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I see it as obvious, but I suppose it is not the case. What I am saying, to summarize, is that open source only helps people learn. I see NO ADVANTAGE WHATSOEVER in keeping knowledge locked up and hidden. I see no honor in winning by keeping knowledge from a team. Sure, not posting your program online isn't a big deal. But if you have the opportunity, go for it. And the idea of not letting a team see it that needs help surely doesn't sound gracious nor professinal to me. Sorry for drawing this out and making it somewhat of a big deal, but I've seen a lot of posts on CD that most definitely do not reflect the ideas of gracious professionalism, and I felt obliged to comment. [/b]
Right on.

Besides, Open Source implies that should you decide to distribute your work, you distribute the source code with it. It's as much about empowering the user to use & adapt the code to his/her specific needs as it is about developing stable code which follows good practice.

Those that don't "get it" are unlikely to distribute their code in "closed source" anyway. The achievements of the self-serving will be quickly forgotten.

-Jim
 


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