__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 08 May 2006 18:34 \__
> On Monday 08 May 2006 18:25 Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 08 May 2006 18:03:16 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Software benefits from no restrictions, even Google
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Greg Stein, an engineering manager at Google and the chairman of the
>>>| Apache Software Foundation, said competition from the open-source
>>>| community has already compelled proprietary vendors to loosen their
>>>| grip on restrictive software licenses.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/6757
>
>> Compelled, huh? What happened to it all being about choice?
>
> "competition from the open-source community has already compelled
> proprietary vendors to loosen their grip on restrictive software licenses"
>
> Do READ it, Erik - compelled them to be less restrictive, meaning INCREASED
> choice. It's in English - what IS your first language?
FUD. As in "Hello FUDDA, hello MUDDA".
Roy
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