“a person who delights in having an
intimate understanding of the internal
workings of a system, computers and
computer networks in particular”
Fuente: RFC-1392
“You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of
the Software on a single computer, such as a
workstation, terminal or other device”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“You may also store or install a copy of the Software on
a storage device, such as a network server, used only to
install or run the Software on your other Workstation
Computers over an internal network; however, you
must acquire and dedicate an additional license for each
separate Workstation Computer on or from which the
Software is installed, used, accessed, displayed or run.”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“There are technological measures in this Software that
are designed to prevent unlicensed use of the
Software. Microsoft will use those measures to confirm
you have a legally licensed copy of the Software”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“You may permit a maximum of five (5) computers or
other electronic devices (each a quot;Devicequot;) to connect
to the Workstation Computer to utilize one or more
of the following services of the Software: File Services,
Print Services, Internet Information Services, and
remote access”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“[Digital Rights Management] You therefore agree that
Microsoft may, in conjunction with such license, also
download revocation lists onto your computer on
behalf of Secure Content Owners”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or
disassemble the Software, except and only to the
extent that such activity is expressly permitted by
applicable law notwithstanding this limitation”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“You acknowledge that the Software is subject to U.S.
export jurisdiction”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“Microsoft reserves all rights not expressly granted to
you in this EULA”
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition EULA
“free software is a matter of liberty, not price”
“to understand the concept, you should think of
free as in free speech, not as in free beer”
Fuente: The Free Software Definition, FSF
libertad 0: derecho de uso
“libertad de ejecutar el programa, para
cualquier propósito”
libertad 1: derecho de modificación
“libertad de estudiar cómo trabaja el
programa, y adaptarlo a sus necesidades”
libertad 2: derecho de distribución
“libertad de redistribuir copias para que
pueda ayudar al prójimo”
libertad 3: derecho de evolución
“libertad de mejorar el programa y
publicar sus mejoras, y versiones
modificadas en general, para que se
beneficie toda la comunidad”
“do you pine for the nice days of
minix-1.1, when men were men and
wrote their own device drivers?”
“I'm working on a free version of a minix-lookalike for
AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage
where it's even usable (though may not be depending
on what you want), and I am willing to put out the
sources for wider distribution”
Linus Torvalds, 5 oct 1991
comp.os.minix
Primera guerra de los navegadores
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Fuente: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Layout_engine_usage_share.svg
Segunda guerra de los navegadores
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Fuente: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
“La Universidad de Oviedo (...) procurará la
disponibilidad de alternativas basadas en la utilización y
el desarrollo de formatos informáticos abiertos y
herramientas de software libre”
Estatutos de la Universidad de Oviedo (2003),
disposición adicional sexta
Kudos: Kilian Pérez