Doctor Smith wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:51:32 -0400, Hyman Rosen wrote: > >> Rjack wrote: >>> These true "open source" licenses embody the very essence of the >>> meaning of "free" as used in the English language. >> >> These "true" open source licenses are much beloved by the >> bottom-feeding leeches who feel that they are owed the work >> of others for free. > > Like: > > IBM > Redhat. > Mandriva > Suse > Novell > HP > Dell > > ..and every other company that slaps together a Linux distribution with > their name on it and based upon the hard works of others who actually > wrote the programs.
Why don't you tell us all where the Red Hat Package Manager, which Red Hat contributed freely to the Linux community, came from, seeing how you say they only slap their name on other people's work? > Others use the programs for financial gain (IBM) and contribute little to > the Open Source community except a tidbit here and there. > That one would be IBM. Your fellow trolls were telling us Linux depends on the support of companies like IBM. Now you're telling us IBM only contributes "tidbits." You trolls have got to start reading from the same script. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
