Has Google become evil in the eyes of open source?
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| Let me state for the record that I am a big Google fan. They have built a
| proprietary powerhouse on open source.
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| But others see them as the John Edwards of software, a rich lawyer advocating
| for the poor, a hypocrite, complete with $400 haircut.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1347
GPL is the new BSD in Web 2.0, and why this matters
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| So why haven't Google et al. stepped up to the plate to give back their
| derivative works? Why do they treat the GPL as if it were the BSD license,
| requiring nothing in return for all the value given to them?
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| Because they can. Because open-source software licenses are irrelevant in the
| software-as-a-service world.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9763068-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5
Related:
My Tongue-Lashing from Eben Moglen
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| He made a strong statement about why the Free Software Foundation ultimately
| chose not to close the "SaaS loophole" in GPLv3...
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/my_tonguelashin.html
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