Should FOSS Change to a Dual License?
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| I'm thinking that it's a mistake to have been porting FOSS to the Windows
| desktop all this time.
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| I see some of you brought your bag of rotten tomatoes with you. Good - but
| before you reach for those, see O'Reilly's "The Dubious Benefits of Porting
| FOSS to Windows".
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| Just take this away with you: Microsoft has been declaring open war on FOSS
| from the moment it heard of us. Expect many more thrown chairs and threats.
| I'm as much in favor of Gandhi-esque pacifism as the next guy - yes, we have
| been well-behaved and platform agnostic up until now. But isn't it time to
| ask ourselves - do we want technology freedom for our grandchildren? Then why
| do we keep on feeding its sworn, raging, bloodthirsty enemy? Why must we
| continue to give strength to that which threatens to crush us?
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| Pacifism is one thing. Sharpening the ax for our executioner is another.
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