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Free Software Magazine: Faking the FOSS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 8, 2007

“Do your ever wonder if some self-proclaimed open source
projects really ‘get it’ what it means to truly be about being
‘free and open source’ versus just using FOSS for other means?
Sometimes I really have to wonder, because I keep running into
examples where projects touting open source software engage in
behavior where they glaringly contradict the holistic and
philosophical embrace of its ideals. There’s a lot of faking the
FOSS going on out there.

“What got me going on this was my recent participation in a
Trixbox 2.0 webinar (web seminar) of its new Asterisk based pbx
system…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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