I am a proponent of open-source development. I believe in the collective power of minds around the world improving software for the enjoyment and use of others. However, as we have seen with the release of Dell’s Streak Tablet, companies have tried to take credit for using this open source software without providing the underlying code. Thus making it apparent that it takes not only an army of the brightest and best computer minds to develop new open source software but also to regulate it and protect it as well. As open-source is growing and becoming more prevalent we may be a need to create a more official set of open-source regulation to make sure that when companies decide to use open source products they give credit where credit is due.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/business/26ping.html?_r=1&ref=technology
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