Is Open Source Different In Europe Than In the US?

An anonymous reader writes "The first Europe Open Source Think Tank just concluded and Larry Augustin posted some interesting observations on open source in Europe versus the US. Essentially, he says that users in Europe care more about the open source nature of a product than do US users. US users are just trying to save a buck while European users actually care about access to the source code. Do Slashdot readers observe the same thing? Are the reasons for using open source software different in other parts of the world as well?"

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yankies don't care about their rigths

[Anonymous Coward]

They just don't care. They renounce they right to privacy (Patriot Act, faulty biometric passports etc.), right to private use (wide acceptance of DRM, legislation like DMCA). Hell, they even buy stuff from companies like Apple, which puts NDA in most ridiculous cases, like eg. Apple Store Rejection Notices.
So it shouldn't be any surprise at all, that they don't care much about right to modify and reuse source code.

We don't have enough capitalism...

[tjstork]

'm not knocking capitalism, but I think it has been unchecked for far too long.

I rather think the problem is that we do not have enough capitalism. Socialism and its ideas linger on in the administration of most major American cities and that is why they all are all failing to one degree or another.