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Site helps developers navigate open-source jungle (ZDNet)
ZDNet covers
a new web site that aims to be a directory of open source projects.
"While other open-source databases offer this to some degree, many
times developers are left wondering about licensing, Collison
said. Accordingly, Ohloh also lists the licenses held for the open-source
project, as well as a link to the full text of each license. (The name
Ohloh refers to a cry of enlightenment in Buddhism and also the name of the
first surfboard in Hawaii.)"
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Site helps developers navigate open-source jungle (ZDNet) Posted Jul 17, 2006 23:22 UTC (Mon) by kornak (guest, #17589) [Link] I'm sorry, but this seems like a lot of smoke and mirrors. Everything theyoffer is on Sourceforge and Freshmeat. It just seems like these former Microsoft employees are looking to confuse and direct users towards a closed source solution that they might have a stake in. Why would I go to them to help me understand licensing issues? Just my 2 cents.
Site helps developers navigate open-source jungle (ZDNet) Posted Jul 18, 2006 8:44 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Indeed. If you want licensing paranoia in particular, the FSF's Free Software Directory looks like the place to go. Plus we *know* they have no ulterior motives :)
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