Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030317 17:31]: > > >> Folks who are providing an ASP-style service generally are going to > >> have big web servers and lots of bandwidth anyway; I'm not convinced > >> that distribution of source would be a significant burden for them. > > > > Note the "generally". You are aware that you imply, that only such > > persons should have the possibility to do so? > > I'm saying that in the most typical case, these folks will have big > servers & big pipes. I'm certainly not saying that it's ideal that > only folks with big servers and big pipes be able to provide ASP > services. Am I misunderstanding you? I'm simply trying to divide the > problem space up a bit. The other two scenarios described situations > where ASP-providers didn't have big servers or big pipes.
Hardly! Part of the point of free software is that everyone has a software publishing factory on their desk, and it is the noxious copyright regime that blocks them from using it. My server, even if over a tiny pipe, would be useful as an ASP provider for my friends, just as my CD-writer is useful as a software publishing factory for my friends.
