For example, the idea that "any open source code is good code" troubles me a little bit. Are we saying as a wider community that we don't care what a companies motives for releasing code is, as long as that code is released under an open source license?
I am trying, but I lack the imagination to imagine motivations and circumstances where the license selected in releasing code was (in my worldview) immoral or unethical. Writing and releasing particular code could be unethical to me, think malware, but the ethical problem is that code being in the wild, not the particular license. With that said, you have a particular sensitivity to thoughts of corporate bad behavior in regards to releasing code. I am very curious to hear what you are imagining as being a bad corporate motive. -- Now offering training and consulting in maximizing corporate efficiency using Web 2.0 tools and techniques. Rich Gibson Chief Scientist (and bottle washer), Locative Technologies http://mappinghacks.com http://geocoder.us http://testingrange.com AIM period3equals _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
