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:eWeek: Commercializing Open-Source Stirs Debate
eWeek: Commercializing Open-Source Stirs Debate
Aug 6, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (4862 reads)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"As Mozilla and the Debian Core Consortium move toward commercialization of open-source projects, open-source supporters debate whether this trend is a good idea.

"While analysts tend to see events like Mozilla spinning off a commercial company and the numerous small Debian companies and groups uniting behind the DCC (Debian Core Consortium) as part of a natural trend, some within the open-source community aren't happy about it..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Guess what, you can be a non-profit and  ...   Corrupt Non-prof   
alucinor
Aug 6, 2005, 13:24:08
 
It may look like questionable activity,  ...   Differences between typical and oss corps   
James Cornell
Aug 6, 2005, 15:19:40
 
....But I kinda said this before:Commerc ...   Hate to agree here...   
GH
Aug 6, 2005, 15:29:47
 
 Commercial open source is as bad or wor ...   I won't support it   
Phil Rankin
Aug 6, 2005, 15:56:12
 
If the Mozilla folks think that I will g ...   No way   
GH
Aug 7, 2005, 01:42:40
 
>  Commercial open source is as bad or w ...   Re: I won't support it   
DDahl
Aug 7, 2005, 05:04:37
 
I think many people are overreacting to  ...   Overreaction   
Tony OBryan
Aug 7, 2005, 12:25:15
 
I can't say I care about commerciali ...   A dispute not worth a tinker's dam   
Ed Craig
Aug 7, 2005, 15:06:49
 
> The pay upgrade cycle for commercial S ...   Re: I won't support it   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 8, 2005, 08:33:33
 
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