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Story: Free software wins out in embargoed SyriaTotal Replies: 1
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glynmoody

Jan 16, 2006
12:09 PM EST 		Fascinating article - particularly for the way that it shows how apparently abstract issues of programming philosophy (proprietary vs. open) can become caught up in geopolitics.
cjcox

Jan 17, 2006
7:51 AM EST 		Proprietary, patented, restricted, licensed... etc... all of that become VERY complicated to ensure/enforce/etc. world wide.

Just like anything else really.

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