On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, mulix wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:22:56AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, mulix wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 12:24:25PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Some Open-Source Projects are either specifically oriented toward the
> > > > Israeli needs, or are simply headed by Israeli devlopers. Do you think it
> > > > would be a good idea to have a directory (or a flat list) of such projects
> > > > on our site.
> > >
> > > why? what's the benefit for the israeli linux users, whom the site is
> > > supposed to serve?
> >
> > Think of it as an answer to the question: "Is free software being written
> > in Israel?"
>
> ok.
>
> > To take a subject that is closer to you: will Israeli companies release
> > code under a free license?
>
> when the moon turns blue, most likely :)
> but personally, i'm working on it.
>
I'm not an open-source (or free software - WiJG?) purist in the sense that
I accept the legitimacy of non-free software, and think someone does not
have to feel an ounce of guilt if he develops it for a living. (likewise
for O-S software) I also don't see using free software while not "giving
back to the community" as a crime because open-source was meant to serve a
lot of selfish people.
Back to the problem at hand: we will focus on O-S Projects with some
core developers who are Israeli.
> > I'm for the idea (unless the list turns out to be too short, that
> > is...)
>
> you convinced me. i remove my objection.
Since Muli and Tzafrir agree on it, and I am also a bit convinced, let's
make a list of the projects:
* PHP
* Sys-Call-Track
* My Stuff (Freecell Solver, FCFS RWLock - the rest are extermely
limited or not really maintained)
* Mulix' other stuff (Muli, is there anything you think deserve putting
there?)
* SVGAlib (I believe Matan Ziv-Av is the maintainer)
* We will refer people to the FAQ for Hebrew, Bidi or Israel specific
software.
* Nadav and Alon's ilsendsms script.
* IGLU-originated hacks - the mailing lists' list manager, the jobs
tracker/consultants list applet.
* MOSIX (almost forgot it)
* IP-Noise (there are probably many more university projects out there
which are Open-Source. Should we mention all of them?)
* XBanner - is it still maintained.
And maybe there's more, but I can't think of them at the moment. There are
various issues with this list. Are we going to include projects done by
Israeli ex-patriats? How should we list the projects? Should we put
everything in an SQL database? Or just use a hand-maintained HTML page
with some nice CSS styles? Should projects be active or can they also be
dormant?
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> --
> The ill-formed Orange
> Fails to satisfy the eye: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/
> Segmentation fault. http://syscalltrack.sf.net/
Sorry for being trollish but there's a tab on the last line which causes
them to be unaligned.
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