Nurse Association Free and Open Source ● ● ● ● Computer science Information science Manage and communicate Technology Our Agenda ● What is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)? Why we should use FOSS ? – – ● Philosophical reasons Technical reasons ● ● FOSS in Nursing Informatics A Tour of FOSS Desktop Computer Systems: a first look Applications Operating System Hardware Operating Systems ● ● Can be
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Case: Foss v Harbottle (1843) 2 Hare 461 Two shareholders of a company brought action against directors of the company for misapplication and improper use of the company’s property. The court held that as the injury complained of was injury to the company and not to the members. As such the members could not take action. Only the company had the right to sue. Case:In the case of Re Noel Tedman Holdings Pty Ltd. (1967) QdR 561; The company had a husband and a wife as its only shareholders
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The beginning stage for any thought of the position of minority shareholders is the principle in Foss v Harbottle. This principle‚ which has two strands‚ blocks a shareholder from conveying an activity to seek after wrongs which have been done to the organization. In the first place‚ the executives have been named to deal with the organization’s undertakings and they owe their obligations to the organization; any misfeasance‚ allotment of corporate property or break of obligation on their part is
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| Microsoft & Free Open Source Software (FOSS) | | | | In 2006‚ Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) was facing some dire consequences for allegedly violating 235 of Microsoft’s patents. Since then FOSS has done moderately well overall. Free software has become a well-liked alternative for many businesses as opposed to proprietary software. This is true‚ not just here in the USA but all over the world. In 2010‚ Global Graphics‚ a free software provider‚ took a
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THE RULE OF FOSS V/S HARBOTTLE There are 2 elements present for this rule to happen. They are found in the case of Edwards v/s Halliwell. • It is the proper plaintiff in an action in respect of a wrong done to a company is prima facia the company itself. • Where the alleged wrong is a transaction which might be made binding on a company and all its members. No individual member is allowed to maintain an action in respect of that matter. This means that whenever there is a transaction within the
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FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (FOSS): An Inside looks to changing Trends and Practices ‘Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is computer software that can be classified as both free software and open source software.’ So the question arises from the above definition is that what is free software and the other question arises is what is open sources software? Free software is computer software which is distributed along with its source code and are released under terms that every users has the
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comes to know the world as they participate and engage within it and how they relate to an object is how they assess the meaning behind it (Littlejohn & Foss 37). This is why the process of interpretation is at the central point of this tradition‚ stating that it is literally what forms the reality of the information or existence for that individual (Littlejohn & Foss 38). Direct experience is therefore very important in this theory. The phenomenological tradition is also split into three schools of thought:
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