The Antidote Event for the Oscars

[boojiboy]

Southern California Linux Expo
SCALE 7x, the premier Open Source Community conference in the southwestern United States, returns to the Westin LAX Hotel, site of the 6th Expo!

http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/

Get yer geek on!

[S_M_E]

As sad as it would be, I'd rather watch the Oscars than attend that. Good thing I don't have to do either.

[boojiboy]

Why?!? I've never been, looks interesting....

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by boojiboy

Why?!? I've never been, looks interesting....

Because linux isn't my cup of tea. I'd rather have a root canal than attend that.

[sainswor99]

sigh...

Same old S_M_S.

If HE doesn't like it, then it must suck. And he must let you know that it sucks, because he is S_M_S, king of the seagulls.

[boojiboy]

Hey! Today was very interesting! Looking forward to tomorrow. Even if you're not into Linux, if you're reading this you're probably both a geek and a supporter of the open source community.

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by boojiboy

Hey! Today was very interesting! Looking forward to tomorrow. Even if you're not into Linux, if you're reading this you're probably both a geek and a supporter of the open source community.

Yes and no, I like open source and Unix (which linux isn't) just fine but the GPL is a joke.

[boojiboy]

Originally Posted by S_M_E

Yes and no, I like open source and Unix (which linux isn't) just fine but the GPL is a joke.

With all due respect, isn't that exactly the opposite of why Linux was created to begin with? Unix became more proprietary and the very definition of the Gnu Public License is, in fact, what defines certain software as being open source:

"GNU
The ball started rolling back in the 1980s, when a hugely talented
computer scientist called Richard Stallman decided to create a clone of
a venerable operating system called Unix. At the time, Unix ran many of
the world’s industrial and academic computer systems.
Stallman did this because Unix was becoming increasingly
proprietary—it was no longer permitted to share its source code (the
listings created by programmers), as had happened since the inception
of Unix in 1969.
This was anathema to Stallman, who believed sharing software was
natural and healthy. He decided his version of Unix would always be
freely available, and invented the legal and ethical concept of Free
Software to ensure this happened. Put simply, Free Software says users
should always have the freedom to share software, without restrictions.
On a technical level, Free Software guarantees the right to view and also
modify source code, or even use it as a basis to make a new program.
However, any additions or changes must be released as Free Software
too, so others can continue to benefit.
The Free Software ideal is enshrined in a software license
applied to all Free Software projects. It’s called the GNU Public
License, or GPL. This is like Microsoft’s End User License
Agreement that comes with Windows (and you see whenever you
install Windows from scratch), except whereas the Microsoft EULA
prohibits sharing Windows under any circumstances, the GPL says
exactly the opposite—that you can always share the software!
Stallman called his version of Unix “GNU” (pronounced G-noo). This is
a recursive acronym, standing for GNU’s Not Unix. In other words, the
acronym refers to itself—a joke of a type favored by programmers."

http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index2.html

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by boojiboy

With all due respect, isn't that exactly the opposite of why Linux was created to begin with? Unix became more proprietary and the very definition of the Gnu Public License is, in fact, what defines certain software as being open source

GPL isn't the only open source license and not everything needs to be open source.