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The Linux Foundation Announces New Tool for Tracking Free and Open Source Software Components
The Linux Foundation has announced
the release of The Linux Foundation FOSS Bar Code Tracker. "Released as an open source project under the MIT license, the new software tool aims to simplify the way open source components are tracked and reported by using an auto-generated, custom QR code for each product. The QR code contains important information on the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) stack contained in a product, such as component names, version numbers, license information and links to download the source code, among other details."
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The Linux Foundation Announces New Tool for Tracking Free and Open Source Software Components Posted May 30, 2012 22:32 UTC (Wed) by Alterego (subscriber, #55989) [Link]
what is QR ?
it may be obvious for native english mother tongue people, but it is not obvious for other :-)
The Linux Foundation Announces New Tool for Tracking Free and Open Source Software Components Posted May 30, 2012 22:40 UTC (Wed) by apoelstra (subscriber, #75205) [Link]
QR codes are the square 2D barcodes you see on advertisements these days.
I don't know what it stands for, but I like to imagine it's QuadRangle.
The Linux Foundation Announces New Tool for Tracking Free and Open Source Software Components Posted May 30, 2012 23:27 UTC (Wed) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] Wikipedia says "Quick Response".
The Linux Foundation Announces New Tool for Tracking Free and Open Source Software Components Posted May 31, 2012 13:20 UTC (Thu) by randomguy3 (subscriber, #71063) [Link]
I don't really get why they're using QR codes. Are they expecting people to print out Bills of Materials, and then take photos of them on phones, or something?
The Linux Foundation Announces New Tool for Tracking Free and Open Source Software Components Posted May 31, 2012 17:04 UTC (Thu) by louie (subscriber, #3285) [Link]
Yes, as part of the shipping process from (places where embedded systems are produced) to (places where embedded systems are sold).
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