Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Sep 2005 21:04 UTC
"From its humble origins in the 'hacker' culture of US computer science laboratories in the 1970s, open source software has grown to become arguably the most influential and talked about phenomenon to hit the computer industry since the invention of the microprocessor. Many of the proponents of OSS seem to have been captivated by the idea of a free lunch and may have failed to consider the longer-term effect of OSS on our fragile software ecosystem. Let us examine some of the issues surrounding OSS that aren't normally aired in public."
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The fact that the law is an ass is not a flaw in open source. It is unjust that anything a programmer writes belongs to their employer even if they do it in their own time and it has nothing to do with their employers business, this is more like slavery than a modern business relationship even if it is still enshrined in law. Does a carpenter who builds new kitchen cabinets at home expect to hand them to their employer when they leave the company?