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Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

Posted May 19, 2011 15:41 UTC (Thu) by nybble41 (subscriber, #55106)
In reply to: Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software by dneary
Parent article: Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

> there's a huge middle ground between a simple small patch ("I bought you a pot plant") and an equal partnership of living together...

I'm not sure a gift with such far-reaching implications (possession being illegal and all) is analogous to "a small simple patch". Or did you mean "potted plant"?


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Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

Posted May 19, 2011 15:46 UTC (Thu) by dneary (subscriber, #55185) [Link]

> I'm not sure a gift with such far-reaching implications (possession being
> illegal and all) is analogous to "a small simple patch". Or did you mean
> "potted plant"?

:-) It was a patent encumbered patch.

Dave.

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