Margret,
I don't think I understand your argument about the IRS. It sounds like
you are saying that the success of open source software is due to
several organizations non-profit status. Is this correct?
If it is, may I point out that while the Free Software Foundation and
Open Source Initiative are non-profit organizations, other companies
based upon GPLed software - Caldera, VA Linux, Red Hat - are all
for-profit, publicly traded companies. Microsoft is trying to co-opt
what they perceive as the strength of open source - harness the
community of developers, improve code stability - but without those
pesky issues of giving up control of their code. Unfortunately, the
strength of the Open Source movement lies in the freedom (free as in
liberty, not free as in beer) of the software to grow beyond one
company's control, in the ownership by the community, and in the
motivations of joy and curiosity, not profit margins and ship dates.
The IRS - fortunately - is far away from this battle.
If it isn't, then I apologize for my misunderstanding.
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