Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 16, 2006 05:27 AM
A good example of this issue is Ubuntu. Ubuntu was a guilty party of not even having a LINK to the sources from their download page, not even a declaration that they would make it available at cost for a period fo 3 years.
The good news Ubuntu now has the source code up. (<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download" title="ubuntu.com">http://www.ubuntu.com/download</a ubuntu.com>).
Why do people want access to source code? It is people's right to download the code if they want it, period. Crying that it just adds extra bandwidth costs falls on my deaf ears since I don't give a shit about you wanting to skirt your obligations. What I care about my, and others', freedoms.
Also, as a practicle example of why 99% of the time I try to get the code, and you should get it too, is that I want a backup in case they go closed. I've been burned more than once when a project goes closed and the source code disappears so I want the code.
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Guilty Ubuntu Absolved - Why Need the Source?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 16, 2006 05:27 AMThe good news Ubuntu now has the source code up. (<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download" title="ubuntu.com">http://www.ubuntu.com/download</a ubuntu.com>).
Why do people want access to source code? It is people's right to download the code if they want it, period. Crying that it just adds extra bandwidth costs falls on my deaf ears since I don't give a shit about you wanting to skirt your obligations. What I care about my, and others', freedoms.
Also, as a practicle example of why 99% of the time I try to get the code, and you should get it too, is that I want a backup in case they go closed. I've been burned more than once when a project goes closed and the source code disappears so I want the code.
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