Re: Commerce and open-soure (Was) Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread Dirk-WIllem van Gulik
On 6 Jun 2011, at 18:43, Benson Margulies wrote: > The expression 'land-grab' in here bothers me. > > I understand (if not agree with) the 'deep philosophy justification' > of the FSF for a particular licensing strategy. > > I understand the views of individuals who don't want to benefit > corp

Re: Commerce and open-soure (Was) Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread Greg Stein
Good one :-) On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 14:11, Donald Whytock wrote: > Actually, "land-grab" isn't an invalid analogy.  Think of a > mountain...Imagine some enterprising nonprof manages to buy a scenic > mountain.  A cadre of volunteers sees to it, cleaning up litter and > the occasional forest fire.

Re: Commerce and open-soure (Was) Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread Donald Whytock
Actually, "land-grab" isn't an invalid analogy. Think of a mountain...Imagine some enterprising nonprof manages to buy a scenic mountain. A cadre of volunteers sees to it, cleaning up litter and the occasional forest fire. The nonprof opens up the mountain for anyone to go play on, as long as th

Re: Commerce and open-soure (Was) Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread Phillip Rhodes
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > The expression 'land-grab' in here bothers me. > > I understand (if not agree with) the 'deep philosophy justification' > of the FSF for a particular licensing strategy. > > I understand the views of individuals who don't want to benefit >

Re: Commerce and open-soure (Was) Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread Benson Margulies
The expression 'land-grab' in here bothers me. I understand (if not agree with) the 'deep philosophy justification' of the FSF for a particular licensing strategy. I understand the views of individuals who don't want to benefit corporations without extracting, at least, some token cooperation in

Commerce and open-soure (Was) Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Having finally caught up with most of the discussion so far - I am wondering if there is a fundamental disconnect between how the various communities model commercial interests and open source. Perhaps it is fair to surmise that Apache rules of engagement matured during the start of the dot-com