LXer: Community vs. Corporate Linux: The Coming Divide

Published at LXer:

There is in fact a coming divide that will hit the Linux community like a freight train. The battle lines have already been drawn, and companies that support Linux, such as Canonical, will eventually find themselves fiercely pitted against companies like Linspire, who only a short time ago, entered into an agreement of cooperation. A clash between the different versions of the GPL have already begun to show their roots , and luckily, thus far, has been pretty much transparent. What I want to know is how all of this is going to go down when it comes time for the enforcement of such things.

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This prediction is a no-brainer. I and many others have been saying it for a long time. Those who wish to monetize Linux against those whose primary concern is to keep it free (libre). Lots of folks have their heads in the sand, and say it's no big deal. We'll see.

For the record, this is why I use Debian. Every other distro can go for the dollars, but I think Debian is big enough and strong enough to stand alone.