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Open-source software in the recession: Born free
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| The “free and open-source software” movement, as it is officially called, has
| come a long way from its anti-establishment origins. Pioneers such as Richard
| Stallman did not want users to be locked into monolithic products, but to be
| able to change programs in whatever way they wanted, and to share their
| modifications.
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http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13743278
Recent:
The Egregious Economist
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| I continue to be gobsmacked by the egregious stupidity of The Economist:
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| Commercial piracy may not be as horrific as the seaborne version off the
| Horn of Africa.... But stealing other people’s R&D, artistic endeavour or
| even journalism is still theft.
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| Not only is it not as horrific as what occurs off the Horn of Africa, it is a
| total insult to parrot such a stupid, loaded metaphor, which consciously
| tries to equate the two. And for the six billionth time, it's *not* theft, no
| matter how many times you repeat it: it's infringement.
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| Nothing is stolen: you still have your R&D, your artistic endeavour or even
| your journalism.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/07/egregious-economist.html
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