[OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for a one pager write up for Why Open Source is good.

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Barry Rowlingson
<b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:29 PM, María Arias de Reyna
...
>> Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some hints:
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
>> And don't use open, use free:
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
>
>  And don't say 'commercial', say 'proprietary' (if that's what you
> mean). I'm surprised Arnulf hasn't already jumped in on that point!
>
>  Free and open source software can be commercial.

Yes:
http://gis.cri.fmach.it/don-t-oppose-free-software-and-commercial-software/

And more scientifically:

Rocchini, D., Neteler, M., 2012. Let the four freedoms paradigm apply
to ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27, 310–311.
http://tinyurl.com/tree-four-freedoms

Markus