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:TechNewsWorld: Time To Rethink Thailand's Open Source Motives
TechNewsWorld: Time To Rethink Thailand's Open Source Motives
Sep 30, 2003, 02 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (5895 reads)

(Other stories by Don Sambandaraksa)

"Over the past week, I have had to explain the concept of 'forking' in open source Latest News about open source on no less than four separate occasions. To save myself from going through it a fifth time, here it is for all to see.

"Most of you have heard of the term open source. Open source software (OSS) is software which is free and open, both literally and figuratively. The underlying source code is open and protected by a software license, often the GPL Latest News about GPL, which ensures that not only can people take this source code and build upon it, but that of any derivative works (that is, new programs which are built upon existing open source programs)..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Talk about an absolute failure -- this a ...   abject failure   
Mike Johnson
Sep 30, 2003, 03:25:18
 
[quote]"Most of you have heard of the te ...   open source software IS NOT free software   
Tom
Sep 30, 2003, 10:22:47
 
Um, you're thinking of Taiwan, Thail ...   Re: abject failure   
Larry
Sep 30, 2003, 12:37:14
 
>The author unforgivably forgets that Ch ...   Re: abject failure   
ne...
Sep 30, 2003, 12:37:42
 
The rude awakening comes at the latest w ...   Terms and licenses   
MacroRodent
Sep 30, 2003, 13:07:48
 
> >The author unforgivably forgets that  ...   Re: Re: abject failure   
Mike Johnson
Sep 30, 2003, 14:43:13
 
> Why is everybody (even in the GNU/Linu ...   Open source software IS Free software   
Fra. 219
Sep 30, 2003, 15:09:58
 
It looks to me as if the author is Thai; ...   Interesting   
Rufus Polson
Sep 30, 2003, 15:58:53
 
Despite the confusion over Thailand and  ...   Re: abject failure -- localization is good   
ac
Sep 30, 2003, 18:05:09
 
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