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Open Source Advocates' Attitudes Toward Profit

Posted by Soulskill on from the in-the-case-of-ethics-v-greenbacks dept.

jfruh writes "Marten Mickos, ex-head of MySQL, was discussing his new open source cloud initiative with the New York Times when he mentioned in passing that 'Some people in open source think it is immoral to make a profit. I don't.' This has set off some predictable hand-wringing within the movement. While some community members are ideologically opposed to profit-making, that attitude isn't held by a majority, or even a plurality."

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  1. Re:Mother Theresa Principle by misexistentialist · · Score: 1, Troll

    How could she be that influential despite being a woman? Maybe aborting several children isn't necessary to becoming a full member of society...