Many IT-companies use open source and free software in their everyday work. for example Open Source Streaming Servers, Firewall Builders to many different games.
1. Copyleft Solutions is a compay that provides support to uphold the supremacy of the open source software. They have various packages tailored to suit various kinds of IT needs in today's businesses. The company is situated in Pakistan ;)
This companies main issue seems to be giving support with open source software used by others - by phone and email.
According to their list, their highly trained engineers give quick support and find solutions with all these Open source:
Database servers - Linux, Sun Microsystems.
Fax servers - Joomla, Drupal,
2. Joomla - is a award winnign content management system which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.
Their slogan is: ... because open source matters
Joomla Project is a community-based project with contributors from all over the world working in many different capacities.
There are 2 working groups: Production and Community. These groups utilize the wealth of knowledge our community provides. Each of these groups focuses on a specific aspect of Joomla essential to the project's growth and development.
To handle the production there is Leadership Team who governs the production and Board of Directors of OpenSource Matters.
They use GNU General Public License copyright.
Joomla webpage gives a short list of both their Vision and Key Values, but also about their mission with just one sentence.
In Leadership Team they have 14 people from different sides in the world.
3. SQL-Ledger is a double entry accounting/ERO system. Accounting data is stored in a SQL database server, for the display any text or GUI browser can be used. The ntire system is linked through a chart of accounts.
... so basically it's a accounting software from simpole accounting tools to handling POS devices and backups.
SQL-Ledger is developed under GNU General Public License.
Although the company works with open source and provides software under GNU GPL license, they are not so open for developing. They do have a forum, but it seems more for people who use the software itself, not so much for discussing developments.
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I can see on our company how much information can be found with the help of Google. Until now I have not thought about under which license some parts of our webpage code is developed or server administration handled.
The fact is that with the help of accessing so much knowledge by different people through Internet all licensing becomes more and more difficult. Therefore I agree with a person that I citated in my last post - weak and no copyleft cases become more in common. The World is changing. As before people wanted to claim something as their own - it's no needed to get access to more information and get solutions quickly, everything can't be developed from the scratch. But if one wants to use other developments easily and freely with no issues of copyright legal issues, then this person also has to give out things on his own.
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