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lack of involvement in the kernel != lack of involvement in free softwarelack of involvement in the kernel != lack of involvement in free softwarePosted Jul 24, 2007 20:35 UTC (Tue) by fjorba (subscriber, #6175)In reply to: lack of involvement in the kernel != lack of involvement in free software by stevenj Parent article: Where have the universities gone?
I fully agree; in my own field (digital libraries) most of interesting software comes from universities and research institutes, plus some public and national libraries too. Applications that are either production-ready and/or full of innovative ideas.
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"for research purposes only" is common Posted Jul 24, 2007 23:53 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Many universities release software on a restricted basis, "for research purposes only" is typical, and they attempt to extract money if anyone is interested in using the software commercially. A lot of university electronic design automation software falls into this category.
lack of involvement in the kernel != lack of involvement in free software Posted Jul 25, 2007 13:48 UTC (Wed) by zooko (subscriber, #2589) [Link] I think this is because it is difficult to make academically novel and useful inventions in standard modern kernel design. Remember that the motivations of most academics is to get scientific results published. I suppose the linux kernel isn't a very good place to do science experiments.
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