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The FSF, Linux's Hit Men

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they'd-had-to-be-called-that dept.

PrimeNumber writes "Forbes has this story about the Free Software Foundation and its quest for Cisco and Broadcom to release the source of GPL'ed linux source used in routers. Forewarning: The open source community is not portrayed in positive light so you might want to skip reading this. However it did help me gain insight into software from a PHB and suit perspective."

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  1. my comment/reply, as submitted to Forbes: by deander2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It appears that Daniel Lyons misunderstands the GPL in his recent article "Linux's Hit Men". Linksys agreed to distribute their code changes to the core (kernel) of Linux when they decided to use Linux for their embedded OS. And they realized a substantial R&D cost savings as a result, helping to reach that $129 cost point. It hardly seems fair to characterize working with Linksys, asking them to uphold their end of the bargain, as acting like "Hit Men". We need to protect multinational corporations from a group of poorly funded, non-profit geeks when (Cisco) breaks international copyright law? Sorry comrade, your comments don't hold water.

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