Decius wrote:
] ] But the spread of Linux could be hurt by another
] ] group--and ironically, it's the free-software proponents
] ] themselves.
] ]
] ] For months, in secret, the Free Software Foundation, a
] ] Boston-based group that controls the licensing process
] ] for Linux and other "free" programs, has been making
] ] threats to Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people )
] ] and Broadcom (nasdaq: BRCM - news - people ) over a
] ] networking router that runs the Linux operating system.
]
] Forbes supports companies that take GLPed software, modify it,
] and then sell it without distributing source. The GPL is spun
] as anti-capitalist.

yeah, i also especially liked the part about them making threats in secret. since when? i know the analysts and managers of the world don't read slashdot, but a few million people do, and it was on there. Hardly a secret.

it's an unsurprising stance from a magazine whose subscribers are big business folks, though i'd certainly wish for a somewhat fairer treatment.

inignoct wrote:
] it's an unsurprising stance from a magazine whose subscribers
] are big business folks, though i'd certainly wish for a
] somewhat fairer treatment.

Well, its a very one sided, mud slinging stance presented as objective professional journalism. Either drop the slant, or don't frame it as "news."