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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by cup-of-tea on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:01PM (#17230348)
It's not a misquote and it's not disingenuous. That was their attitude at the time.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by Gaelan on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:07PM (#17230400)
Sounds like they were referring to GPL (and similar), not OSS in general.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by rkangel on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:35PM (#17230701)
It is a misquote. See above. He was talking about Linux not open source, and specifically about the licence that Linux has chosen to use.

It would be entirely reasonable to find it an objectionable comment nonetheless, but please find objectionable what he actually said, not some alternative version.

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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by socceroos on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:05PM (#17234406)
OSS was built on the GPL. Clutching at straws, that is.
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