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Is FOSS actually important to anyone?
by kleiba 16y ago
Is FOSS actually important to anyone?
- sidmitra 16y agoI think it's more about giving credit for a good piece of software proprietary or otherwise.
- CoryMathews 16y agoOpera's code may not be open source but its more available then any other browser. Mobiles, Wii, Linux, Mac, PC.. They always apply the open standards the same as FireFox, and never set their own standards.
- Indyan 16y agoOpera is not open sourcing their engine as it doesn't fit in with their business model (they earn revenue by licensing their engine to companies like Adobe). However, where ever possible Opera encourages open standards and openness. They have been amongst the strongest supporters of Ogg Theora and now WebM. Their DragonFly developers tool is open source. Opera's Ogg Theora video player is based on open source gstreamer. http://sourcecode.opera.com/gstreamer/ http://sourcecode.opera.com/gstreamer/ Also notable is Opera's opposition to software patents and their contribution to the W3C and WHATWG.