Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 04:48:37PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Or how about this: "If you have $100 in your bank account, then you > > must send it to the author of the program as soon as you have the > > ability, otherwise, you can use the program at no cost." > > That discriminates against people with money in their bank accounts. > The tax return thing probably discriminates against people who pay > tax. Personally, I'm happy to let the tax thing fail the "Trivially > stupid" test.
The point of the tax thing is precisely that it *is* obviously bogus, but that any attempt to show *why* it's bogus would also show that a forced-distribution requirement is also bogus.
