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The Open Source Commandments

Written By
JP
Jason Perlow
Apr 11, 2008

[ Thanks to Jason
Perlow
for this link. ]

“While I would hardly classify myself as a monotheistic deity on
the level of the God of Abraham or even worthy of making statements
of such cultural magnitude upon high, I would like to take this
opportunity, perhaps, as we approach the Passover season, to make
some suggestions for Commandments that future generations of
technologists and technology companies wishing to pursue Open
Source community activities might want to follow.

‘Thou Shalt Not Be An Aggressive
Monopolist’

“Microsoft certainly got the smiting it deserved from the
European Union, to the tune of over 2.6 billion dollars in
accumulated fines over the last 3 years…”

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JP

Jason Perlow

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