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:Opentape: Not Quite Open Source
Opentape: Not Quite Open Source
Aug 27, 2008, 22 :31 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1864 reads)

(Other stories by Mike Gunderloy)

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"The source files are not obfuscated, so it's easy to tell where they come from - perhaps neglecting to include the licenses is merely an oversight. It's an especially odd one in the light of the fact that all three packages are licensed under BSD or MIT licenses..."

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