Source Code Isn't A Standard | Linux Today

Source Code Isn’t A Standard

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Serdar Yegulalp
Oct 9, 2009

“I get the impression many people who deal with open source
expect source code to act like a standard, or serve as some kind of
substitute for a standard. Ergo, something built on Linux should be
cross-compatible with everything built in Linux. I see variations
of this formula — not always spoken out loud — among people who
see open source as a panacea.”


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Serdar Yegulalp

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