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Researchers' Right To Open Source Research
bstadil writes: "There is an interesting debate over at SiliconValley.com about the right of researchers funded by Universities to make their IP Open Source. It's not at all simple. On one side Universities claiming their derive 5% of their Budget from IP licenses and it's vital for continued high level of 'Output,' on the other hand researcher who claim the public is billed twice by licensing the output."
How about you guys produce something original for a change instead of riding the coattails of hard working people trying to get rewarded for their excellence?
I think it depends what you think is more important: great software or great profits
if you have great CLOSED sourced software you can get great PROFIT.
Even if you have great OPEN source software, you will never have a great PROFIT.
great software is great software, regardless of the amount of money you spend on it, and the license it is released under.
What is the difference between what you said and what the previous poster said. Now the FSF *OWNS* your copyright and you are powerless to prevent the FSF from doing what it wants with it. Nice...sounds like the biggest con job I have heard of.
Silly Rabbit...Sig's are for kids.
the moderators are obviously OSS zealouts. I was just trying to make a fucking point.
Anti-freedom totalitarian? How much did microsoft pay you to say that? Get real. Why not call him a Nazi and accuse him of eating babies while you're at it?
I thought about writing a longer reply, but your silly comparison tells me you're either not serious or you're an idiot.
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