[News] Multilateral Investment Fund Claims First Release of FOSS - Linux

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MIF to release first Open Source Software

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| The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank
| announced the release of its first Open Source Software, aimed at increasing
| the dissemination of ICT solutions.
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http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/te...?news_id=56349

It doesn't say much about how free it is, but an index of openness might be on
its way.

Equitable Open Source

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| It made me realize that rather than to rant at leisure about the shortcomings
| of various open source companies and their business model, it would be better
| to do something about it. Here is an idea.
|
| Build an independent organization
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| * Founded exclusively by non-profit organizations or individuals
| * Which finances are accessible publicly at any time (what's the
| Internet for?)
| * Which board members would be elected by open source contributors (w/ a
| little help from main repositories. Minimum contribution may apply to
| avoid trolls)
| * With as much as possible an equitable election process (e.g. same
| number of video interviews)
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http://blog.milkingthegnu.org/2008/0...able-open.html


Recent:

"Good enough" ethics and "good enough" open source

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| The Journal defined "ethics" broadly as "socially responsible," and then set
| about trying to determine just how socially responsible consumers demand of a
| company before they'll take their business elsewhere...
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9943296-16.html


Related:

A New Evangelist for Microsoft

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| When I first heard about this? let's call it "rumor," I have to admit
| that I was rather shocked at the very prospect of Microsoft wanting
| to bring on an "open source" evangelist into their ranks.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?op...432&Itemid=449


Using open source as a marketing ploy

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| This is typical trend riding fluff. If you go the Aras website you
| read about "Microsoft Enterprise Open Source Solutions", which is
| comical in and of itself.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openreso...pen_sourc.html


My Tongue-Lashing from Eben Moglen

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| He made a strong statement about why the Free Software Foundation ultimately
| chose not to close the "SaaS loophole" in GPLv3...
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/20...guelashin.html


Open Source is no Web 2.0

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| It is time we stop the term open source from getting hijacked. I recently
| wrote about how tech media doesn’t get open source. The events in the last
| week or so have confirmed my thesis further.
|
| [...]
|
| It is time for saner elements in the open source world to wake up and stop
| the abuse of the term open source by the tech media and companies like
| Microsoft. If we don’t do it now, the only other alternative is the free
| software movement and the business community may not be able to leverage the
| freedom offered by the free software then.
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http://www.krishworld.com/blog/open-...e-is-no-web-20
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