Wednesday, March 19, 2014
I'm Open to Anything
Being a 90's kid, I was indoctrinated into Sesame Street's most reoccurring motto, sharing is caring. Now an adult, I can see that Big Bird had a good point, and not just when concerning my toys. Open sourcing and other forms of software sharing have been growing over the years and it doesn't look like it is ever going to stop. Sources like Linux allow passionate programmers of today to express themselves through software development in ways never before possible. When programmers are given this freedom they have the ability to fix and innovated without worrying about the red tape usually wrapped around major programs. Should all software be made open source, probably not. But it would be foolish to deny the benefits of open sourcing when it is done with care.
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Is open source the answer to the whole 'copyright kills creativity' argument? Maybe programmers can get their creativity high by contributing to open source while simultaneously working under the restriction of software patentes, etc, at their place of employment...
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