IPI successfully fends off "attacks of the open-sourcers" [ip]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[IPI is a conservative group in Lewisville, Texas. To give you an idea 
of where IPI is coming from, it has close ties with former House 
Majority Leader Dick Armey 
(http://www.ipi.org/ipi/IPIevents.nsf/0/6f29cee6fe45948086256c6b0073cde7?OpenDocument). 
--Declan]


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: IPI: IPI defends against the attacks of the open-sourcers
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:39:57 -0500
From: Tom Giovanetti <tomg () ipi org>
To: declan () well com





Since you're interested in intellectual property issues, we thought you
might be interested in this

IPI published a new paper called "Has Open Source Reached Its Limits?"
questioning whether open source software really has the potential for mass
market penetration, and whether open source will ever deliver innovative
products, rather than the derivative products that have thus far
characterized successful open source projects. Here's a link to the paper:
http://www.ipi.org/ipi/IPIPublications.nsf/f726f4998ba46f86862567d80074727a/bab0bb99395eefe086256e49001e2187?OpenDocument

In reaction, an open source partisan in Australia published an attack on
IPI's arguments, and on IPI. Here's the link:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/05/1081017093699.html

But, thanks to Google News Alerts, we found out about the attack, and
demanded the right to have our reply published, which showed up today.
Here's the link:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/12/1081621880019.html

Hope you find this of interest, and we're always interested in your
comments.


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