Reborn Ace Hack

"You ask." Duan Yanyue sat up straight and said.

"You mentioned that you want to establish an open source software alliance. How much do you know about open source? Open source software and free software are actually very closely related. What knowledge do you have about free software? I see that there is no such thing in your plan.

Write, but this is the most basic concept, which can determine the future development direction of the alliance you established." Yang Jingchen asked.

"Thank you, Professor Yang, for reminding me. Indeed, before writing this plan, I had some understanding of the concepts of freedom and open source, but I was not very clear about them, so I checked a lot of information to learn more about the detailed concepts of these two concepts.

, I discovered that although these two concepts are regarded as equivalent words in most cases, they are still fundamentally different." Duan Yanyue said.

"So, can you explain what these two concepts are specifically?" Yang Jingchen asked. Allman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation fsf, first proposed it. His idea is that each of us is pursuing freedom.

Then we should respect the freedom of others instead of depriving others of their freedom. Commercial software companies led by Microsoft, by sealing the source code of software, are precisely depriving the people who use these software of their freedom."

"Thus, Stallman believes that all software should have open source code, and anyone can copy, re-develop and publish the source code without paying any price. That is, the free software he talks about is more

It is more of a philosophical concept, which is essentially anti-copyright and anti-commercial. In order to express this concept clearly, he also specially invented a new word called (right, the meaning of the English word right) corresponding."

Duan Yanyue explained free software, then looked at Yang Jingchen and Xiao Yuan, and found that both of them were listening to her story and had no intention of interrupting, so he continued: He wrote acs, but I think that this person's philosophy

It's a bit extreme. In my opinion, the freedom he talks about is absolute freedom and too idealistic. Although his original intention is to promote the development of software technology, he wants to use the concept of free software to give all computer software

Practicing

Authors create barrier-free communication, but everyone is profit-seeking. Just as a Chinese saying goes, you can’t get started without profit. Free software ignores this point because of its absolute freedom of concept. Therefore,

Whether it is an individual developer or a commercial company, because they cannot see the benefits or business opportunities from the concept of free software, people like Stallman who devote all their energy to the free software movement, in fact,

Not much."

"Therefore, after the establishment of Stallman's fsf, although it also attracted some master figures with the same concept, overall, the development was not smooth. This situation has also caused reflection and discussion by many people, and even

After the quarrel, some people broke away from the FSF, and they improved the concept of free software and proposed the concept of open source software."

"So, what is open source software?" Yang Jingchen asked.

"Open source software was born out of free software. Although it still belongs to the category of free software, and even in most cases, open source software and free software are equivalent, its concept has undergone great changes. Among these changes, the most significant

Yes, it weakens the Stallman free software system.

The anti-commercial creed has improved the relationship with commercial closed-source software. Therefore, after the concept of open source and the first batch of open source license agreements were officially announced, it has shown a strong momentum of development. Not only individual developers are willing to participate, but many

Commercial companies are also actively participating," Duan Yanyue said.

"In view of the above understanding of free software and open source software, I decided to call the organization that I will co-found with Xiao Yuan the Open Source Software Alliance. In other words, our alliance will have limits when the time comes.

For commercialization, in the end, the goal I envisage is to gradually expand outside the school based on the university open source software alliance and establish a complete open source ecosystem. By the way, the term open source ecosystem was proposed by Xiao Yuan

Yeah, but I think it's very creative and appropriate." Duan Yanyue finally said.

"You mentioned the commercialization of open source. You know, until now, open source organizations around the world, including Wall Street investors, are optimistic about the commercialization of open source, but there is no successful case. Everyone

We are all trying to cross the river by feeling the stones, so what are your thoughts on the commercial operation of open source software, or are you prepared to fail?" Yang Jingchen asked again.

"Let me talk about this issue." Xiao Yuan said. He understood his mother's intention of asking such a detailed question, and was also worried that Duan Yanyue would not be able to explain this issue clearly due to the limitations of the times, so he volunteered.

"First of all, what I want to say is that the main purpose of creating the Xuannie open source ecosystem is not to make money, but to do something meaningful. For me, I do it because I like it, which is why I want to do it.

Because I like it, I also want to make it a success. I can inject some funds into the community in the early stage, but I can't keep investing in it. Therefore, this organization needs to carry out limited commercial operations. It doesn't matter whether it makes money or not, at least

It should be ensured that it is self-sufficient.”

Xiao Yuan talked about his original intention of participating in the construction of Xuannie open source community, and then changed the subject and mentioned the commercial operation of the open source community.

"There are several ways to commercialize the open source community. One is to release free open source software and bundle it with paid hardware for sale. The second is to provide free software but provide paid services for the free software.

Third, combine free license agreements with paid commercial agreements to form a business operation model in which freedom and commerce coexist. Fourth, establish a foundation to accept donations from all parties..." Xiao Yuan combined his later contributions to the open source movement

Understanding simply said.

"In my vision, the open source alliance that Duan Yanyue and I want to create should be a combination of the above commercialization methods, rather than a single form. Specifically, which methods will be combined, how to combine them, and

We need to slowly explore it in our future work."

"Well, I feel relieved after hearing what you said. I shouldn't have asked you so many questions, but I was worried that you were too young and hot-headed. Now it seems that you have done a lot of homework, Yan Yue.

, tell me what exactly you want me to do for you when you come to me?" Yang Jingchen nodded slightly after hearing Xiao Yuan's words.

"It's like this. I plan to use the University Open Source Software Alliance as the starting point for the creation of the Xuannie open source ecosystem. And I am a student at Jiangzhou University. Xiao Yuan has a mother like you, the deputy dean of the School of Computer Science. In Jiangzhou

We have all the right places and people for the university, so Jiangzhou University must be chosen as the original starting point for us to create this alliance. We have one thing we want you to help with," Duan Yanyue said.

"What's the matter?" Yang Jingchen asked.

"We want to establish an open source software alliance in universities. We need to deploy our community system in education to facilitate access by teachers and students in universities who use education. I need your help to communicate with the school management department about this matter, so that we can help us in Jiangzhou University

Rent bandwidth for education." Duan Yanyue said.

"The University Open Source Alliance is a public welfare organization. Mom, you'd better convince the school to donate a certain amount of network bandwidth resources to us for free. We will buy and maintain the server ourselves. We only need you to provide us with network access points at the school.

That's all." Xiao Yuan said, there were some things that Duan Yanyue couldn't say directly, but he had no scruples.

"Haha, you kid has a good plan, but Mom has an idea. If you agree, it is not impossible to make the bandwidth free." Yang Jingchen said with a smile.

"Can bandwidth really be free?" Xiao Yuan was a little surprised when his mother said this, so he asked, "Tell me what you think?"

ps: The discussion of the relationship between free software and open source software is Green Tea’s own understanding, which is just a personal opinion. If anyone is familiar with this aspect and thinks there is something wrong with Green Tea’s views, welcome to exchange. In addition, regarding the issue of open source commercialization, Green Tea

I am also checking the information, analyzing and exploring step by step. I may write more in depth in the future, but I won’t write in depth here. After all, Green Tea itself is not very thorough, and writing it out will only disturb people’s eyes and ears.

This is the third update. Today’s update is over. The last time I ask for votes today is also the last time I ask for votes this month. The previous requests for votes seem to have little effect. Green Tea himself feels like his face is burning. It’s really time to reflect on himself.

So be it, sad.