Again, I stand by my explanation. Eric
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Ghodmode <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Slaya Chronicles - Geeko Acolyte > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Closed Core == sounds like FOSS, smells like FOSS, looks like FOSS but >> it ain't FOSS. > > "Open Core" is a real term and that all applies, but (I think) I made up > that term "Closed Core" and I don't even know if the concept is valid. > > It seems to me that "Open Core" implementations are basically a lie told to > consumers to lock them into proprietary software before they realize it. > Because of the lie, it's worse than regular proprietary software. > > In the "Open Core" concept, if all of that proprietary stuff wrapped around > the FLOSS base went away, the core software would still be okay. > > In this "Closed Core" concept I'm describing, if the proprietary core of the > applications goes away, none of the FLOSS applications built around it would > work any more. > > It would be like we had all of the GNU utilities without a Linux kernel to > run them on. In fact, it really happened that way 30 years ago. GNU was > developed without the Linux kernel (ref: > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html ). > > So, what I'm wondering is whether or not "Closed Core" is a valid concept > and if we can apply that term to free Facebook apps, for example. I suppose > a similar concept could be applied to free Windows software that requires > proprietary libraries. > > What do we, as a community, think about this? Should we discourage this > type of software development? If the closed core (i.e.: Facebook or > Windows) went away, would the apps go away, be rewritten to work on another > API, or would we write a new core implementing the missing APIs? > > We're actually two groups in one... FLOSS enthusiasts and Software > Developers. As a developer I say "ooohh! Facebook API... cool!", but as a > FLOSS enthusiast I don't like Facebook's limitations or secrets. > > -- > Ghodmode > http://www.ghodmode.com/blog > > >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Ghodmode <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I noticed a "Facebook Developers Garage" event on the OSDC.my. Since >> > Facebook is definitely not free, but applications developed for it >> > potentially are free, is there such as a thing as "closed core"? >> > >> > I've only recently become familiar with the term "open core". I haven't >> > heard the term "closed core"... can I copyright it? ... I can't wait to >> > start suing people! :) >> > >> > Where does this type of software development fit into our community? >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Ghodmode >> > http://www.ghodmode.com/blog >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> > >> > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 >> > >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
