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The open source development incline

The open source development inclineThe problem is when one company owns all of the right for proprietary use.This is true with Qt, MySQL, and others. These projects are completely free to use as long as you do NOT link any proprietary code with it, but the minute you want to...

Tags: Databases, incline, open-source development, MySQL, open source

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

The open source development incline

In my 2006 piece The Open Source Incline, I argued that the license terms of an open source project will determine the level of community support it receives. Last month I began to change my thinking. The development models of projects can differ, even...

Tags: Incline, Drupal, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-16

Which GPL Will Be At The Bottom Of The Incline?

Which GPL Will Be At The Bottom Of The Incline?GPL not only choice.Where's the poll option for "other"?The GPL3 will be much more popular for people doing the dual license thing.It put more requirements on the end user, making it more likely they will pay the license for a proprietary...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, incline

Discussion threads 2007-03-22

Which GPL Will Be At The Bottom Of The Incline?

Lets talk some more about the open source incline. (The picture is from a political site, but I find it funny.)The other day I noted how SugarCRM is now talking about licensing code under the GPL, rather than the modified Mozilla attribution license it has been using. It is doing...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, incline, software patent, software

Blog posts 2007-03-22

Sugar coming down the open source incline

SugarCRM, which found controversy with its attribution licenses last year, is now talking about moving down the open source incline and supporting GPL Version 3.The decision emerged as Sugar announced it was entering the project management arena and opening an office in Ireland. (Thats why Guinness calls it the St....

Tags: incline, Sugar, open source

Blog posts 2007-03-21

The Open Source Incline

This is the second chapter in my five-part FOSS series. The first chapter was posted yesterday, and can be found here. One concept I write about a lot here is what I call the Open Source Incline. It's roughly a right triangle, on a graph. Along one axis is the...

Tags: open source, GPL, incline

Blog posts 2006-08-22

Additional Resources

2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i

Photo gallery:2010 Subaru Outback 2.5iAs much as we respect the general utility of many Subaru models, the cars have proved very limited in useful cabin electronics. That hasn't changed much for the 2010 model year, with Subaru moving very tentatively into accommodating personal electronics. The 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i maintains...

Tags: gear ratio, cargo area, Outback, Subaru

Product reviews 2009-11-11

Why prefer open source

"Mandates...are perceived as threatening"This is way off topic, but as the primary ZDNet health care writer you will recognize the problem here. It's the "buy insurance or else" mandate in most of the legislation being proposed and which certainly will be anything that gets passed. This may be...

Tags: GPL, un-American, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

The Senate Dems energy and climate bill debuts

So instead of invading weak nations ...democrats decide to invade hardworking American people's wallet to finance their clean energy utopia. Funny how they are gonna pile up an ocean of debt for our kids and grandkids to clean up and yet still have the nerve to claim they are all...

Tags: U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

News to know: Google; IBM; Microsoft's edge; Palm SDK; Twitter

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google: Nice quarter, but... Larry Dignan: IBM delivers strong second quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Data Center, Palm Inc., SDK, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Palm Pre, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source incline

Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source inclineWith Apache, you can permit anybody to contribute, no questions asked, nothing to sign, and STILL sell proprietary versions to clients. With GPL, you have to make third party contributors sign everything over to you, which they often resent, and...

Tags: Java development tools, Tony, open source, Eclipse, Apache Software Foundation, EPL, GPL

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source incline

If you truly want individual contributions, your best chance of getting them comes if you and they are on the same legal footing, and the same practical footing, regarding the code base. You want the GPL. When businesses organize, with scaled contributions coming from what are essentially development partners, the...

Tags: GPL, Apache Software Foundation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-16

El Nino evidence that global warming is real?

El Nino evidence that global warming is real?El Nino is not Global WarmingHow dumb are you? Meteorologists and oceanographers have been successfully predicting El Nino developments for decades. This is not the same as the relatively "young" science of atmospheric climatology.RE: El Nino evidence that global warming is real?Harry, ...

Tags: NOW IT, El Nino, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

2010 Mazda Mazda3 s Grand Touring 5-Door

Photo gallery:2010 Mazda Mazda3 s GTAt first glance, the 2010 Mazda Mazda3 s Grand Touring appears to be merely a face-lifted version of the first-generation model. The proportions and measurements are about the same. The previous generation Mazda3 received much praise from the automotive press, so we naturally expected the...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Mazda Mazda3, Mazda Motor Corp., automatic transmission

Product reviews 2009-06-18

Twitter traffic triumphs in April

Twitter had quite the traffic in April with 7 million new U.S. visitors. But the overwhelming gain in numbers could be a one-time deal. April was the month in which Ashton raced CNN to get 1 million followers, and the same month that mega-celeb Oprah joined....

Tags: Twitter, Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-05-12

oFono is Intel hail mary play in mobility

I may well be wrong, but I suspect the lower levels of the smartphone stack have already been spoken for. Bringing out a new one, even one built at the lowest level of the open source incline, may no longer be enough to win out over Intel's and Nokia's rivals....

Tags: Mobility, Intel Corp., Level, oFono, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-05-12

News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, SOA, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Microsoft stuck at top of open source incline

Microsoft stuck at top of open source inclineOpen_Source is about sharing.....Unfortunately, the lie about people who work forfree is incorrect. People who contribute and create applications do it because of the passion and the desire becausethey want to not a 'have to'......Plus, the fact the code can be manipulated andchanged...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Open_Source, open source

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

Microsoft stuck at top of open source incline

When you have to pay people to do your open source development, even development that is in their interest to have done, you are naturally going to take a proprietary attitude toward what results. You may indeed wonder what the excitement of open source is all about -- is it...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-24

What open source should tell the FCC

What open source should tell the FCCyou are rightThe very wealthy in the US will not give up their power easily. Open and free internet is the enemy of the rich and powerful.The free flow if ideas is what they are trying to stop, here and in places like China.I...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, open source, DSL, broadband, FCC, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-09