Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)
Posted Jun 3, 2008 22:54 UTC (Tue) by
proski (subscriber, #104)
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Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com) by mgb
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Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)
Looks like typical journalism to me - emphasizing controversy and emotions and blurring the facts or even getting them wrong in some places.
Perhaps the most important free software used for commercial purposes is Apache, which is not under GPL. It can be used to get a business advantage over those running non-free web servers. If nothing else, Apache doesn't have to be supported by its maker.
With all that talk about GPLv3 and the open source advocates waiting to sue businesses, I don't think there has been a single case of suing somebody over a GPLv3 violation.
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