Rahul Dhesi wrote: [...] > a summary with references in the Wikipedia. You can read the opinion at > http://www.internetlibrary.com/pdf/Wallace-IBM-7th-Cir.pdf .
Wikipedia side, here's the summary: 1. [FOSS contributors can't charge] "Thus the GPL propagates from user to user and revision to revision: neither the original author, nor any creator of a revised or improved version, may charge for the software or allow any successor to charge. ... Linux and other open-source projects have been able to cover their fixed costs through donations of time" and 2. [FOSS is junk] "People willingly pay for quality software even when they can get free (but imperfect) substitutes. Open Office is a free, open-source suite of word processor, spreadsheet and presentation software, but the proprietary Microsoft Office has many more users. Gimp is a free, open-source image editor, but the proprietary Adobe Photoshop enjoys the lion's share of the market." and 3. [FOSS is doomed] "The number of proprietary operating systems is growing, not shrinking, so competition in this market continues quite apart from the fact that the GPL ensures the future availability of Linux and other Unix offshoots." EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
