Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

In fact, pretty much every open source project that has gone commercial, or had a change in license, caused a fork, pretty much killing the original (like Mambo, or XFree86.) They have had an active user community, many of which, I imagine, are going elsewhere.

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JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. MPower Open is now on Sourceforge , they released their product under the GPL v3. These are good steps forward.

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MAY 21, 2007

I stopped at the license agreement. I might regret hosing the recovery media w/o getting them on CD later, but I hope not – I was in a purist mood – I would have had to have agreed to the license agreement for Vista and activated the product in order to burn the media, and I wasn’t about to do that.) It booted fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Just threatening to sue, threatening to get license fees (which, for some open source projects would be a major problem) is enough to make people doubt the future of open source. It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again. Of course, the 800 pound gorilla doesn’t actually have to sue anyone.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. and licensing models. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. Although they weren’t doing it when I made the purchase, Dell is now including licensed DVD playback software.

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AUGUST 12, 2007

It is a rock-solid distribution with what is arguably the best package management system. Ubuntu is based on Debian). It has a vibrant user community. Debian is the favorite of most serious Linux geeks. And, luckily, once you’ve learned some Linux, supporting other distributions isn’t such a big deal. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. Some take internal staff resources (especially the Manual strategy.) Others take developer resources (especially the Integration strategy.) So what’s the right strategy? That totally depends on a few factors. First, are you happy with your current CRM and CMS?

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APRIL 7, 2007

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. The licenses are as follows: Personal License: If you have purchased a copy/subscription to the Journal with a personal license, this means that it is for your personal use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Also, for you Windows types, here is a plain english interpretation of the Windows Vista EULA (End User License Agreement.) How about this one: " You may not work around any technical limitations in the software." " What else is it that us geeks do? This sounds quite different than the activation issue.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

PT started using Salesforce.com in 2008, taking advantage of its free licenses for nonprofits. Tags: Community CRM International Newsletter NPTech NTEN. They also used wufoo.com , which helps create online forms, process applications for programs, manage magazine applications, subscriptions and more. .

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MAY 29, 2009

While we're on the subject of fundraising, NTEN and M+R Strategic Services have released their eNonprofit Benchmarks Study for 2009 ( Robert blogged about last year's report). Photo: Ann Althouse , CC license. Related: NOZA's Craig Harris on Relationships with Donors.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV. Much of Sullivan's talk followed his important "Why I Blog" piece written in November 2008. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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