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zera holladay zera_holladay at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 29 21:15:47 PDT 2004


> Even more interestingly, just how much code has
> migrated from Darwin to
> FreeBSD? Apple seems to do a lot of taking from the
> Open Source
> community, how much have we taken much back?

I was wondering about this ... there was a thread not
too long ago about Darwin and FreeBSD.  Somebody made
the point that code seems to go into Darwin but no
code is returned.  It occurred to me that open source
is like an ethical choice inasmuch as when one chooses
the more ethical option they’re not always looking to
further their own desires - sometimes they are simply
shooting themselves in the foot.  Is this a strong
point or a weak point of open source?  I’m not looking
to resolve an enigmatic psychological question, I was
just wondering what those people who contribute to
open source think.

-zh



		
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