On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 05:38:10PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:17:06PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 04:56:37PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > It resembles describing charity as "investment with no return". > > Perhaps; though there are differences. Charity does have returns: both > > emotionally/psychologically, and in helping people get up on their feet > > so they can trade with you / work for you / employ you in future. > > Charitable donations might have different tax considerations too. > > By contrast, BSD-like licenses do nothing but give up your rights. > > Copyleft licenses do something in between -- giving up your rights in > > the hope that others will give up there's in return. > People get emotional/psychological benefits from giving away their free > software work under BSD/copyleft licences too;
Sure, but that doesn't stop it from being a give away of your rights. It only (potentially) stops it from being an "investment with no return". > I can't say that I understand your "by contrast" here. There are > certainly differences, but, with the exception of tax considerations, > most of the things you list don't really seem to be among them. I never claimed writing free software was an investment with no return. Cheers, aj
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