On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:33:23 +0000, Mick wrote:

> > Red Hat open source everything, so while they can pay for the
> > development of the code, they can never own it. Yes, their money
> > gives them control of what is and is not developed by those they are
> > paying, but it gives them neither exclusive rights to code nor the
> > right to exclude code.  
> 
> Sure, but by applying Microsoft's monopolistic lessons they can have us
> all in a stranglehold before you know it:
> 
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish

The very title of this thread shows that that need not happen...

Red Hat can only control what goes in Red Hat, not Linux at large. That's
why, even though they are the largest contributor to the kernel, their
distro's kernel is heavily patched.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called?