On 3/6/07, Crosbie Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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So I appreciate your approach to analyzing competitors v. no
competitors, but I think what you've missed is that releasing source
code reduces the entry costs of potential competitors.  A monopolist
could quite reasonably conclude that the short-term revenue gains from
releasing source code will be less than the long term revenue gains
from non-competitive pricing of other goods (i.e., binaries, source,
etc).

I also fear that you haven't read clause 2(b) of the GPL.  How do you
reconcile the requirement of no charge licensing with your claim that
someone could charge $5,000,000 for a downstream license?

Dana
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