On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Harisfazillah Jamel <[email protected] > wrote:
> Its still trouble us... Between pirate and OSS, most of them will pick > pirate. Need to promote the good of OSS and the evil of pirate.... > > For our OSS friends in Indonesia... Report for Indonesia directly > mention about OSS, > > http://www.iipa.com/rbc/2010/2010SPEC301INDONESIA.pdf > > "which threatens to create additional trade barriers and deny fair and > equitable market access to software companies." > That's a good point that I often forget. I focus on moral implications that directly affect my community or me as an individual, but this also affects national economy, community, and development. A company that otherwise might invest in Malaysia may decide not to because of this list. I agree that we need to promote the benefits of FLOSS, but I hesitate to suggest that piracy, as the corporations have defined it, is *evil*. It *is * illegal and endorsing or encouraging illegal activities can hurt us on many levels even if those laws could be considered unjust. In public venues, I often try to use the negative propaganda like this list as a tool. Small companies often do pick pirated software first. Then they are faced with either worrying about getting caught or paying too-high prices to get licensed. I discuss that scenario, then present FLOSS as the solution. -- Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com/blog -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert
