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OSiM 2008, first impression

Submitted by Carlo on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 10:44
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So I have been the last two days at OSiM (Open Source in Mobile), I have heard of many issues, promises, problems, stuff. What do I bring home? Random thoughts, and a heck lot of confusion.

The very proposition "Open Source in Mobile" seems misleading. Open Source is the replacement, industry-buzzword version, of Free Software. Free Software is about licenses which grant people the four Freedoms, it's about copyright licenses. At OSiM I have heard a lot of technology and solutions, very little about software and their licenses.

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