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Red Hat Founder Speaks Out Against Copyright Reform

Red Hat founder (and Hamilton Tiger Cats owner) Bob Young speaks out against Canadian copyright reform as part of the CSIA launch.

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  1. FREE YOUR OS
    Of course he is against it , the adoption rate of linux as a percentage is higher here. WHY? Cause we used to be anyhow more shall i use the pun Tech Savvy.

    Having a competitive edge in business markets requires some forward thinking such as ones use of FOSS or OSS.
    FOSS = free as in beer and open source
    OSS = open source but not totally free.

    If one were to free the govt model from MS XP.
    What would we really save. 100-200$ per gov’t computer.

  2. Crosbie Fitch says:

    Free as in free speech
    Free software – Software that manumits its licensees – recursively

    Open Source – Software whose license facilitates open/visible/public collaborative development

    Not much difference really apart from motivation/philosophy.

    If you want a license that attempts to assure that the software is free of charge to its users then check out Affero/AGPL.