On Tuesday 21 Feb 2006 20:12, Dave Robillard wrote: > On Tue, 2006-21-02 at 15:05 +0000, Chris Cannam wrote: > > If my free software work puts a company or its developers out of > > work, then that's a problem for my conscience. It's not a victory > > for free software. > > Yes it is.
No, the fact of people having been put out of work is not itself a victory for anyone. > The world of Free Software (basically the "public domain" > for the sake of argument) has been improved, and the world of > computer users in general is better off. Sure -- you'd certainly hope that good things are also a consequence of the work, and they go on the other side of the ledger. > If someone loses their job because their product was replaced with a > superior alternative, well... this is how markets are _supposed_ to > work. I'm not in the market. I'm not competing. Because I'm not competing, someone else's failure is not a success for me. Chris
