Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!apple!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Copylefting Message-ID: <5272@ficc.uu.net> Date: 26 Jul 89 16:24:28 GMT References: <26@ark1.nswc.navy.mil> <26633@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 25 In article <26633@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer) writes: > That's an absurd analogy. Try this one for size: a fellow invents a > new type of hammer, and allows anyone to use it to build houses so > long as they give away the plans for the house. Since there are people who make their living designing and selling plans for houses, this is a good analogy. It's an argument against the FSF copyleft, though. > Um, who's going to pay for that publicity? The same people who, through the goodness of their hearts, will pay for the lawyers to protect copylefts and for the development of copylefted software. Oh, and computer and trade magazines. i.e., there are MORE resources available to publicise PD software than to protect FSFware. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "...helping make the world Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | a quote-free zone..." Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | -- hjm@cernvax.cern.ch