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For-profit companies exist for one reason. Whether we like it or not, they exist to maximize shareholder wealth. I don't have a big problem with this. I don't have a big problem with this looking at it from an open source perspective either. Here's why.
I saw a post describing an interesting idea today. This is an idea I've thought about many times myself and tried to nurture and encourage here with FOSSLC in terms of having events with multiple communities represented, hosting videos and content related to multiple communities, and more. That idea is cross-community collaboration. The potential here is enormous - specialization and trade - open source style.
One might argue that trying to legislate against greed is pointless and harmful. No matter how much time, effort, and thought you put into legislation to prevent these issues it is likely to keep happening. And thus all you've really accomplished is penalizing everyone else that are ethical and play by the rules. What is the solution?
This event is the monthly open source business breakfast for the Ottawa area. The intention is to bring industry, government, academia, and community together once a month for an enjoyable breakfast of networking, good food, and a couple of short presentations. This event runs Monthly.
