"I never thought I would say this but actually, being very unpopular in the world, as frankly the U.S. is these days, is a huge benefit to open source," because people are resentful of sending billions of dollars back to the U.S. in IP taxes, [Red Hat CEO Jim] Whitehurst said. This article also includes an interesting aside about GPL violations.
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