[Gllug] Linuxemporium - Pink Tie

[Mark Lowes]

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 16:20, Alain Williams wrote:
> > Personally I think that the shift in senior management focus at Red Hat is 
> > indicative of a move towards a less Free Red Hat over the coming couple of 
> > years. That is a natural result of their being a listed company now - 
> > theyy are obliged in law to maximise share holder value.
> 
> But the shareholders bought the shares *knowing* that all the s/ware
> that it distributed was open source - so I don't think that that applies.

I doubt that releases them from any legal requirements to do what is
required (reasonably) to ensure the maxiumum return on investment to the
shareholders. (IANAL)

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