Lighthouse Applications as Free Software

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We, the undersigned, ask that Sun Microsystems release the Lighthouse Applications, which were once available for NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, as free software under any license conformant with the Free Software Definition as defined at http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html. A list of conformant licenses is available at http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html.

These applications are not adding to Sun Microsystems' bottom line as they are no longer available for sale anywhere. Additionally, they would provide a valuable starting point for development of similar productivity applications on Mac OS X and on other OpenStep compliant systems.

Releasing these applications as free software would increase competition, offer the end-user more choices, and would also increase Sun's visibility in these areas by expanding on it's list of open source/free software products (currently comprised only of the OpenOffice suite).

We hope that Sun Microsystems will see fit to grant this small request.

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    • I am Director of Bioinformatics for a major genotyping center and a former NeXT user, current OSX user and in talks about adopting various Sun technologies, in large part because of Sun's commitment to Open Source (like putting ZFS out there as part of OpenSolaris) also because we're a big Java shop. We *need* more apps like the Lighthouse suite! (There was nothing like Concurrence, for instance.) Releasing them as open source is the **right thing to do**.
  • Sebastian R
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    • please make the source of that old piece of software free, what's the point in not doing so?
  • Pedro A
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    • Open Source is the future of computer technology.
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  • Nikki C
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    • it should be free so we can all help with the beautiful lighthouses I love them
  • Antonio Luis Delgado G
  • Shawn W
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    • They were great apps!
  • Israel M
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    • Please!!
  • Andrea D
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    • Sun seems to be aware of the importance of free sw and knows how to get a benefit of it. Lighthouse sw is an asset of Sun's, it's almost dormant, but still has the potential to grow by releasing the source code.
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    • GNUStep would be very enhanced with all this software
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    • Allow them to run free on GnuStep
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    • For our selves, our customers, and our friends.
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  • Witold B
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    • Lighthouse Applications Lab created lots of interesting and quality software. Its open-sourcness will improve GNUstep comunity.
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