Re: Petreley on commercial support for non-MS OSes

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

At 02:44 PM 1/3/99 -0500, Steve Cohen wrote:
 
>The difference is that Brett wants "open source" developers to let him
>profit off their innovations; 

We should all be able to profit from one another's innovations.

The effect of publishing free, open source software without allowing others
to build on it is predatory pricing and the destruction of markets
and livelihoods.

>Suppose there was no repository of GPL code.  Then Brett would have to do
>exactly what he must do now - reinvent the wheel.

And you think that's a good thing? If so, you are both anti-business 
and anti-innovation.

Actually, there is SOME reprieve from that tedious fate thanks to the 
existence of BSD-licensed open source. But that pool is not nearly
large enough. Right now, the GPL is still destroying business opportunities
and is preying on innovative small business.

--Brett