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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 24, 2008 @09:47AM from the now-we're-sad dept.

tquid writes "Trying to bridge the digital divide in Canada's poorest postal code, a principled group of hackers adopt "open source"-based technology spun off from an MIT project. Then the terms on the hardware are changed, and changed again, and then firmware to lock out the frustrated group's software is installed, screwing them out of their investment and many hours of development work."

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Re:Anyone know the details of the MIT agreement? (Score:5, Funny)

by mrvan ( 973822 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @09:58AM (#22844494)

If they used the MIT license they're pretty much screwed...

It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software ... [wikipedia.org]

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Re:And, yet again... (Score:2, Funny)

by subl33t ( 739983 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @10:10AM (#22844594)

Blame MIT... blame MIT...

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Re:So talk to them? (Score:5, Funny)

by Opportunist ( 166417 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @10:40AM (#22844870)

Have you ever tried talking technology with a lawyer? Talking nuclear physics with a pig is more rewarding.

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Re:Vendor lockin is a myth (Score:3, Funny)

by AlamedaStone ( 114462 ) writes: on Monday March 24, 2008 @12:32PM (#22846092)

Potayto, potahto...

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Re:Reflashing Merakis (Score:2, Funny)

by Charbox ( 1134059 ) writes: on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @02:40AM (#22854262)

excellent comment, but reading it was somewhat of a let-down, because the entire controversy and discussion, and all those righteous flames are moot. LOL

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