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Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
jgb@gsyc.es http://identi.ca/jgbarah http://twitter.com/jgbarah GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
I Jornadas Universitarias de Programaci on M ovil Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, October 21st 2011
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Free software...
Four freedoms:
To To To To run the program study and change the program redistribute copies distribute copies of modied versions
Formulated in 1983 (Richard Stallman) Tens of thousands of projects, worldwide Term open source software coined in 1998 Dierent motivations: ethical, practical, etc.
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Much better and complete learning process Quick dissemination/acquisition of technologies Collaboration in communities (even informal) You can build, you can x, you can improve Access to third parties eort (improvements, porting, localization, distirbution, marketing) Your work is your presentation letter The value of meritocracy...
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You can just be hired by some company You can join a project, earn a reputation, get paid for your expertise, consulting You can start your own project, get paid for improvements, adaptions You can start your own project, obtain the interest of a company You can start your own project, convert it into a successful business
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Late 1990s, early 2000s Some PDAs running systems based on Linux Operating systems:
Familiar Linux (Compaq iPAQ) OpenZaurus (Sharp Zaurus)
Graphic environments
GPE, GNOME/GNU Palmtop Environment Qtopia (based in Qt)
http://tuxmobil.org/pda_linux.html
Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
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The turn of the decade (2008-2011) Others, including reactions to iOS and Android: Symbian OS (Nokia, Symbian Foundation, Accenture): published as libre software in 2010 WebOS (Palm, Hewlett-Packard): based on Linux, but proprietary software Meego (Nokia, Intel), now Tizen: community built libre software
Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
To probe further
Introduction to Libre Software (Spanish, English) http://curso-sobre.berlios.de/introsobre/ Materials of the URJC masters program on libre software http://master.libresoft.es Producing Open Source Software http://producingoss.com/ Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution
http://commons.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Open_Sources_2.0
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