Branden Robinson wrote: > Free software has become so successful that the arguments about what it can > and cannot accomplish are being held about things that arguably aren't > software at all. Documentation, polymodels, sound effects, fonts -- we > need a way to separate the free wheat from the proprietary chaff in all of > these cases.
I believe the success is not directly of free software, but of the principles underpinning free software. Unlike the software, the principles are quite generic, technology independent and readily applicable to other domains. The concepts of liberty, synergy and empowerment made possible through active sharing of creative idea within a community are ones that many people in many varied walks of life are beginning to appreciate. I see no reason to assume, without test, that significant differences in implementation of those principles should be made in the translation to other domains. Terry -- Penguin Radio? http://radio.linux.org.au/ <>< Tux: thrives on "e-Fish & C" ><>
