NewsForge: Fair Use, Or Not Fair?

“Last week we posted a story written by my colleague David
Graham titled Proven: Windows is more secure than Linux. It was one
of the better-read pieces on the site this week. Four days after
the article was posted, David did a Google search and found more
than half a dozen sites had linked to the piece–flattering. But at
least three sites posted all or a substantial portion of the piece
on their own sites–and that’s a problem.

“In one sense, we do what we do because we like free and open
source software. But in another, we do it because it makes money
for the company we work for. This is a business, not a
hobby…”

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