Software users must fight for open source

Vikingod · May 16, 2007, 05:54 PM

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Software users must fight for the right to modify and redistribute open code and its resulting products in light of recent vendor squabbling, analyst firm Gartner warned today.

Gartner analysts Brian Prentice and Mark Driver said in a research note that some members of the open source community were concerned about the role that vendors play in supplying and supporting the software.

"Vendors increasingly want to tweak the meaning of open source to include, for example, attribution licensing which says the user can modify and redistribute the software, and make derivative versions based on it, only if they give the author credit," said Prentice.

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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Software users must fight for open source Source: vnunet ___________ Software users must fight for the right to modify and redistribute open code and its resulting products in light of recent vendor squabbling, analyst firm Gartner warned today. Gartner analysts Brian Prentice and Mark Driver said in a research note that some members of the open source community were concerned about the role that vendors play in supplying and supporting the software. "Vendors increasingly want to tweak the meaning of open source to include, for example, attribution licensing which says the user can modify and redistribute the software, and make derivative versions based on it, only if they give the author credit," said Prentice.