Open Source Community in Thailand

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Open Source Community in Thailand

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• ?????????????????????????????
• ??????????????????????????????????????????????????
  (NECTEC)

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Thai Linux Distribution

• Burapha Linux (?.?????)
• KW Linux (?????)
• LinuxSIS (??????)
• LinuxTLE (??????)
• ZiiF Linux (Zion Interface)
• iCafe Linux (Thai Linux Cafe)

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Linux Popularity in Thailand (survey of 165
persons)
As of Oct 2001
As of Oct 2001
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Linux Distributions in Thailand (survey of 165
persons)
As of Oct 2001
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• TLWG (linux.thai.net)
• LinuxTLE, LinuxSIS, SUSE, RedHat, Debian,
  Slackware, Admin, Application, Developers
• thailinuxcafe.com
• iCafe Linux
• Thai BSD (http//board.dserver.org/T/Thaifreebsd)
• FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
• TLUG

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• Zzzthai, TLWG, NECTEC, Burapha, KU, Hospital OS,
  KDE, Mozilla, WindowMaker, ...
• ???????????????????????????
• Kaiwal, Zion Interface, TelSystematic,
  Thailinuxcafe, Thai Open Source Software Center,
  ...
• DHA Siamwalla, Intersol, Card System, eXtreme,
  Systems, IBM, ...
• ???????????
• NECTEC, TLUG, EGAT, ...

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• ????????????????????? (Distributions, SI)
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• ???????
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• ?????????? (??????????????????????)
• ?????????????????? (????????, ??????)
• ??????????????????????????? (Call center, Help
  desk)
• ?????????????, ??????????????? (????, ??????,
  ?????????)
• ????????? (???????????, ??????????????)

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Free Software ???????

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• ?????? (freedom to run )
• ????? (freedom to study)
• ?????????? (freedom to redistribute)
• ????????(freedom to improve)

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• Free Redistribution???????????????????
  ???????????????????????? ????? ???
  ??????????????????????????????? Royalty fee
• Source Code???????????????? compile
  ??????????????? Source code ????
• Derived Works?????????????? ???????? ???????
  ??????????????????????? license ???????

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• Integrity of the Authors Source
  Code?????????????????????????????????????????
  patch file ????????????????????????????? Source
  code
• No Discrimination Against Persons or
  Groups???????????????????????????????????????????
  ?????????????????
• No Discrimination Against Fields of
  Endeavor?????????????????????????????????????????
  ??????????

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• Distribution of License??????????????????????????
  ???????? ???????????? license ??????????????????
  ??????????????????? non-disclosure agreement
• License Must Not Be Specific to a
  Product??????????????????????????????????????????
  ?????????????????????????????????
• The License Must Not Restrict Other
  SoftwareLicense ?????????????????????????????????
  ????????????????????

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???????? License

• GPL Emacs
• LGPL C Library can include in product
• X, BSD, Apache gov. own approx. public domain
• Artistic Perl non-sale, but can sell if
  others
• MPL Mozilla no allowing Netscape to
  re-distribution the mod.
• NPL Netscape allow Netscape to
  re-distribution the mod.

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???????????????? License

• License mixed with mod. not re-licensed privilege
• non-free sw returned to by anyone over mod.
• GPL
• LGPL ok
• BSD ok ok
• NPL ok ok ok
• MPL ok ok
• Public Domain ok ok ok

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• http//www.fsf.orghttp//www.fsf.org/philosophy/f
  ree-sw.html
• http//www.opensource.orghttp//www.opensource.or
  g/docs/definition_plain.html

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Ongoing Activities

• Print service (lpd, lprng, KUPS, CUPS)
• Office suite for Thai development
• Database application
• SME, CRM, ERP, Accounting, ...
• Free Software Links (www.teak.cc)
• Open Source Confederation

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Open Source Software
? Free Software
? Freeware
? Cheap/Promotion Software