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RedHat Starts "Open Source Now" Fund

Posted by Hemos on from the fight-for-the-right-to-code dept.

celston23 writes "According to this article (near bottom), RedHat is intending to use their Open Source Now Fund to support open-source (GPL) developers who are sued for copyright infringement. Might be used during the SCO legal battle."

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  1. Open Source policy by The+Old+Burke · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does not this defeats the whole purpose of Open Source?
    I mean, if you need a fund for raising money for a OS that was initially meant to be free how is it free anymore when someone have to cash out in order to keep it from being sued into oblivion?

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