Gnutella author quitting AOL over inability to express in code

Cory Doctorow 8:44 pm Tue Jun 3, 2003

Justin Frankel, the founder of Nullsoft and author of Gnutella, WinAmp and WASTE, has posted a blog entry in which he eloquently describes his feeling that coding is a form of expression, and his inability to reconcile AOL (his employer)'s total control over his coding. He says he's quitting AOL.

For me, coding is a form of self-expression.

It's probably the form I'm most effective at.

Everything I own is arguably owned by the company.

The company controls what I do with my code…

The company controls the most effective means of self-expression I have.

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