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From code war to Cold War (BBC)

From code war to Cold War (BBC)

Posted Mar 8, 2004 22:28 UTC (Mon) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: From code war to Cold War (BBC) by imres
Parent article: From code war to Cold War (BBC)

I believe that such a regulation should not apply to all software, neither at every stage of development of certain software.
Why not? I personally believe that all software should be Free Software, no exceptions. As a temporary transition measure away from the proprietary model, I would support a 3-5 year copyright term with mandatory source code escrow and disclosure under Free Software terms at the end of the term.


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