Open Source vs. Shared Source

[Dustin Decker]

Thought I'd pass along this link I browsed via /. this morning.
It's a very good explaination of the difference between Open Source 
licenses such as GPL and BSD, as well as the extremely borg'ish Shared 
Source program that Microsoft is pushing so hard these days.

Very interesting information to have tucked back in the recesses of your
mind if you are given cause to debate with the M$ camp on Shared Source.
Aptly titled "Picking up your marbles", vis-a-vis ,"What's to prevent
Microsoft from simply picking up their marbles, so to speak, and taking
them home if a Shared Source licencee falls out of favour with them?"

http://linux.org.au/~leonb/articles/picking-up-your-marbles.html

Cheers,
Dustin

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