Can a Public Good Survive Corporate Interest?
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| Perhaps it’s inevitable that community-driven development, maintenance, and
| support will reduce markets for proprietary software up and down all of the
| stacks. Perhaps the most successful projects will have the strong support of
| businesses.
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| Do you want to rely on their goodwill to allow you to use, study, and
| redistribute software as you see fit? Are you willing to take the risk that
| they will encourage a healthy commons which allows you to use your data as
| you see fit?
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http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/can_a_public_good_survive_corp_1.html
For GNU/Linux Matters Freedom is Key
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| The team at GNU/Linux Matters have clarified their comments about the
| venerable Linux.org site. Their position is that the site is too
| commercialized and outdated to be of much use, especially to the newcomers it
| is supposed to help.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/node/83
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