[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“Recently, Bryan Richard and Tim O’Reilly proclaimed that GPL
has no future in this networked world where software is to be
delivered as a service. You can also read Tim’s previous post on
the topic here. I am not comfortable with their positions. The
software as a service is at very early stages and it is too early
to determine how it will play out in the future. I have no doubt
that the user data will be residing on the web and the browser will
be the main point of entry for the users. The role of the software
will either be realigned to work with data on the web (as advocated
by proponents of Rich Internet Applications) or completely removed
(as advocated by the proponents of purely web based apps). There
will definitely be a paradigm shift towards data on the web. Yes, I
would prefer to call this shift as data on the web rather than
software as a service…”