The Spirit of Open Source

Why do we be here?

Software Freedom Day 2008

Freedom

The freedom to choose

The freedom to use

Your freedom

Open source is a form of freedom

Freedom to do whatever you want to what you use

Blame?

Open source softwares are all around

Firefox / OpenOffice.org / Ubuntu

Only 3?

Open source is not just some people code 'til die for free

You are a part of open source

You have freedom to participate

test, use, report bug, submit patch, document, localize, suggestion, ...

Bug? Bug is a part of software.

Quality? It depends on you!

Vulnerability? It's a kind of bug.

Vulnerability is a part of software.

It depends on you!

Please report all bugs you found.

The spirit of open source is to be a part of them

You are not just a customer

You are user. You are tester. You are developer.

Why don't simply be a happy customer?

Do you like to wait for some features hopelessly?

Thai in iPod?

Thai in Android?

Not yet. Android can't speak Thai at the first born. Need some hacks.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list

Android will be opened soon but we can raise this issue now.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=884&colspec=ID%20Type%20Version%20Security%20Status%20Owner%20Summary&start=300

You have freedom to choose softwares

Piracy?

You are poor?

You can't buy softwares?

But you bought PCs?

You bought laptop?

You bought iPhone?

You bought iPod?

You bought mobile phone(s)?

You don't buy softwares?

You don't buy Windows XP/Vista

You don't buy Photoshop

You don't buy Office

You don't buy 3dsmax

You don't buy Autocad

What is the point? What is your reason?

It's freedom.

Time to change your basic instinct.

If you can't buy MS Office, why not OpenOffice.org?

You like Ribbon?

No Ribbon in OO.o?

Do you want to have Ribbon in OO.o?

Do it yourself!

You are user?

Can you pay some amount for some developers for Ribbon in OO.o?

1000 baht?

1000 x 1000 = 1000000

1 million baht can hire 3 great great great programmers for a year.

Do you get the idea?

If you really want something happen especially for you, it's your freedom to do it yourself in various way

It absolutely depends on your freedom

What's about your works and your projects?

Why don't you open it up?

Publish your code to the world of freedom

Let anyone fork

It's your freedom

But next time you have problem with open source, please report that problem.

It's free of charge!

And WE will get better softwares in return