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When such a capability is available on a conferencing system , there is often an announcement provided to each participant as they join the conference indicating the call may be monitored . When you obtain a piece of software , either proprietary or free , there is an associated license agreement , a contract , between the creator / copy { left | right } owner and user / customer . A subpoena is a court-issued command for an individual or corporate representative to appear before the court or to provide specific evidence . In my mind , it 's YOU that violate the spirit of " open source software " , although not necessarily the spirit of the GPL - as evidenced by the current movement of the FSF in the GPLv3 . But this is not some abstract ivory-tower analysis : on the contrary , it is highly targeted , and aimed at a very particular audience - the European Commission - that is proving to be annoyingly unaccommodating when it comes to letting Microsoft have its monopolistic way . Some of you may have noticed that I ca n't even mention a commercial or proprietary software product , let alone praise it , without a few people ( posting as Anonymous ) screaming about how Linux Journal has abandoned its roots and should be burned at the virtual stake . He is a past trustee of Newton Wellesley Hospital and a current overseer of Partners Healthcare System .