On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Ian Bell wrote:
I was browsing in Safeways this morning when I came across an intersting article in New Scientist. It was about how the idea of Open Source software has started to spill over into other areas of commerce. An example given was Open Coke, a new brand of Cola for which the recipe is published under a licence similar the GPL. It also mentioned the OAL (Open Audio Licence) which is attempting to do something similar in the world of music.
Even the article itself claimed to be the first article in a major US/UK magazine to be released as open source, inviting people to cannibalise and repost...overall though, much better things are said (and actually, more engaging) about free software on this list, anyday. Seems to me NS are trying to get the 20something (now near to 30something, to be sure) back. Though did they ever have it?
[end cynical NS subscriber rant]
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