Re: Intel's page on i20

[Chris Pall <x97pall@wmich.edu>]

This sounds sorta like some sick and twisted version of copyleft. (I
wouldn't call it copyright since you have no "rights" over your own
material though)

Brett Glass wrote:

> At 06:33 AM 4/15/98 -0400, Norm wrote:
>
> >     Anyone can join the group, for hefty a price ($5000/yr, $2000/yr
> >for 'associate members') that is (a definite problem for 'free
> >software' developers and small 'startup' companies...see
> >http://www.kenandted.com/i2o/).  But not only is it going to cost a
> >'pretty penny', IIRC your membership in the group can also be easily
> >terminated by other members (who are often current or potential
> >competitors).
>
> Not only that -- but you can't publish your source code. This prevents
> the collaborative development and refinement of drivers for freely
> redistributable operating systems.
>
> --Brett Glass

 

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