[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“An attack on the software license behind the Linux operating
system has stirred up a free software controversy in
Washington.“Earlier this week, three members of the House of
Representatives, Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Jim
Davis (D-Fla.), sent a note to 74 Democrats in Congress attacking
Linux’s GNU General Public License (GPL) as a threat to America’s
‘innovation and security.’“There’s only one problem.
“Tom Davis and Jim Turner say their letter has absolutely
nothing to do with open source or the GPL…”