Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Willem
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 11:18 am

Gerry wrote:
) But yes, by your standards it's better for the buyer if the vendor is a 
) fool who gives his product away even though it harms him.  So long as 
) the vendor or another fool like him is still in business, of course.  
) If that's no longer the case, the buyer loses too.

Why does 'Open Source' equate to 'Giving away software' ?

In any case, you're stating it as an extreme case, as if the benefits
of enticing buyers by providing the source could never ever outweigh
the harm it does the vendor.

It's not black/white anyway, a vendor could, for example, provide a
contract whereby he commits to giving his customers the source code
of a product when he stops providing support for that product.


SaSW, Willem
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