http://lwn.net/Articles/545054/ This is a special feed containing comments posted to the individual LWN article titled "What is Open Source Cloud? (Linux.com)". hourly 2 http://lwn.net/Articles/545284/rss 2013-03-30T09:30:01+00:00 abacus Something that is often overlooked is that open source cloud providers can use modified versions of open source software without being enforced by the GPL to contribute these changes back to the community. Does this mean that more projects should switch from the GPL to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License">AGPL</a> ? http://lwn.net/Articles/545164/rss 2013-03-29T13:50:13+00:00 zonker <div class="FormattedComment"> Thanks for the comment. It was clear in my head when I put it on paper. (Well, into Vim. Same thing these days...) In the future I'll be sure to be more precise, as I dislike the attempts to claim "openness" simply APIs or whatever. Code still matters.<br> </div> http://lwn.net/Articles/545144/rss 2013-03-29T12:19:50+00:00 psomas "Having an open cloud matters"<p/> I think the term "Open Cloud" is a bit confusing. Open source cloud is what really matters. Open cloud could also mean open cloud standards and APIs, so that you can prevent vendor lock-ins etc. For those interested in open source cloud software, you might also want to take a look at <a href=http://www.synnefo.org>Synnefo</a>. It's an open-source IaaS cloud platform, compliant with the OpenStack APIs, but using a different underlying architecture / design.