The Corporate Eyeball Trap
January 17, 2005Bruce Perens spoke about some of the threats facing Linux. He specifically pointed at things like software patents, which he rightfully identified as a real danger to any form of innovation and growth in Linux.
However, it isn’t the only one. There is another one - sneakily creeping up on the Open Source world, ready to bite - something I call the “Corporate Eyeball Trap”.
Allow me to give you some background first.
The whole Linux and Open Source thing has been growing by leaps and bounds since the early 1990s. Pushed by people who cared about the software and its freedom, …