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Open-Source Software and Its Role in Space Exploration - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

A software developer from JPL explains the reasons that NASA has embraced free and open source software in its application development process. Because, in a Mars launch, the term "mission critical" has a literal meaning.

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Why is proprietary software so bad?

One of the biggest arguments in the Linux world rages around proprietary software (software restricted by license and/or price). The majority of the Linux users out there are for pure FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software). That is, they only want FLOSS

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Free software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

* ... to run the program for any purpose. * ... to study and modify the program. * ... to copy the program so you can help your neighbor. * ... to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

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Becoming a Free Software developer, part IV : Putting your interest to good use. | Free Software Magazine

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Software Wars

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Microsoft Wants FOSS Users to Pay Royalties

A CNN report tells of Microsoft wanting royalties from distributors and users of free software like Linux. Microsoft claims that free software violated 235 of its patents.

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Everybody Loves Eric Raymond web comic

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Three Things Steve Ballmer (and Brad Smith) Get Wrong about Free and Open Source Software

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O'ReillyGMT: Miguel de Icaza talks with Juantomas Garcia

late one night in Badajoz during CISL 3.0 (Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre), Josette Garcia (ORA UK) got Miguel & his Madrid pal Juantomás García (no relation) together for a chat++, also with Paul Brown (Linux-Magazine.es, Málaga)

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distribution

A software distribution is a bundle of a specific software, already compiled and configured. Sometimes free and open-source software distributions are sold together with commercial support.

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Making Money from Open Source Software

provides comprehensive web resources and business model inputs for making revenues from free & open source software

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OSS Watch team blog

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OSS Watch team blog

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Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre 3.0

7-9 Feb, Badajoz, Spain: CISL III | CISL 2007 | Conf Int de Software Libre 3.0 | Free SW Int Conf. In English | Castellano | Português. To cover not just software but all aspects and implications. Theme: A Challenge for Imagination.

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Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre 3.0

7-9 Feb, Badajoz, Spain: CISL III | CISL 2007 | Conf Int de Software Libre 3.0 | Free SW Int Conf. In English | Castellano | Português. To cover not just software but all aspects and implications. Theme: A Challenge for Imagination.

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OSS Watch team blog

OSS Watch advises UK colleges and universities on free and open source software

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OSS Watch team blog

OSS Watch advises UK colleges and universities on free and open source software

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Libervis.com | Promoting Freedom in a Networked Digital World

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Libervis.com | Promoting Freedom in a Networked Digital World

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[UK] Early Day Motion on FOSS

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FSF - Licenses

List of software licenses both compatible and non compatible with the GPL, The GPL as a maxim for "Free Software" license.

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FSF - Licenses

List of software licenses both compatible and non compatible with the GPL, The GPL as a maxim for "Free Software" license.

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Vinod's Irregular Rants & Raves!: What is Freedom?

Vinod Unny claims the GPL's viral nature can infect humans too and prevent one from writing proprietary code in the future because it may be GPL-code influenced.

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Vinod's Irregular Rants & Raves!: What is Freedom?

Vinod Unny claims the GPL's viral nature can infect humans too and prevent one from writing proprietary code in the future because it may be GPL-code influenced.

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10 common misunderstandings about the GPL

"The GNU General Public License (GPL) is one of the most widely used software licenses -- and, undoubtedly, the most misunderstood" ...

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Tux Typing Tutor

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Libro blanco del software libre

(Spanish) What's available on the free-software front (in Spain)

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Open Warfare in Open Source

editorial on GPL v.3...

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Open Warfare in Open Source

editorial on GPL v.3...

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UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network — UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network

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