the biggest liability for open source projects are neither software patents nor the “enemy” microsoft, but zealots. these people feel that they somehow have the moral legitimacy to read from the open source scripture, and rip others a new one. by spewing their zealotry, they do triple damage:

• they drive reasonable onlookers away
• they waste everyone’s time
• they fail to contribute with code

as the saying goes, verba volant, scripta manent.

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