Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 12, 2005 05:13 AM
"Linus Torvalds and Stu Cohen can't threaten, Ballmer-like, to take Linux away from the world on a whim. They could only take the name away. The kernel and everything that surrounds it would go on without them. The freedom to make, maintain, and distribute your own version of a critical program is a major "safety valve" built into all open source and free software. In the long run, it is the biggest reason a concerned corporate manager should choose free or open source software over proprietary alternatives."
For which we all, including you, have to thank Richard Stallman and his (and his collaborator's!) creations: GNU, GPL & FSF.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 12, 2005 05:13 AMFor which we all, including you, have to thank Richard Stallman and his (and his collaborator's!) creations: GNU, GPL & FSF.
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