Comments on: Open Sources, Episode 5: Be wary of building on others' open source (or Amazon)
Open Sources, Episode 5: open your ears and be saved.
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- by perspectoff January 13, 2009 6:41 AM PST
- This would have been an interesting target if I could read the text. I don't watch podcasts.
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- by Matt Asay January 13, 2009 6:55 AM PST
- Watch this space on Zimbra. I suspect that there is desire there to go to a more standard license like the GPL.
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(4 Comments)GPL-license is more important (Richard Stallman is a hero) than whether code is open-source.
Zimbra is a good example. It's "open-source" groupware software, but it is owned by Yahoo. If you make changes to the software, the changes are owned by Yahoo.
It's a model for companies to get free work out of the community but retain the rights.
GPL-license is more important than "open-source".