This has gotten off-topic, but I couldn't left that stand uncommented. I suggest to kill this thread at this point, or take it offlist.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:48:14AM -0800, [email protected] wrote: > Sincerely thank you for the lovely and uplifting quote! > >Can seems little off-topic, forgive me, but can be a nice paradigm :: look > >at Leonardo Da Vinci book (his brain was so clever...) > > In the high-minded state from this paradigm. It is also useful to remember > that developers have to sustain themselves one way or another: How would that be in jeopardy if your work is based on open, published standards? > * Self employed or employed by a company (as in my case) > * Government supported R&D - our tax Dollars Shouldn't anything already paid for by public means be available for said public without further charge? Open Access would be a prime example. > * University R&D - the tuition Dollars paid mostly by parents (ouch!) Also paid for by taxes, in some states. > It is hard to claim that any of the above is morally better than the other. You're setting up a false dichotomy. Clearly some alternatives are less evil than others. > We should just be grateful for having a choice and an energizing > competition. Specifically, does that mean that proprietary protocols, NDAs and lawyers are all part of that "energizing competition" scheme? > Henry Sinnreich > Adobe Systems, Inc. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
