Retyping because of too many typose, sorry about that Hi Fleep, On Why does anyone create anything? I used to think like you and am a big supporter of Stallman. I have the experience of wearing the shoes of an academic researcher and a business owner. I can see things from both angles. It is clear to me that ALL opensource efforts are subsidized by employers/govt in some shape of form (one just have to follow the money trail). For folks running a business and who live squarely on the money they make for the business, it is understandable that they are defensive about IP. This is not a simple case of the virtuous who like create and share vs those who don't. It's about the right to eat or not. Ramesh
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Fleep, > On Why does anyone create anything? > I used to think like you and am a big supporter of Stallman. I have the > experience of wearing the shoes of an academic researcher and a business > owner so I can see things from both angles. It is clear to me that ALL > opensource efforts are subsidized by employers/govt in some shape of form > (one just has to follow the money trail). For folks running a business and > who live squarely on the money they make for the business, so it's > understandable that they are defensive about IP, simply because they need > to eat. This is not a simple case of the virtuous who like create and share > vs those who don't. It's about the right to eat or not. > Ramesh > -- 'Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin.' *Rameshsharma Ramloll* PhD, CEO CTO DeepSemaphore LLC, Affiliate *Research Associate Professor*, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 Tel: 208-240-0040 Blog <http://deepsemaphore.posterous.com/>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshramloll> , DeepSemaphore LLC <http://www.deepsemaphore.com>, Google+ profile<https://plus.google.com/103652369558830540272/about>
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