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RE: "Open-Source Software" Is A Misleading Term
Open source software and the trademarks associated with it are OWNED by three companies:
1.) Free Software Foundation
2.) The Open Source Initiative (OSI)
3.) Open Source Development Network (OSDN)
So people get confused when I have open source CMS software that runs on Windows!
Nice post :-)
Haha, let's get that CMS on to a debian build then, shall we? :)
lol yes!
It does seem like hell has frozen over in software land when you can run Ubuntu natively on Windows!
I think the big picture is that Linux and Windows and Macs all hold their patent portfolios which really make each distro unique and particularly suited for a specific purpose?
This is a licence story I guess. Well, it is necessary to say that you are free to use software under the GNU licence. Furthermore software encouraged by FSF/Richard Stallman will be completely open code and free. This true for some linux distros but not all, some ubuntu distros are for example not encouraged since they contain proprietary components. (sounds fked up, I know)
The problem is there will never be a FSF or "open source" mobile phone because GSM is patented and you can't use patent software in open source licensing.
The larger problem is software patents - we need innovation and much reform in this space.
By it's security virtues open source will have a bigger future (market share) than it currently does now.
I care to disagree, are you aware of this project?
https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
GSM is the network we use and we can be in control of the data we send and receive over it. I think this projects is pretty much the best we can get in terms of FOSS and I like it.
The phone may be running Linux but the network is still snooping on users and you'd need to wire-up a SoC to get at sort of Wifi, Cellular and possibly music library support(unless you're using HTML 5 video specs possibly) without really guaranteeing much extra security without control of the network or carrier infrastructure and the geostationary orbital network ☄ i.e. Iridium satellite constellation and the same goes for Wifi.
I'm a bit open source and GNU fan and just wishing community could reach full outer-space stack and software-controlled networks and protocols end to end without using proprietary components but I don't feel we've reached that point quite yet.
You are a freaking Free Software nazi haha - I love it <3
thanks @cryptonik love your article and keep them coming it's quite complex situation because I hear Microsoft contributes more software to Linux kernel than Ubuntu does which is super crazy isn't it?! (I think they made their Fat32 File System Open Source for use with USB devices natively in Linux as a code contribution) For me bottom line is we need to launch our own human crowdfunded open source outer-space network for high speed low latency free encrypted global public access complete with our own space cars and all on the Blockchain for our end goal as we're all focused on building a better cleaner, healthier and more peaceful and empowered global community for humans!🖥