Sony being evil

[Occhidiangela]

It's like an author retaining the copyright to his novel, but publishing copies of it for free distrubution. He's giving it away, but he still has rights to it. Then some schmuck tries to take one of his copies and market it for profit without acknowledging the source; thus making an implicit proprietary claim of that is false.
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What is the difference between open source and "industry best practices" when it comes to a code module?

If what was developed on an open source project is freely available, using that module shouldn't render an entire project that uses best practices a freeware. That's applying too much credence to a taint.

What are the legal protocols for "paying back the open source" community when a particular module is a "best practice."

Or, is everyone required to do their own homework, open source utility be damned?

I am still confused, but less so.

Occhi