http://london2011.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/1679/0 en http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/free-software-and-you <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-presenters"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/pwolanin" class="user-name">Peter Wolanin</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/users/crell" class="user-name">Larry Garfield</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>So you've taken the plunge into Drupal and you know that it's open source. But what does that mean in practice?</p> <p>Free and Open Source Software means more than just no licensing costs. In fact, it doesn't technically even mean that. Open Source is both a development philosophy and a social philosophy that work together to build better software and better communities.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-audience"> <div class="field-label">Intended Audience:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> This session is for themers, developers, consultants and anyone else in the Drupal community. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-answered"> <div class="field-label">Questions answered by this session:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> What is the GPL and how is is diffent from some other licenses you may commonly see used in open source projects. </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-schedule"><legend>Schedule info</legend><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-slot"> <div class="field-label">Time slot:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/timeslot/24-august-1230-1330">24 August 12:30 - 13:30</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-room"> <div class="field-label">Room:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/room/fairfield-room">Fairfield Room</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-session-slides"> <div class="field-label">Slides:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://london2011.drupal.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="/sites/default/files/Free_Software_garfield_wolanin_london2011.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=4625374">Free_Software_garfield_wolanin_london2011.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/free-software-and-you" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/free-software-and-you#comments Ecosystem Intermediate free software legal open source software Thu, 12 May 2011 00:16:52 +0000 pwolanin 1184 at http://london2011.drupal.org