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[ic] Re: AOL in negotiation to buy Red Hat
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Barry Treahy, Jr. wrote:
> Scott Underwood wrote:
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> >Does this mean if they release code on one product they are Open Source?
> >Remember Open Source is an idea as much as it describes the source code.
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> >I don't think AOL embraces the idea or this server would be licensed under
> >GPL not Mozilla. AOL is the epitomy of capatalism which runs contrary to
> >the idea of an Open Source ideal.
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> "epitome of capitalism," boy Scott, you make that sound so nasty but
isn't that why we are all here, to develop web based e-commerce to 'make
money?' That is capitalism and there is no thing wrong with that. Though
I'm grateful for free software, selling soft ware is no different than
selling shirts, shoes, CD's, or car which is the exchange of a good or
service which has value to someone else for something of value, typically currency.
I don't mean capatalism is bad in itself. AOL's brand (most huge
companies) is bad. You can't really compare AOL with any of us. Open
Source is also not about free software.
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Lets remember that regardless of what the lice nsing policy is, it does
take resources to develop software. Redhat wou ldn't exist to support
Linux and IC if they couldn't show a profit in o ne manner or another and
I'm not attempting to suggest that MV or IC would not exist today without
RH, but Mike needs to keep food on the table too and if the direct or
indirect results of his MV/IC efforts didn't pay the bills, it would
probably not have become the product it is today...
I have a feeling that IC and linux would do fine without redhat or aol. It
might not progress as fast but it wouldn't go away, actually because of
us. When we can make policy on a country or world basis we can compare
ourselves to AOL.
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--
Scott Underwood
"-- challenging authority and insisting that it justify itself --
are appropriate at all levels."
--Noam Chomsky