To: N3WBI3
Popular but controversial "open source" computer software, often contributed on a volunteer basis, is often taken or adapted without permission from material owned by other companies and individuals, a study by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution finds. The "Alexis de Tocqueville Institution" is one guy with a $19.95 per month web site.
And he can't write.
2 posted on
05/17/2004 6:55:15 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Guess Linus isn't going to win the Tocqueville award this year. < grin >
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Hm. The site is registered to a Gregory Fossedal, whose email address leads back to something called the Democratic Century Fund. Which, near as I can figure it, is a fund manager for high-risk third world investments. He's listed as the Chief Investment Officer.
Curious set of interests.
5 posted on
05/17/2004 7:04:20 AM PDT by
prion
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Scholarly organizations are "institutes;" an "institution" is a mental health facility.
8 posted on
05/17/2004 7:19:43 AM PDT by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Forgive my ignorance - What does the acronym FUD stand for?
23 posted on
05/17/2004 9:13:21 AM PDT by
Codeflier
(Implement Loser Pays)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The "Alexis de Tocqueville Institution" is one guy with a $19.95 per month web site. If that's the case, then he's also financially negligent also. Web sites can be had for less than $3.50 a month. ;)
37 posted on
05/17/2004 10:36:03 AM PDT by
kAcknor
(That's my version of it anyway....)
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