5 Jan
2011
5 Jan
'11
9:14 a.m.
2011/1/5 Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com:
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.
In the real world, your friend is $megacorp with a world-wide supply chain, retail store presence even in little towns and $$$ in marketing budget to burn. B is someone who just needs to solve a problem yesterday, goes to nearest store and picks what his television tells him is the best software since /bin/true.
Binand