valinux goes propietary?

[smaffulli at inwind.it]

> "smaffulli at inwind.it"<smaffulli at inwind.it> writes:
> 
> > Again, make believe it: one thing that everybody says is "sell
> > services on open source (or free software)" and VA just said they
> > can't.
> 
> Did VA's background as a hardware company influence this?  Is their
> setup so tuned towards selling products that they can't sell services?

that sounds like a good point, thanks. It still leaves exposed the question
ESR backing up such a move: can we consider this as the final act of the
Open Source Initiative? Is OSI over now? Shall we say it? Or who else
should claim the end of OSI?

> On a more general point, I think we need a "Linuxmanship"-style page
> for free software.  I'm off to see what's out there... any got some
> suggestions?  (Basic question: how do we promote free software to each
> class of user?  There's the business markets at each level and the
> users of each type.)

What do you mean with "Linuxmanship"-style page? 
I wrote a very little paper (in Italian, though) on why it is worth releasing new
software as Free Software. I wrote it having in mind developers and explains
shortly why it is not worth considering other proprietary licenses and means
of distribution like free/shareware.
http://www.linuxvalley.it/columns/columns.php?IdCol=109
Originally i wrote that article in English to advocate the release of a specific
piece of software under the GPL.

Could you explain better your idea as I am not sure I understood you, sorry.

Regards
stef

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