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Sun's Schwartz Attacks GPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the release-the-claws dept.

jskelly writes "Sun Micro President Jonathan Schwartz attacked the GPL at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco yesterday.Other than the same old arguments (you can't make it proprietary later) he adds that it imposes on developing nations "a rather predatory obligation to disgorge all their IP back to the wealthiest nation in the world" -- but fails to mention that the converse is also true: the wealthiest nation in the world is similarly, under the GPL, forced to "disgorge all its IP back to the developing nations" as well. Duh!"

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  1. ahh.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..i see your swartz is less open than mine..

  2. Re:Poor baby. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    Does anyone see some light at the end of the tunnel for Sun?

    Netcraft just confirmed it. It's a train.

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