We're open-sourcing the code that runs Launchpad.net. The process will be completed by 21 July 2009, coinciding with the 3.0 release (see the schedule of releases).
https://dev.launchpad.net/OpenSourcing
Landscape keine Ahnung, aber ich sehe sowas nicht so fatalistisch. Ich veröffentliche selbst sowohl open als auch closed source. Ist auch immer eine Frage des Geschäftsmodells.
EDIT: Zu Landscape
I traded email with Ken Drachnik, Canonical’s Business Manager for Landscape, to get a feel for where Landscape is heading. Here’s our conversation:
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WorksWithU: Is Landscape an open source product?
Drachnik: The Client for Landscape is open source and available on Launchpad under a GPL license. However, Landscape is a paid for service from Canonical and the code is proprietary. You might be asking this because Red Hat has recently open sourced their RH Network software as SpaceWalk. Since Red Hat follows “procurement” model, you cannot get RH packages or updates without buying a subscription. So RH can provide their management code for free, because they charge customers for updates. Conversely, customers get very little value from Spacewalk unless they already have a subscription to RH.
Ubuntu follows an “acquisition” open source model in that Ubuntu AND updates are free. So we charge for a service to manage packages (essentially automating many of the tasks that sys admins do manually) and provide monitoring for systems. Anyone can get Ubuntu updates for free - this is central to our values - but we do ask them to pay for value added services like package management and monitoring, just like we charge for support and training.
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/02/19/canonicals-saas-landscape-upgrade-managing-ubuntu-from-afar/
