On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Ricardo Campos wrote:
Possibly, possibly not. I made no mention of *my* ideals, it wasn't the point I was making. The point I was making is that the majority of people *prefer* the capitalistic way. I think GPL is too radical to be practical (regardless of whether I believe it's the the right way or not), since there are a lot of fat cats to persuade...
WOAH! Sweeping generalisations ahoy! Given the choice, I would expect a majority to be against capitalism (at least the modern, corporate-America definition of it).
while it sounds like you want a way for companies to >grow fat from cheap/free labour of programmers.
Not me. But most companies DO. </snipped out my personal politics rant!>
Not true, actually. The REALLY successful companies make money by selling value-added services rather than the direct product of cheap/free labour. IIRC, IBM's services business is worth significantly more than their software sales business.
But then, I was already working in IT, and I never (well, maybe once a month) watch TV, so when the pub's not an option, I'm fiddling with my computer, or reading a book. I am far from normal. I am a nerd.
What is "normal"? Discuss.
Basically, I was making a point of practicality for the BSD licence, rather than an idealistic or personal one.
Fair enough. In time, you'll learn never to make a point about licencing within earshot of Mark :-)
Andrew.