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Techweb: Panel Targets Differences In Open Source Movement

Thanks to Marty for this
link.

“A Wednesday-evening panel discussion between open source
software leaders revealed a schism in what has been referred to as
a religious movement.”

“The disagreement between the leaders centered on how free is
free enough when it comes to open source code.”

“The panel read like a Who’s Who of open source: Linux Creator
Linus Torvalds, Perl scripting language creator Larry Wall, Python
programming language creator Guido Van Rossum, and Free Software
Foundation founder Richard Stallman. The panel was moderated by
Eric Raymond, a well-known open source advocate.”

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