Mark Norton wrote: > Isn't this where the Open Source/GPL community feel-good factor falls > apart? > > Let's say I'm one of the developers working on some free software. It's > open source, lots of people can/have contributed. But then the major > user of this software gets sold for lots of money to a company, let's > call them "EthicLog", whose reputation is mixed, at best, and pretty > awful from my own experience. > > Sure, the software is still open source and GPL but other people have > benefitted at my expense. I've been sold down the river, I've been > had. > > Open Source/GPL may be a good idea, but not when some people profiteer > on the back of other people's efforts. > > That's the way it is, isn't it?
<sigh> Slim Devices haven't sold the slimserver; they've sold the business that makes Squeezeboxes and Transporters. Would you feel the same way if Logitech bought out Roku? R. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
