Re: Not "Satanism;" realism.

[Mark Hinds <zoro@nwnexus.com>]

Brett Glass wrote:

> Cygnus is a group that has, since its inception, accepted the notion
> that programmers should be day laborers rather than creators of
> intellectual capital. They're willing to run on the consulting
> "treadmill." Most programmers, however, dream of being more
> entrepreneurial.
> 
> --Brett

Most dream of this? Possibly, but dream only. The people I know
in software, myself included, expect only to work and be paid for it.
For most (all that I know), intellectual property is something that
their employer owns and always will. I accept this 'day laborer'
notion.

Intellectual property will end up in the hands of those with money.
I personally do no like or accept this. This does not make me a
communist.
I simply have drawn a line beyond which capitalism must not go.

Your idea of us foolishly relinquishing our right to knowledge to
support
the entrepreneurial fantasies a few is not acceptable. Our only defense
against the eventual hoarding of knowedge by those who can afford it
is something like the GPL.

Mark Hinds
Software day and night laborer