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