Open source means freedom from 'anti-features'

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 9, 2010 7:25 AM EDT
ComputerWorld NZ; By Stephen Bell
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Proprietary vendors are using "anti-features", features that no user would ever want, to protect intellectual property, Benjamin “Mako” Hill, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told the linux.conf.au open source conference last month. But IP protection is only one of several reasons vendors introduce such features into their products.

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Good article until the end cabreh 8 956 Feb 10, 2010 3:58 AM

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