[ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

Daniel Watkins D.M.Watkins at warwick.ac.uk
Tue Feb 13 22:32:31 GMT 2007


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Pat wrote:
> 2 points:-
> 1. Why do you want to increase the profits of a company that uses
> software patents to extort cash? Particularly given the threat that
> software patents pose to Free Software.
I'm not. I want them to Free their drivers.

> 2. Persuading Kodak to open source their drivers is not a "win for the
> Free Software movement" as you so "snootily" put it.  It's begging for
> support from some company that has no respect for its users.
It is a win for the Free Software movement. It is also begging support
from some company that has no respect for its users.

> How much of *your* work have you open sourced?
None of it. I have released it all under the GPL or the LGPL, which is
far better than merely open sourcing it.
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