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:When is Half a Loaf Enough for Open Source?
"The last month has seen several attempts to give open source advocates half of what they have been asking for:
- "Apple will offer a software development kit for the iPhone but the design will remain proprietary.
- "Verizon will let other phones on its network but will still control which ones.
- "Sun has made Java open source but still controls its development..."
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