Linux Corporate Influence: Boon or Bane?

Mark Tobenkin writes "Are corporations exploiting the Open Source community? The Linux Public Broadcasting Network has video interviews with Ian Murdock (of Progeny and Debian fame), Martin Roesch (author of Snort), Jeremey White (CEO of CodeWeavers), Bradley Kuhn (FSF), Mike Balma (Linux Business Strategist for HP) and others on the evolving OSS business models. The interviews center around whether integration with proprietary products endangers the Open Source effort or increases consumers' freedom to choose."

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Re:Here's another analogy

[PoiBoy]

There's just one flaw in your analogy. You wrote, "Guys, there's a ride in your park that's based on one of our designs. We didn't say it could be a part of your little hostel."

Your analogy seems to imply that the "infringing code" is in fact based on SCO's own design. B. Perens and others have argued within the past few days that is clearly not the case.

A better analogy would be "The ride in your park is like the ride in our park, and even though we have no claim on the design of that ride, we insist you get rid of that ride because it is hurting our business.