http://techrights.org/2009/07/10/windows-security-theater/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://techrights.org/2009/07/10/windows-security-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-69222 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:20:09 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14423#comment-69222 I think it was David (Woods?) from Symbian who made remarks that are hostile towards the GPL and factually incorrect. Symbian is more into "open source" (Eclipse). Then there's DRM and their <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B5GGGL_enGB315GB316&c2coff=1&q=site%3Aboycottnovell.com+symbian&aq=f&oq=&aqi=" rel="nofollow">landmark software patents case in the UK</a>. I think it was David (Woods?) from Symbian who made remarks that are hostile towards the GPL and factually incorrect. Symbian is more into “open source” (Eclipse). Then there’s DRM and their landmark software patents case in the UK.

]]> http://techrights.org/2009/07/10/windows-security-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-69220 David Gerard Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:01:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14423#comment-69220 There are enough people in Symbian trying to make it really open source and to operate as a bazaar, not a cathedral (as Netscaspe and OpenOffice fell into). It's a long haul, though, for an owned corporate open source project. Remember that the "cathedral" examples in <i>The Cathedral And The Bazaar</i> were free software, not proprietary. There are enough people in Symbian trying to make it really open source and to operate as a bazaar, not a cathedral (as Netscaspe and OpenOffice fell into). It’s a long haul, though, for an owned corporate open source project. Remember that the “cathedral” examples in The Cathedral And The Bazaar were free software, not proprietary.

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