&gt; Well how much work can you expect a for-profit-company to do in order to release their software as open source?<p>A lot actually I expect them to make open source software and in all regards this has happened.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infoworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2914643&#x2F;open-source-software&#x2F;rise-and-rise-of-open-source.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infoworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2914643&#x2F;open-source-softwar...</a>