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Story: JBoss hopes to expand 'ownership' of open source

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The last thing the industry needs is some outfit claiming to "own" or "control" open source. It sends all sorts of wrong messages to everyone.

The real players in the industry who understand open source and support it with real resource and money do so without any claims of ownership or control. You can say what you like about IBM, for example (and I often have), but their behaviour shows they understand it and respect it.

The JBoss people only show they don't get it, which makes you wonder about the path they will take; they can't be committed to it if they don't understand it.

Then to say nice things about the "M" company's technology - they'll be supporting their morality next.

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