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Open Source gives power to code cutters

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One of the benefits of the Open Source software phenomenon that has not been given a great deal of attention is how much power it puts in the hands of the software developers at the coalface.

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justme ·
The suits aren't supposed to know!

Seriously, putting software under a free software license means the only people who can affect its future direction are those who can write software well enough to gain community acceptance. Corporate boards and "intellectual property" lawyers can't do that.

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