“As part of its spitting match with Microsoft over the use
of instant messaging services, AOL has decided to withdraw TiK, the
company’s open source implementation of its messaging
protocols…”
“When I went to the TiK home page, as listed by the entry in
freshmeat, I received no response.”
“No matter, there are other sources for TiK, such as at the
Linuxberg section of any Tucows mirror…”
“The COPYING file that ships with the TiK package I downloaded
from AOL clearly indicates that it’s released under the GNU General
Public License (GPL).”
“This is a textbook example of problems posed by the
implementation of free software at the hands of those who may not
appear to know what they’re doing.”
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