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i would just like to mention the following (yes, i think google rocks, when i look at where google participates in open source): http://code.google.com/soc/200
by buster 17y ago
i would just like to mention the following (yes, i think google rocks, when i look at where google participates in open source):
http://code.google.com/soc/2005/ http://code.google.com/soc/2005/
http://code.google.com/soc/2006/ http://code.google.com/soc/2006/
http://code.google.com/soc/2007/ http://code.google.com/soc/2007/
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ http://code.google.com/soc/2008/
if thats not enough, we can go ahead with open source OS (android, chromium, hired linux kernel devs), browsers (chrome, firefox participation), python, go language..
just out of my head of course ;)
on the other side we have companies that just try to conform to licenses.Atleast that's my impression. I am wondering how open source contribution from apple or MS would look like if there where no GPL but only BSD licensed software.. (now, i'll most probably be bashed for trolling, sorry.)
- Zev 17y agoI am wondering how open source contribution from apple or MS would look like if there where no GPL but only BSD licensed software.. For Apple, probably the same. Most of their open source software is under the APSL, or (more frequently) BSD or Apache 2 licenses. I can't think of any (L)GPL'd project started by Apple.
- xpaulbettsx 17y agoMicrosoft makes a majority of its F/OSS software as the MS-PL which is functionally equivalent to BSD licensed.
- Zev 17y agoFair enough. I deliberately avoided commenting on how it would look for Microsoft, since I'm not at all knowledgeable on Microsoft's open source policy.