VNUNet: Sustainable Computing Consortium Attacked

“The aim of the [Sustainable Computing Consortium], backed by
players such as Microsoft and Nasa, is to develop quality,
dependable and secure software, but on a proprietary level. The
move has immediately incensed the open source community.

“Aside from the front page of the SCC website being plastered
with a quote from Bill Gates–‘It’s time for developers to think
and act differently’–the thing that has riled the open sourcers
the most is the main point listed in the ‘benefits of joining’
section.

“‘Members are entitled to a non-exclusive, internal-use licence
for the intellectual property created by the SCC,’ it reads…”

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