[maemo-developers] Open Source Software New Global Alliance - proposal

[From: David Bolter]

How do we proceed?

cheers,
David
Darius Jack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I contacted FSF and was contacted by FSF recently
> and there is a growing demand for a new global alliance on open source 
> software.
> As business of Linux based embedded hardware devices is already worth 
> billions $
> - WiFi APs, routers, servers,
> GPS car navigation,
> car audio systems
> digital tv boxes
> control - security equipment
> house appliances
> and more and more to be added with every day
> Free Software Foundation has a real problem to coordinate licensing of
> GNU open source software products worldwide, globe-wide.
>
> There is a growing number of firms, companies, selling GNU open source 
> software products
> as commercial software products, integrating any such add-on GNU open 
> source software with hardware lock key.
> As this trend is growing and there is no way to stop it
> a new global alliance for open source software products is
> what is needed urgently.
>
> There is no way to go to courts with violations of GNU open source 
> licenses
> due to legal costs and court charges involved.
>
> Developers of GNU open source software have been working hard for 
> years, working for the community and today, their job and work is made 
> commercial software product by others
> and offered for more than 1 US$ on a market.
>
> So there is a need a new global alliance to solve the problem of 
> financing of
> open source software developers as money for sold Linux based open 
> source software products in hardware embedded devices (TomTom and 
> others) goes in millions per day.
>
> Darius
> f.IT forensic expert
>
>
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