One note: On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 10:47:43AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Now, I tried to point the practical reasons behind the social contract, > and his response rather suprised me. Basically, he has contracts with > all of his software vendors that gives him full access to the source > code in case the company goes under. His basic premesis was "I can get > competition over support in proprietary software too - Clalit did it in > the past already". http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/10/18/1814211.shtml?tid=132&tid=82&tid=89 "What happens when a proprietary software company dies?" In short, that article ddemostrates that when a company goes under, nothing is safe. The source code is considered one of the late company's assets, and as such, "giving it away" as guaranteed may not be easy. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
