Beyond Free Beer: Is Using Open Source A Matter Of Choosing Software or Joining A Political Movement?
This page provides details for the plenary talk on
"Beyond Free Beer: Is Using Open Source A Matter Of Choosing Software
or Joining A Political Movement?".
- Title:
- Beyond Free Beer: Is Using Open Source A Matter Of Choosing Software or Joining A Political Movement?
- Speaker:
- Sebastian Rahtz, University of Oxford
- Abstract:
- Is becoming a developer of open source the most effective way to deploy open
source applications? Or can users and deployment be separated cleanly from programmers
and development? We will revisit the story of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" in
laying out how open source software is typically developed, but also consider the
many other different support and development models out there. The important
feature of open source is the licence; but the second most important thing is
how the communities work on the ongoing development of the software. Is working
with enterprise solutions from Red Hat or IBM the long-term answer, or is it an
attempt to stifle true open source? This talk will attempt to look beyond the
free beer of open source for UK HE and FE institutions.
- Time:
- This session took place from 11:00-11:45 on Wednesday 28th July 2004.
- Contact Details
- Sebastian Rahtz
OUCS
University of Oxford
13 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6NN
Email: sebastian.rahtz AT computing-services.oxford.ac.uk
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