Open source is apolitical
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| Turning open source into a political issue is worse than turning science into
| one, although I know people do it. People do lots of stupid things.
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| Open source is an economic phenomenon, rearranging relations between buyers
| and sellers, users and makers. It’s based on licenses, agreements designed to
| fit inside any political, legal or economic system.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1358
Sounds like it was inspired by the rebuttal to his Shuttleworth spin (see
below). He saw the discussions in COLA and elsewhere, one might assume.
Microsoft’s free software license and Bill Gates’ facial hair
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| Yes, I’m being facetious, but Bill Gates’s facial hair has as much relevance
| to the Ms-PL and Ms-CL licenses meeting the Free Software Definition as
| Microsoft’s use of the phrase “shared source” or its business practices have
| to do with them meeting the demands of the OSD.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/08/microsofts_free.html
Watch the photo.
Related:
Shuttleworth grasps open source political message
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| In his interview today Shuttleworth also said Ubuntu will support GPLv3 and
| was careful not to criticize Linus Torvalds, who supports GPLv2, saying the
| differences in the contracts is more of a kernel issue than anything else.
|
| [...]
|
| But it’s Shuttleworth’s swipes at Microsoft and his rallying of anti-American
| sentiment which I believe will be the headlines, and should be.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1287
Bill Gates and other communists
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| ...Thanks to Mr. Gates, we now know that an open Internet with protocols
| anyone can implement is communism...
|
| ...Mr. Gates' secret is out now--he too was a "communist;" he, too,
| recognized that software patents were harmful-until Microsoft
| became one of these giants...
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http://news.com.com/Bill+Gates+and+other+communists/2010-1071_3-5576230.html?part=rss&tag=5575731&subj=news.1071.20
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