Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again) To : comp.programming From : Chris Sonnack Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 12:46 pm Randy Howard writes: >> 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. Yep. > 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. The more I think about this, the more it makes sense. I was initially surprised to discover how controlling programmers can be, but on reflection it makes sense (we have the mindset of controlling the system). And, also, the 'lone cowboy' image is pretty well established (and I speak as a long time cowpoke myself!). -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| .