Tags: advocacy
JW Player uses term "Open Source", but violates Open Source Definition rule #6
By Robin Smidsrød on Sep 2, 2011 | In Software Development | 1 feedback »
I recently came across the software JW Player. It is a Flash/HTML5-based video player to use on your website. Oh, this looks great, I thought. Why haven't we used this at work, I asked myself? It is, after all, open source. Then I clicked on to the download page and I saw a piece of text that confused me at first.By downloading, I agree to the non-commercial license.How can a software be open source, but only for non-commercial use? That does not compute. more »
Lets make a perl appreciation survey for the masses
By Robin Smidsrød on Jun 12, 2009 | In Software, Perl | 4 feedbacks »
This is a response to John Napiorkowski's article: Why All the Hate?
Matt S. Trout was talking about the fact that we need to become better with marketing. I second that.
One of the tools of marketeers is the survey.
My suggestion is this: Why d… more »



