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From: mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software, development & copyrights
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Date: 4 Aug 89 00:08:46 GMT
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In article <5487@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:

<In article <26879@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer) writes:
<> Ok. Let's take an example I'm familiar with (as opposed to Ferranti,
<> which I'm not), and consider passenger cars. A company produces those,
<> and charges some extra amount for whatever software is on board. Now,
<> assume they make the source code to that software available. Two
<> things happen: 1) those people who sell roms to change the performance
<> now have an easier job, and can charge marginally less for the roms.
<
<And the manufacturer is now liable for damage caused by these hacked-up
<ROMS. You will, of course, make the claim that the FSF license will
<absolve them of responsibility, but such all-inclusive disclaimers have
<not held up in court.

No, I won't I'll claim that you're wrong. Unless you also think that
the manufacturer is liable for damages caused by tweaked engines,
hacked suspensions, et. al.

And if you believe that, I'm suprised you'd advocate selling
_anything_.

<[Oh, let's add one more thing. Mike here is saying that profits are a
< bad thing:]
<
<> If you prefixed that with "to maximize profits," I'd agree. However, I
<> don't think you've demonstrated a need other than that. That's not
<> sufficient.

Oh bullstuff. I'm saying that maximizing profits at the expense of
everything else is a bad thing.

	<mike
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