Fresh Blood--The New Fight for Open Source | Linux Today

Fresh Blood–The New Fight for Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 9, 2008

“Meet ‘Zorro, master of the night.’ Zorro is a Java developer
for a major US bank that makes widespread use of open source
software. Zorro is keen to participate in open source projects,
too, except for one thing–his employer won’t let him.

“‘For me, to contribute back to open source, I’d have to become
‘Zorro, master of the night’–you have to go underground,’ our
programmer said during last week’s MuleCon in San Francisco, under
condition of, yes–you guessed it–anonymity. ‘You have to
understand the risk that we take…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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