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Open Source Not That Open?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the consider-the-source dept.

mstansberry writes "At the Open Source Business Conference last week, Microsoft's Shared Source mouthpiece Jason Matusow argued the point that open source isn't really open. He said you can't just go changing code on supported Linux offerings without paying extra to companies like Red Hat or Novell. So as Linux is commercialized, it becomes less open. While Matusow made good points during his presentation, many in the open source community are skeptical of the idea at best."

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  1. Oh my god !! by Mr+Europe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How stupid !

    1. I take a Red Hat distro and change it to something different.
    2. Red Hat does not give support for my special distro.
    3. I start whineing that "Hey it's not open!"

    The main story should be marked troll.

  2. Yep Microstuff is right by Original+Cynic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just don't tell the folks maintaining the Debian distro's that.