Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
I for one, tend to think that copyright is a great method of rewarding innovation, and although it has some rough edges, it's better than not having anything. The world seems to be pretty damn innovative to me.
I think that some categories of software will never be free open source. For example, tax prep software. That's because tax software is a load of tedious detail work with no glory. People will want to be paid to write it, and others will be willing to pay for it.
Of course, custom applications will have to be paid for, too.
