This is the Halloween edition of the CAOS Theory blog, so please, if you scare easy, consider reading this another time or place where you feel more comfortable. There are some scary things lurking out there for Linux and open source software. Boo! Patents. Eeeeeek! Microsoft. Yikes! Forking. Nooooooo! Mobs of shareholders protesting the opening of company code. But fear not, freedom and efficiency fans of free and open source software. These things that go bump in the market, none of them, are likely to hurt, hamper, maim, slash or otherwise harm the movement, despite dire predictions from some. Here’s why:
Patents - reform is in the making. Most agree that U.S. court rulings, …
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