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I've never thought the fear was that proprietary code would be forced to have its source opened. I was under the impression that the fear for large companies ha
by jballanc 17y ago
I've never thought the fear was that proprietary code would be forced to have its source opened. I was under the impression that the fear for large companies has more to do with injunctions on sale and/or distribution as a result of license violation. Try to tell Microsoft that they can't sell Windows for the next week and see what they think of that...
- callahad 17y agoBoth are very real concerns; the CTO of our division, representing a large chunk of a 50,000 person organization, was certainly very concerned about the chance that things would be forced open.
- duncanj 17y agoYet, oddly, they don't seem to fear the very real consequences of the BSA coming and shutting them down for an "audit".