(OT) - NOT A Major Blow to Copyleft Theory

Robin 'Roblimo' Miller robin at roblimo.com
Sat Feb 9 17:27:31 UTC 2008


> There are companies that don't give a damn in general about unauthorised
> redistribution of its freely downloadable proprietary software (such as
> Microsoft Corp.), and ones that will rabidly enforce copyright on such
> items at the drop of a hat.  My impression is that Adobe Systems is
> bannerman for the latter squad.
>
> And no, this doesn't concern OSI other than in a noise-reduction sense.
>
>   

I agree. This conversation should move to the Closed Source Initiative's 
license-discuss email list. Or the Business Software Alliance's. Or 
whatever they call themselves these days.

Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
Editon in Chief,
SourceForge, Inc.



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