We’re developing open source industrial machines that can be made for a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free. The goal of Open Source Ecology is to create an open source economy – an efficient economy which increases innovation by open collaboration.
Using a proprietary solution that has FOSS components isn’t the same as a FOSS solution. Commercial enterprise support is usually in the form of a vendor support contract (or a proprietary solution that uses FOSS components), which gives the corpo someone to blame.
Also, wasn’t the abacus, technically, open source? So, they couldn’t use that, either.
Using a proprietary solution that has FOSS components isn’t the same as a FOSS solution. Commercial enterprise support is usually in the form of a vendor support contract (or a proprietary solution that uses FOSS components), which gives the corpo someone to blame.
Also, wasn’t the abacus, technically, open source? So, they couldn’t use that, either.