On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 14:44 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > > then B is an ass - he should have taken it from me. The fact that A > > takes my code and closes it only applies to the copy A has - my copy > is > > still open. > > In the real world, your friend is $megacorp with a world-wide supply > chain, retail store presence even in little towns and $$$ in marketing > budget to burn. B is someone who just needs to solve a problem > yesterday, goes to nearest store and picks what his television tells > him is the best software since /bin/true.
I wrote this parable some time back: http://lawgon.livejournal.com/68802.html -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
