So much to be said about IP and its use in business . -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: When open-source developers go bad | ZDNet
** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** Reminds me of this from my tagline file: /* Most people thought [in 2000] that Web content should somehow be "free," a hopelessly naïve ideology known today as "dot-communism."...Dot-communism has been discarded along with its political counterpart, as users find that the adjective "free" means, as it always does, "paid for by someone else," who insists on getting it back one way or another. -David S Platt, "Introducing Microsoft .NET, Third Edition", 2003 */ --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me? -found at https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FAskReddit%2Fcomments%2F1h1cyg%2Fwhats_the_most_intellectual_joke_you_know&data=04%7C01%7CRon.Wells%40OMF.COM%7C7ad530ee78774c7bf9cf08d9d76c4189%7C57c0053cb5f84a1e8bb6e8afa09f3b82%7C0%7C0%7C637777683129922505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=gbeuJ3i4DNjiLhqw0wAbORNuFxQz00%2B9CWmZ%2BCLr%2BoA%3D&reserved=0 */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 08:53 Free isn't free. OpenSource has great potential but when people's expectations do not meet their reality they can act out poorly. > --- On Jan 14, 2022, at 6:36 AM, Mark Regan <marktre...@gmail.com> wrote: > *JavaScript developer Marak Squires wasn't happy about not making > money from his open-source libraries, so he deliberately corrupted > them, leaving programmers and end-users with dead-in-the-water > programs.* <goog_381746448> > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. > zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fwhen-open-source-developers-go-bad%2F&data=0 > 4%7C01%7CRon.Wells%40OMF.COM%7C7ad530ee78774c7bf9cf08d9d76c4189%7C57c0 > 053cb5f84a1e8bb6e8afa09f3b82%7C0%7C0%7C637777683129922505%7CUnknown%7C > TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVC > I6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=eQ95Eiu2idFU%2BC6CtdfivIjZ6uicZEJKepzXDUfGaJ > I%3D&reserved=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
