<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font: inherit;'>Hi,<br><br>I contacted FSF and was contacted by FSF recently<br>and there is a growing demand for a new global alliance on open source software.<br>As business of Linux based embedded hardware devices is already worth billions $ <br>- WiFi APs, routers, servers, <br>GPS car navigation,<br>car audio systems<br>digital tv boxes<br>control - security equipment<br>house appliances<br>and more and more to be added with every day<br>Free Software Foundation has a real problem to coordinate licensing of<br>GNU open source software products worldwide, globe-wide.<br><br>There is a growing number of firms, companies, selling GNU open source software products<br>as commercial software products, integrating any such add-on GNU open source software with hardware lock key.<br>As this trend is growing and there is no way to stop it<br>a new global alliance for open source software
products is<br>what is needed urgently.<br><br>There is no way to go to courts with violations of GNU open source licenses<br>due to legal costs and court charges involved.<br><br>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<br>and offered for more than 1 US$ on a market.<br><br>So there is a need a new global alliance to solve the problem of financing of<br>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.<br><br>Darius<br>f.IT forensic expert<br><br></td></tr></table><br>Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com