> From: Asheesh Laroia > Yes. Your choices are a good example of this. Based on your > headers (*), > you sent the above email using Microsoft Exchange and VPOP3, two > proprietary programs you chose despite not getting source code. > > Clearly you already believe that sometimes it's worth getting > and using > proprietary software when there are open source, Free Software > alternatives.
But, Asheesh, the current market is moderated by copyright. I'm talking about a market without copyright. In a market policed by copyright, there are incentives to withholding source code. I'm arguing that those incentives evaporate without copyright. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
