As a writer, it is hard for me to imagine a scenario where I would get paid
the same amount if I gave away my work. I guess my problem is that I
produce a product that doesn't really have to be serviced. I guess I would
give away my product, if it would lead to other paying jobs, but novelists
w
Michelle Murrain wrote:
> I guess what
> I am trying to articulate is my own growing unease with the climate around
> intellectual property in the US, and the ways that that might impact on our
> ability to produce, distribute and promote open-source software, and in fact,
> how that might im
On Monday 07 May 2001 11:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm thinking that if the proprietary/closed-source paradigm wins out, we
> > get a world full of companies like microsoft, with few alternatives. I
> > don't like that scenario.
>
> Neither do I. But I don't see the options as strictly
