Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Chris Sonnack
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 01:53 pm

David Golden writes:

> I thought it was reasonably clear I was talking about a software market
> from a programmer's perspective as a service provider: We can offer the
> service of writing new programs or developing existing programs in
> various directions, or even "just" auditing and bugfixing them and
> warranting they're okay (that last one only to paying customers unless
> you're completely mad...), even in the complete absence of copyright
> law, which we might want to abandon for ethical reasons (like slavery
> was abandoned).

Again, comparing slavery to copyright law is total b******t.

(To some, it indicates your argument is very weak if you need to appeal
to such emotional contexts.)

Software **can** be a service as you describe, but it is *also* a
creative work very similar to what architects, authors and musicians
do.


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