Open source licensing: BSD vs. GPL

Open source licensing: BSD vs. GPL

Which open source licensing model is better – BSD or GPL? Our experts debate in this week’s Face-off. Covalent Technologies CEO Mark Brewer argues for BSD, while Matt Asay, director of Novell’s Linux Business Office, makes the case for GPL.

Brewer: BSD is a better model

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/opensource/070405-face-off-yes.html?vo

Asay: GPL is better

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/opensource/070405-face-off-no.html?vo

Open source behavior – good and bad

Meanwhile, Mark Gibbs differentiates between “good” open source behaviors and “bad” ones. Can you tell the difference?

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/070405backspin.html?vo

Why you might need to be fired…

“Operations managers who don’t encrypt data in transit should be fired,” says Joel Snyder in this week’s Bottom Line. It’s that simple – yet so many companies let data move from Point A to Point B with no encryption in place whatsoever.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/070405snyder.html?vo

….And why you’ll find it tough to get hired

Linda Musthaler this week looks at the outlook for IT careers in the U.S. in 2005, and it’s not a pretty picture.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/070405musthaler.html?vo