[esocialaction] Short History and a museum visit.

[Ariel Foina]

When does commercial software come close to open source?

Another possible answer to the question (it does not means that this
is the case) is that, when I buy a user licence, the company become
responsible for the software, since this source is closed.
When it is open, companies don´t sell licences, so they are not
responsible for "security issues/failures". So... I will not be amazed
if open source become a practice in a near future. Migration from
close source to open source is not a software issue, but a migration
between 2 different (but not necessarily less profitable) business
models.

Regards

Ariel Foina
Brazil
p.s.: I'm moving to this new e-mail acc, please, take note of the new adress


On 9/26/05, Thompson, Steve <S.D.Thompson at tees.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This may be of interest to some. When does commercial software come
> close to open source? - When it's produced by Swedish prods -
> Propellerheads. Faced with people hacking their software instead of
> clamping down they embraced it and possitively encouraged it and so
> encouraged a community of users. They have now made one of their most
> acclaimed packages "Rebirth" free to distribute.
>
> I've blogged about this here http://tinyurl.com/bhkkz
>
> If you don't have the time or the inclination to read it all scroll down
> to below the "REBIRTH MUSEUM" logo and just read that. It relates to
> education in a creative sense and looking at numeracy through music. The
> beauty of the Props making their software free is that I could run
> something without having to worry about a budget for software/hardware.
>
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