10-27 15:51:38
Roy Schestowitz
2007-10-27 22:48:20
SubSonica
2007-10-28 14:22:07
http://www.knowledgetree.com http://www.knowledgetree.com/opensource
Web-based knowledge management system. (competing directly with, i.e. sharepoint)
Roy Schestowitz
2007-10-28 14:45:35
I've watched this project for a long time (Tectonic covers it a lot) and I was under the impression that it revolves around Microsoft Office. A closer inspection later revealed that it was purely LAMP, IIRC.
Alfresco is another one to keep an eye on when it comes to SharePoint (there's another one which integrates with OpenOffice.org, but I can't recall its name). It's GPLv-licensed (transformed not so long ago), but Matt Asay hesitates on GPLv3, for now (ASP loophole being the excuse).