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FSF Debuts "Shared Source" Initiative

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the long-overdue-those-hoarders dept.

matty_x points to coverage at NewsForge of the Free Software Foundation's new 'Shared Source' program. Cynics might call this selling out, but it actually makes a lot of sense for the FSF to listen to customers about what they really would like and benefit from, rather than only to developers and freeloading users. Bravo!

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  1. Still the same date., by IdleTime · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Still the same date, eh?

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  2. Tired of April 1st on Slashdot? by product+byproduct · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take a break from Slashdot, and do your *income taxes*. That's what I'm doing, and I sure hope that when the IRS employee sees my fat check dated April 1st, he'll think "this gotta be a joke", and trash my submission entirely.

  3. April 1st on Slashdot Always Sucks by MisterFancypants · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is a reason why most places only post a single April Fools Day joke -- it isn't because they don't have enough material, it is because "trick" jokes only work in isolation. If everything you say/do/post is a joke, for the entire day, it is nothing but annoying, and any jokes that may have worked well on their own don't work at all because it becomes WAY TOO OBVIOUS when you have them all huddled together.

  4. oh stop it. !! by cutecub · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next you're going to tell me that Wil Wheaton is set to get a recurring role on "Enterprise".

  5. HA by Ken@WearableTech · · Score: 3, Funny

    "GNU/FreeWindowsXP, which can be freely downloaded from GNU/Microsoft.com starting today for only $149" HAHAHAHA

    Microsoft likes money and that makes them evil HA.

    Seriously though, next year I think it would be funny if all the April 1st posts would be real.

  6. Best April Fool's Joke ... by slagdogg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot was off this year ... surely bested by the daily gaim build ;)

    http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gai m/gaim/src/buddy.c.diff?r1=1.480&r2=1.481

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  7. I can't believe this! by eniu!uine · · Score: 3, Funny

    The entire open source movement is dying and all you guys can talk about are April fools jokes! Don't you know that the FSF is where all free software is made and now that Microsoft has bought it there won't be anymore. Sure, I thought it was a joke at first, but then I saw all the other articles and realized there's no way slashdot would dedicate the entire day to joke stories. The world must really be going to hell.

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  8. Re:$50 million by Fritz+Benwalla · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not true, my younger sister is worth at least $300 an hour.

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  9. Re:Might have been funny if... by CSG_SurferDude · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, the real joke is that every single STINKING DAY FOR THE NEXT WHOLE FREAKING YEAR, we will see the "Evil Bit" story reposted.

    Kinda like Ellen Feiss, Natalie Portman, Petrified Hot Grits down your pants, Soviet Russia and All your base...."

    In other breaking news; Ellen Feiss switches to VMS....

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