http://www.computerworlduk.com/commu...3047&blogid=41
http://webmink.com/2010/06/24/links-for-2010-06-24/
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http://webmink.com/2010/06/24/links-for-2010-06-24/
Marten Mickos says open source doesn’t have to be fully open
This was the received wisdom among the senior VPs at Sun just before the fall of the company. While there is a marginal justification for adding some closed software at the periphery of a large open source project, having a hobbyist-featured core that’s open source and then putting everything you need for the move to production in closed add-ons denies the basic software freedoms that make open source so appealing to business.
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The open core model exploits open source and is a game on software freedom.
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It's a bait-and-switch, wrapping the same old lock-in in the flag of open source and hoping you won't notice.
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This is not just a philosophical game. 'Software freedom' may sound abstract, but it is the system of thinking behind the very practical and tangible benefits that have drawn vast numbers of businesses to use open source. As I have written previously, the four freedoms (to use, study, modify and distribute the software without restriction) have created a vast market by enabling cost-savings and flexibility. So a business model that cultivates a casual disregard for and discarding of those liberties while pretending otherwise deserves to be challenged.
This was the received wisdom among the senior VPs at Sun just before the fall of the company. While there is a marginal justification for adding some closed software at the periphery of a large open source project, having a hobbyist-featured core that’s open source and then putting everything you need for the move to production in closed add-ons denies the basic software freedoms that make open source so appealing to business.
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The open core model exploits open source and is a game on software freedom.
....
It's a bait-and-switch, wrapping the same old lock-in in the flag of open source and hoping you won't notice.
...
This is not just a philosophical game. 'Software freedom' may sound abstract, but it is the system of thinking behind the very practical and tangible benefits that have drawn vast numbers of businesses to use open source. As I have written previously, the four freedoms (to use, study, modify and distribute the software without restriction) have created a vast market by enabling cost-savings and flexibility. So a business model that cultivates a casual disregard for and discarding of those liberties while pretending otherwise deserves to be challenged.
Open core is not open source
MySQLer Henrik Ingo finds Mårten Mikos’ assertions about open core wanting: “open core does not qualify as open source, as per the definition. It is closed source. It is the opposite of open source.”
MySQLer Henrik Ingo finds Mårten Mikos’ assertions about open core wanting: “open core does not qualify as open source, as per the definition. It is closed source. It is the opposite of open source.”
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