Open Source is here to stay
Open-source, as I've pointed out recently, has become widely accepted as the best way to write software. Indeed, before I sat down to write this, I read that AOL has opened up its code to its AIM client.
Of course, Open AIM isn't really open-source.
The Open AIM Developer License makes it abundantly clear to even the most legally clueless of open-source developers that it's not GPL compliant. And, while I'm no lawyer, it appears that AOL has only opened the code in the sense that anyone can work with it. AOL will always own it.
That said, if you can put up with that, the code is available.
In a way, it proves Roblimo's point. Even companies that really aren't open-source friendly, are finding themselves opening up their code. Why? Because, it's the best way, the easiest way, to improve it.
There's a flip side to this.
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