On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Shannon Jacobs <[email protected]>wrote:
> Meanwhile, I hate the anti-freedom anti-choice policies of Microsoft, > Apple, Oracle, and increasingly the google, too. However, their economic > models work. > Hold your horses Lots of Linux code developed at http://oss.oracle.com/ (including the Btrfs developed at ORCL and merged in the Linux kernel last February that makes Linux competitive with Microsoft's ReFS) Virtualbox License: GPLv2 https://www.virtualbox.org/ Netbeans License: CDDL / GPL http://netbeans.org/ Glassfish License: CDDL / GPL http://glassfish.java.net/ OpenJDK License: GPL2+CE http://openjdk.java.net/ MySQL Community Edition: GPL http://www.mysql.com/products/community/ JavaDB: Apache 2.0 License http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javadb/overview/index.html BerkeleyDB: 2-clause BSD license <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/berkeleydb/overview/index-093405.html So while I wouldn't touch the firm's propietary products, that they are putting lots of development dollars into plenty of open source projects is hardly what I'd call "anti-Freedom" or "anti-choice". FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
