{"id":42373,"date":"2015-08-06T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=42373"},"modified":"2020-07-11T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T17:36:08","slug":"john-lemasney-interviewed-by-rich-kazimir-on-wdvr-on-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2015\/08\/06\/john-lemasney-interviewed-by-rich-kazimir-on-wdvr-on-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Primer: John LeMasney interviewed by Rich Kazimir on WDVR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Primer: 11 Questions about Open Source (answered)<\/h3>\n

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Rich Kazimir on Technology Today on WDVR on the topic of open source. He asked me variations on the following questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. What exactly is \u2018open source\u2019?\u00a0 What criteria applies ?<\/li>\n
  2. Let\u2019s focus first on software.\u00a0 What is open source software?\u00a0 What are some examples?<\/li>\n
  3. <\/u><\/u>What are some pros and cons of the philosophy?<\/li>\n
  4. What is Mozilla?<\/li>\n
  5. How did the movement get started?<\/li>\n
  6. Who contributes to open source products?\u00a0 How do they continue to exist if they resulting products are free?<\/li>\n
  7. What are some other open source products?<\/li>\n
  8. Do you have any idea how many open source software products are out there?<\/li>\n
  9. Is \u2018shareware\u2019 the same as \u2018open source\u2019?\u00a0 Is \u2018freemium\u2019 the same as \u2018open source\u2019?<\/li>\n
  10. What other industry areas\u00a0have embraced an \u2018open source\u2019 approach, or at least started to?<\/li>\n
  11. What is the future of \u2018open source\u2019 as you see it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is the audio from that broadcast.<\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rich8906_2015-08-05T13_30_10-07_00.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

    Some background on WDVR<\/h3>\n

    “WDVR FM hit the air waves on February 19, 1990 as a newly established, Non-Commercial Station. It is licensed to Penn-Jersey Educational Radio, a New Jersey, 501 (c) (3), Non-Profit Corporation. Its mission is to provide high quality, Non-Commercial Educational Radio service to the Delaware and Lehigh Valley area of Western New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. WDVR provides a uniquely diversified format of music and talk, utilizing a staff of over 50 unpaid volunteers, each with his or her own specialized expertise in music and\/or talk–\u201c50 colorful gems creating a beautiful audio mosaic\u201d. WDVR is a full-service FM station operating 24 hours a day at 89.7 Mhz from Delaware Township, NJ and at 90.5 WPNJ in Easton, PA. It also utilizes a translator on 96.9 Mhz in Trenton, NJ, serving the Lawrenceville, Princeton, Trenton area and points south. On the internet WDVR can be heard streaming live on www.wdvrfm.org . WDVR is a listener supported community oriented station, offering radio programming which is always suitable for the entire family.” – WDVR FM 89.7 91.9, <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    John LeMasney interviewed by Rich Kazimir on WDVR on Open Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,3,19,7,18,14,1128,3653,3658,16,3070,3654,21,23,24,27,29,31,32,5],"tags":[562,599],"class_list":{"0":"post-42373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-audio","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-professional-affiliations","8":"category-brand","9":"category-classes-presentations","10":"category-consulting","11":"category-cv","12":"category-honors-and-awards","13":"category-illustration","14":"category-insights","15":"category-instructional-technology","16":"category-libraries","17":"category-open-source-consulting","18":"category-portfolio","19":"category-professional-activities","20":"category-professional-experience","21":"category-publications","22":"category-references","23":"category-research-interests","24":"category-teaching","25":"category-teaching-experience","26":"category-technology","27":"tag-new-jersey","28":"tag-open-source","29":"post_format-post-format-audio","30":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/20100310.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-b1r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":700,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2009\/10\/13\/open-source-graphics-workshop-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":42373,"position":0},"title":"Open Source Graphics Workshop Series","author":"lemsy","date":"2009-10-13","format":false,"excerpt":"Image via Wikipedia Date: October 13th through December 10th, 2009. 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