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Not quite the same behavior, but BigCo's free-riding on FOSS is nothing new. "At Serge’s trial Kevin Marino, his lawyer, flashed two pages of computer code: th
by rmrfstar 6y ago
Not quite the same behavior, but BigCo's free-riding on FOSS is nothing new.
"At Serge’s trial Kevin Marino, his lawyer, flashed two pages of computer code: the original, with its open-source license on top, and a replica, with the open-source license stripped off and replaced by the Goldman Sachs license." [1]
[1] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldman-sachs-programmer https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldma...
- hanniabu 6y agoUsing open source software is different than selling it and profiting off of it without even contacting the project's maintainers.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- SpelingBeeChamp 6y agoFree-riding on the free? What else are you supposed to do with it?