One of the most often overlooked–yet arguably most important–issues in software development is copyright and licensing of works. In particular, I will discuss how this affects the open source software community with relevance to the Debian project.
As with any artistic or creative works, software is protected by copyright and its use is often governed by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Best Practices’
Software Licensing and Copyright
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, tagged Best Practices, Computer Science, Copyright, Debian, Licensing on 20 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debian Perl Packaging: Where I Lied
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, tagged Best Practices, Computer Science, CPAN, Debian, Debian Packaging, Perl, Standards, Support, System Administration, User Experience on 15 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so this is a long-awaited follow-up to my first post on the topic of Debian Perl Packaging. Some of you might note I was pretty extreme in the first post, which is partially because people only really ever respond to extremes when they’re new to things. When you first begin programming, the advice you [...]
Experiences With Debian and Kubuntu
Posted in Computer Science, Customer Relationships, User Friendliness, tagged Best Practices, Debian, Engineering, Google Summer of Code, KDE, Support, User Experience on 16 June 2009 | 14 Comments »
For my Google Summer of Code project, I have been working with PerlQt4 bindings, which requires that I have Qt4 installed. While this is technically possible under a Win32 environment. Lots of people in the free software community vehemently oppose Windows, but while it has its flaws, I think overall the hardware support is still [...]
