Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > 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.)
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