[ale] OSS in the real world : licenses = friction = cost

[Jim Kinney]

http://groups.google.com/group/mil-oss?hl=en

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM, George Allen <glallen01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's true.
>
> What list is that?
>
> On 8/26/10, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A quote from another mailing I'm on (OSS in military) had me chuckling -
> > equating software piracy prosecution to small arms fire and IEDs.
> >
> > --quote--
> > I'm trying to express the licensing pains that we have all felt in the
> > field.  The vast majority of MS installations are on "pirated" licenses -
> > and there is a myth that the services have an "enterprise licenses."
> > Someone called to get the "Enterprise License" code and we were informed
> > that licenses were all associated with various system purchases, and that
> > someone at the unit was supposed to be keeping track of all the licenses.
> > Of course this was not occurring - so we added "software piracy
> prosecution"
> > to the "Operational Risk Management" matrix along with small arms fire,
> IED
> > attack, vehicle accident, vehicle mishap and dehydration.
> > --end quote--
> >
> > Thus the growth of Open Source Software in military and all branches of
> > government. It's not always "official" but like in corporate IT shops, it
> > comes in with the tech crowd "below the radar" until it reaches a
> critical
> > mass and some management person realizes they have both good tools and
> cost
> > savings using these things. Then it becomes "official". Then it becomes
> > mandatory. Then we win!
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> > I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
> >
>
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James P. Kinney III
I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
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