OPEN OR FREE
Open or free I paid my fee
And read the book
It took a while
To compile my notes
Open Source is of course
Like market forces and Morse
Code that’s free
Free as in speech
Not as in beer I hear
Voices proclaim
How laudable
And the best part is
That liberty not gratis
Means I may now freely pay
Lip service and drink to the day
They make free beer
Affordable
Moores
Toby
I wrote this poem after reading Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution.
Obviously I'm not a poet, but this book came at a time of great change for me. I thought I'd start this blog with a look back at some of my strongest influences. Today I found a series of articles in Wired entitled 10 Years That Changed the World, so I guess someone has beaten me to it …
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