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BluetunA
Submitted by karmanet on Wed, 2007-05-16 14:50. mobile music open source social softwareBluetunA is an open source software developed in Java for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones that allows people to connect to each other and exchange music tips on the fly. It is an example of mobile music sharing and mobile social software at their dawn, not allowing music sharing right now because of DRM and copyright issues.
To further expand the idea and the software we're looking for contributors, so to create a community around its development and allow its adoption and diffusion.
Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software
Submitted by libervisco on Tue, 2007-03-06 01:03. free software open source terminologyA recently revised article about the differences between "Free Software" and "Open Source", by Richard Stallman.
Something of relevance to this is the recent controversy developed around the meaning of the term "Open Source" which puts some doubt on whether "Open Source" as a term is really any clearer than "Free Software". The real truth about the term was spelled out by Eric Raymond anyway, it is basically a way to conceal the ideology and purism of FSF.
Is "Open Source" Now Completely Meaningless?
Eric Raymond: Yes, "open source" is still meaningful
World Domination 201
Submitted by libervisco on Thu, 2007-01-11 00:26. esr gnu linux open source world dominationA controversial document plotting the pragmatic plan towards the "World Domination" of GNU/Linux.



