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> The ACM Queue (1 May 2004) article by Jay Michaelson of Wasabi
> Systems is very insightful.
>
> "There is no such thing as Free (Software) lunch"
>
> Please take a look at
> http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1005066
>
> In 2009, you would like your product (esp infrastructure product
> or platform) to reach out to as many people as possible and be
> used in as many ways possible.

not always true.

> BSD / ASL 2.0 license precisely help one accomplish that in a
> very benign way.

generally true, anyway i don't consider wasabysystems (destroyers of 
NetBSD) as a reference.