2010/9/7 Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com> > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Miroslav Pokorny < > miroslav.poko...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Im not sure if its business or an American thing but it seems you forget >> to about being human which is sometimes mostly about doing the right thing >> regardless of what the law says. Overall most companies forget that simple >> fact. > > > Expecting companies (public ones at that) to follow the same moral laws as > humans is quite naïve. Besides, Google has contributed to open source in > more ways than I can even remember. You are upset that they don't match your > expectations in that area, but try to step back and apply your reasoning to > other major software companies like Oracle, Apple or HP. How does Google > look then? > > >> Too me its like taking an open source library, making lots of cash and >> never even giving the authors a donation. Yes its legal but its overall, its >> disappointing. > > > Google has hired *a lot* of open source developers to work on their open > source project. That sounds even more generous than a donation to me. > > How many other companies do that? >
i can only remember Sun doing something of the like, but that was back in the good old days > > -- > Cédric > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- http://mapsdev.blogspot.com/ Marcelo Takeshi Fukushima -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
