Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay wrote:
>
> I applaud the folks behind GNU and the Free Software
> movement, but I recall an article in the British print
> magazine "New Scientist", titled "The Tragedy of the
> Commons", circa 1968. The fundamental problem is:
> "That which belongs to everyone belongs to no one."
> And then no one cares.
The "Tragedy of the Commons" does not apply to free software.
When I graze cattle on the commons, other cattle-owners are
deprived of the opportunity to utilize that grass. However,
my use of free software does not deprive other users of anything.
In fact, the more people use free software, the better it is
for all of them. Compare this to the commons, where the more
people use it, the worse it becomes.
Cheers,
Steven
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