We have met the enemy and he is us ...

Alma J Wetzker almaw
Mon May 17 12:00:22 PDT 2004


Michael Hipp wrote:
> I was just scanning the latest issue of Debian Weekly News:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2004/09/
> 
> Look toward the bottom. There is now a problem with a "new, improved" 
> Apache license. The Mozilla org is now trying to put silly limitations 
> on packaging their stuff. Add this on top of the XFree86 license debacle.
> 
> I fear we're going to witness an implosion.
> 
> Tell me I'm over-reacting ...

I would say that depends on us.  Are we, as a community, going to adopt these 
new apps with their encumbered licenses?  We are still the customer.  We have 
the obligation to perform ego deflation, when needed.

     -- Alma




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