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| Time: 12:32 EST/17:32 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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No other market is quite like software. General Motors isn't forced to contend with a "free car" movement, which has a goal of undermining sales-based automakers. Dell isn't faced with a grass roots PC hardware movement, which says PCs should be free--and then hands out samples at no cost. Of course, software is unique as its production relies purely on the mind. Even if a renegade group wanted to offer free cars, it would not be feasible as long as raw materials carry a cost. In software, all it takes to challenge established proprietary software vendors is to convince enough developers to donate their time, or more specifically, their brainpower. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 8/26/2002 6:53:37 PM |
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I don't actually believe the OSS Zealots have much of a chance on this, and it's a sure sign of desperation. The NSA has already backed down from using the GPL for some of their software initiatives because of complaints.
The chance of this Redhat law passing is virtually zero. I'm not certain it even has that much support in Peru where it started. |
| #2 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 8/27/2002 2:11:16 AM |
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As far as code sharing goes, I prefer the Microsoft model used on MSDN. Sometimes they provide little snippets. Sometimes they provide full scale, well documented applications - Duwamish, IBuySpy, Fitch and Mather to name a few. The developer has the right to do anything they want with the code. It seems to me that anyone trumpeting freedom in development (a la Free Software Foundation) should give developers freedom to not release code as well.
While we're on the subject, what is so big about open source anyway? I just don't get it. The idea of helping other people is good. The idea shoving it down your throat (this new OSS legislatio comes to mind) seems to contradict the noble goals of movement. Freedom isn't just freedom to do it my way, it is freedom to do it the way that you want to do it. |
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