vulture capitalist

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

vulture capitalist
 n.

   Pejorative hackerism for `venture capitalist', deriving from the
   common practice of pushing contracts that deprive inventors of control
   over their own innovations and most of the money they ought to have
   made from them.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

vulture capitalist

   <abuse> A pejorative hackerism for "venture capitalist",
   deriving from the common practice of pushing contracts that
   deprive inventors of control over their own innovations and
   most of the money they ought to have made from them.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-04-14)

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