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Hall On Worldwide Open Source Movement

Posted by simoniker on from the its-a-small-world-after-all dept.

adamsmith_uk writes "There's an article up on ZDNet summarizing an interesting speech from Jon "Maddog" Hall about non-US open-source, as well as protecting open-source from 'looters' - well worth a read: 'The open-source development community is an international treasure and should be protected as such, said veteran Linux advocate Jon "Maddog" Hall, in a talk in Birmingham, UK, that emphasized the role of open-source software outside the United States.'"

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  1. Who are the real looters? by geekee · · Score: -1, Troll

    SCO claims their IP and even their source code was stolen and placed in Linux. Now this guy claims SCO is a bunch of looters. Give me a break. Also, in his analogy, he criticizes the US for not anticipating the looting of Iraq's museum, but doesn't bother to criticize the looters themselves, many of whom worked for the museum. Given that he can't even identify the real villians in his Iraq example, it's no surprise he can't idenitfy the real viliians in the SCO vs. IBM case. You can now commence modding me down.

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  2. OSS depends on TERRORISM! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And Germany is huge supporter of TERRORISM!