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On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:33:23 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > Red Hat open source everything, so while they can pay for the |
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> > development of the code, they can never own it. Yes, their money |
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> > gives them control of what is and is not developed by those they are |
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> > paying, but it gives them neither exclusive rights to code nor the |
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> > right to exclude code. |
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> Sure, but by applying Microsoft's monopolistic lessons they can have us |
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> all in a stranglehold before you know it: |
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish |
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The very title of this thread shows that that need not happen... |
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Red Hat can only control what goes in Red Hat, not Linux at large. That's |
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why, even though they are the largest contributor to the kernel, their |
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distro's kernel is heavily patched. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called? |