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To: r9etb
Eventually, somebody simply grabs the Open Source, locks it down as a baseline, and starts selling their own modifications to all comers.

Example? You're projecting based on your belief of what FLOSS, GPL, and copyleft are. With Sarbanes-Oxley, doing what you describe could actually mean prison for the offender.

11 posted on 02/23/2006 8:12:12 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce
Example?

Hmmmm. The kerfluffle about JAVA springs immediately to mind....

13 posted on 02/23/2006 8:16:31 AM PST by r9etb
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