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[News] Free Software Misuse Described and Being Addressed

  • Subject: [News] Free Software Misuse Described and Being Addressed
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:26:12 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
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. 
| 
| 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?  
| 
| 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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