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Introduces the new Software Freedom Law Center in Great Britain. Distribution of the source code underpinning open-source programs on the Internet as a work in progress for informal networks independent programmers; Concentration of the open-source program beyond the Microsoft-dominated desktop comp...

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Published in:Times Higher Education Supplement no. 1689; pp. 12 - 13
Main Author: Philips, Stephen
Format: Article
Published: TSL Education Limited 4/29/2005
Subjects:
Information technology
Open source software
Computer software
Intellectual cooperation
Internet
United Kingdom
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Introduces the new Software Freedom Law Center in Great Britain. Distribution of the source code underpinning open-source programs on the Internet as a work in progress for informal networks independent programmers; Concentration of the open-source program beyond the Microsoft-dominated desktop computing arena in powerful backroom servers performing data crunching activities; Popularity of the open-source software.