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Re: [News] Source Code Escrow Absurdity

____/ [H]omer on Thursday 18 October 2007 04:01 : \____

> Yet another example of how proprietary licensing can be immoral, and in
> this case, actually dangerous.

There are cases of lost lives. For example, Microsoft's proprietary formats and
software led to chaos in disaster recovery where crucial details could not be
fetched. I can find an article if you're interested.

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