Mano wrote:
In fact, in a discussion in this list long ago it was generally
accepted that freedom is only an issue if s/w is being distributed
without source code. If there was no distribution involved and only
'use' as by a cloud computing service provider, there was no
problem!!!
Well, you have to look at it holistically - the industry becoming
involved in large-scale use of foss is generally a good thing - they
invest in the technologies either directly or indirectly. Thankfully,
most forward-looking companies 'get' open source now - they realize that
just ignoring it is not an option anymore.
Apart from the scare-mongering of RMS, I don't see anybody realistically
putting their data in places where they cannot take it out. Perhaps
regular consumers yes, but companies, no. It's just a matter of time
before even that gets fixed. In the internet economy, you cannot afford
to be evil - open source or not.
V.
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