On 01/05/2011 02:12 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 13:46 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
2011/1/5 Kenneth Gonsalveslawgon@thenilgiris.com:
have the land, unless I evict him. But software? Even if someone
takes a
copy and makes it closed - I still have my copy. So what do I lose?
You perhaps don't lose anything - but consider person A, who takes the software from you - full source code and freedom, and person B, who takes the software from your friend who made it closed - no source code or freedoms.
then B is an ass - he should have taken it from me. The fact that A takes my code and closes it only applies to the copy A has - my copy is still open.
Let's us assume that A is smarter than you (OMG ! is that even possible ??) and has added stuff that you cannot implement independently for another year or so -- you have effectively killed B's freedom (of /choice/) -- he now either has to give up his software freedom or give up technical advancements. In this scenario who is the person causing the restriction to freedom ?
cheers, - steve