Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again) To : comp.programming From : Randy Howard Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 07:04 pm Chris Sonnack wrote (in article ): > If anything, I believe that as software development achieves its > rightful recognition in society, if anything, the trend will be > towards commercialization and applied quality standards and away > from the idea of "free". I think you are quite correct here, as we have discussed this need for quality standards as in other more established professions here before. I suspect this is the real underlying motive of the 'free' movement, as they want to prevent this from happening. They want it to be completely unregulated, with no individual responsible for anything, but a large 'community' of relatively anonymous contributors that can't be touched in any legal sense. The cost of being a certified professional in a legitimate field is very high, and it doesn't meet the basically anti-capitalist mentality of those involved. -- Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR) .