hi,all,
I'm writer.
I interview a Chinese famous academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering 28(BeiJing time)about the agreement of GSP,this is his opinion I got just now,for your referrence :
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Ken Gao:
The GSP initiative proposed by Microsoft is a progress with respect to the previously closed source of Windows. It is also the result of competition caused by Linux. However, the nature of share source is totally different from that of open source. There are constrains exist with share source. As compared with open source what share source provided is merely a limited, partial openness. You really can't get the full freedom that the open source counterpart provided. It remains to be seen if such openness could relief the security concern on Windows platform. Besides, there are still issues on monetary, on the promotion of China domestic software industry. Recently the Law of Government Procurement in China is in effect. Its related regulations are also to be announced. Thus, the promotion of domestic made software as well as Linux will be enforced by law. As a result Linux should have a bright future in China.
----Chinese Academy of Engineering Ni GuangNan(former Legend Group CTO)
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hi,all, I'm writer. I interview a Chinese famous academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering 28(BeiJing time)about the agreement of GSP,this is his opinion I got just now,for your referrence : ££ Ken Gao: The GSP initiative proposed by Microsoft is a progress with respect to the previously closed source of Windows. It is also the result of competition caused by Linux. However, the nature of share source is totally different from that of open source. There are constrains exist with share source. As compared with open source what share source provided is merely a limited, partial openness. You really can't get the full freedom that the open source counterpart provided. It remains to be seen if such openness could relief the security concern on Windows platform. Besides, there are still issues on monetary, on the promotion of China domestic software industry. Recently the Law of Government Procurement in China is in effect. Its related regulations are also to be announced. Thus, the promotion of domestic made software as well as Linux will be enforced by law. As a result Linux should have a bright future in China. ----Chinese Academy of Engineering Ni GuangNan(former Legend Group CTO)