Foss Presentation

Editor's Notes

1. Intro video – to play as people arrive linuxad_share opensource_ad_spoof linux_ad_yesiam linux_ad_numberone thetruthaboutopensource_spoof Introduction yourself, others KWL Raise your hand if you have heard about any of the following: Gcompris, Childsplay, FOSS, ”Open Source”, Linux, Ubuntu, OLPC, Firefox
2. Red Hat CEO Bob Young asks the question, “Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?” and after everyone answers “No.” He follows up with “What do you know about modern internal-combustion engines?” The ability to open the hood, like access to the source code, gives the consumer control. The consumer chooses to have the car serviced at the dealer, if he’s not satisfied with the work or the price, he can choose to take the car somewhere else.
3. Red Hat CEO Bob Young asks the question, “Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?” and after everyone answers “No.” He follows up with “What do you know about modern internal-combustion engines?” The ability to open the hood, like access to the source code, gives the consumer control. The consumer chooses to have the car serviced at the dealer, if he’s not satisfied with the work or the price, he can choose to take the car somewhere else.
4. Free Software is OSS but not all OSS is Free Software http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
5. Open source software is often constructed using the same time-tested methodologies and practices used to construct proprietary software. However there are a number of interesting differences that result from the difference in rights conferred by the license:
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