Software as a Service Without Crimes Against Freedom Robin Sheat < robin@catalyst.net.nz > Catalyst IT Ltd. OSDC Melbourne 25th of November, 2010
Koha Community ◮ 153 authors, about 25 active ◮ 28 companies offering support ◮ 11 years, 1 month old ◮ 700 Perl scripts and modules ◮ 90 videos in the YouTube channel ◮ 5430 tickets in bugzilla
Four Freedoms 0. The freedom to run the program, for any purpose. 1. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish. 2. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor. 3. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others.
Some Examples ◮ Google Notebook → unmaintained ◮ Google Wave Client → to be shut down ◮ Drop.io → shut down ◮ Intuit Quickbase → shut off to people outside the US ◮ Google Groups → no longer able to upload and share files ◮ Ning → no-cost to cost ◮ Bebo → sold a couple of times, nearly shut down ◮ YouTube → removing groups in five days time
Some Examples ◮ Libre.fm → music tracking ◮ Identi.ca → microblogging ◮ Gitorius → Git hosting ◮ Jabber → instant messaging ◮ SparkleShare → file hosting ◮ Ur1.ca → URL shortener
Questions? Discussion?
Image Sources ◮ Koha Wiki ◮ Flickr user: eythian ◮ Wikimedia ◮ Open Street Map ◮ LibraryTechnology.com ◮ Wikipedia: Cloud Computing ◮ Flickr user: darwinbell ◮ Open Clip Art ◮ Flickr user: djking ◮ Flickr user: kahunapulej ◮ Flickr user: donnagrayson ◮ Flickr user: krupptastic
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