JEDIDIAH wrote: > On 2009-04-30, DFS <nos...@dfs_.com> wrote: >> Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> In gnu.misc.discuss Doctor Smith <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:45:12 +0000 (UTC), Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> >>>>> It seems Matt has long misunderstood the GPL. >>> >>>> Like 99 percent of people who through some unfortunate process come >>>> in contact with it. >>> >>> I wouldn't know, since I don't know any such people. I know lots of >>> people whose contact with the GPL is benign, rewarding and >>> profitable. >> >> GPL and profitable in the same sentence? You funny guy! > > The problem here is that you are fixating on the idea that you > somehow are or might some day be the Robber Baron.
That's a wild imagination you have there. Been doubling up on your Boost lately? > It's like you > fancy yourself the hero in Atlas Shrugged. Although you are rather > more like the disposable foreign labor that would be employed by > such a "hero". As long as the hero pays what I demand, no problem. > As with any creative work: far more benefit goes to those > that use the work than those that seek to make themselves rich > by controlling access to it. huh? I haven't heard of anyone getting rich using MS Excel, but MS sure did get rich controlling access to it. > Few people are Robber Barons and > most people are just passengers. And a few people are just freeloaders. > You are just a noisy poser. You don't have to ever worry > about the prospects of making money with any sort of licensing > scheme. Maybe, maybe not. But what does that have to do with the GPL being the most anti-profit license out there? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
