Well, I deleted it to write the other. Basically my position is "I make the software, therefore I make the rules". At the end of the day, software is a product and just like every other product, the developer sets the terms of sale, or use, and for many products that extends solely to what platform it is available. Mandating that software should be free is a naieve position that doesn't take a number of factors into account. From what I read of your initial email for example, you can charge for your software but then the person who buys it has the right to redistribute it. And how does original creator get compensated fairly based on the actual number of people using the product? Business models built on "Faith in human nature" tend to be... Y'know... Non-existant.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crossland > Sent: 05 December 2006 20:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] Mozilla interview and Backstage > Schwag preview > > > On 05/12/06, Luke Dicken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I wrote a long thing in reply to this, but it all boils down to : > > access to people's software is a privilege not a right. Sorry. But > > there you go. > > Please post it - I can't really make sense of this :-) > > -- > Regards, > Dave > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.7/569 - Release Date: 05/12/2006 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
