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JW Player uses term "Open Source", but violates Open Source Definition rule #6
By Robin Smidsrød on Sep 2, 2011 | In Software Development | Send 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 »
Talk: Morality and Pragmatism in Free Software and Open Source
By Robin Smidsrød on Oct 3, 2009 | In Software, Education | Send feedback »
I just wanted to inform you about a talk I'll be making on my local college about the differences in philosophy of the Free Software movement and the Open Source movement.Feedback about content, accuracy etc. most wanted.The talk is mostly about… more »
