Comments on: The fuss about FOSS http://blog.eboundhost.com/index.php/2007/09/15/the-fuss-about-foss/ Professional Hosting for Bloggers Sun, 18 May 2008 00:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Jason http://blog.eboundhost.com/index.php/2007/09/15/the-fuss-about-foss/#comment-14408 Jason Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:45:20 +0000 http://blog.eboundhost.com/index.php/2007/09/15/the-fuss-about-foss/#comment-14408 After reading through this, I think the BSD is probably a better way to go. Allowing companies to use said free software and make it better without releasing trade secrets keeps their side of it profitable, and the honest companies will support the free software in kind. As mentioned with Apple. Personally it doesn't make sense for a company to take advantage of free software, add their trade secrets and then have to have it open to all. After reading through this, I think the BSD is probably a better way to go. Allowing companies to use said free software and make it better without releasing trade secrets keeps their side of it profitable, and the honest companies will support the free software in kind. As mentioned with Apple.

Personally it doesn’t make sense for a company to take advantage of free software, add their trade secrets and then have to have it open to all.

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