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Music 36

Music Video Free FAQ 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. I hope that they decide to go with an OSI approved license (they are currently using their own, which is a modification of the Apache license.

Open Source 111

Open Source Open Tools Free 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

No administration fees, no license checking, no running out of licenses for larger organizations, nothin’ Download it and put it on every desktop and get rid of that license manager thingy. It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free?

Open Source 100

Open Source License Adopt Database 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I stopped at the license agreement. I popped in my Fiesty Fawn (Kubuntu 7.04) CD that I’d burned from a downloaded ISO, and rebooted. We’ll see how that works once I am able to download some of the good wireless GUI tools out there (like NetworkManager, which I hear is good.) I got a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61m.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

at 6:12 pm Having spent a little bit of time to download MPower, I have to say I’m underwhelmed. But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. I’m looking forward to having time to digest all that has happened here. { Which is fine. 2 Tompkins Spann 03.21.08

NTC 111

NTC News Open Source Convio 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) It’s my understanding that none of the major non-profit SaaS players use open source tools.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open API Software 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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.

Journal 100

Journal Change License Model 100