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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Copywrongs
Message-ID: <10512@claris.com>
Date: 24 Aug 89 01:01:33 GMT
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Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <2574@trantor.harris-atd.com> bbadger@x102c.harris-atd.com (Badger BA 64810) writes:
>In article <12440@s.ms.uky.edu> tek@ms.uky.edu (Thomas Kunselman) writes:
>>I think we are already heading towards the direction of 'free' information.
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>>research and development among the many users in an equal and non-profiteering
>>manner.  
>>
>>Already we are seeing things like this, especially with the Japanese, but
>>also here with the Open Software Foundation and similar organizations. 
>>When development costs have been paid for there is no reason NOT to copy
>                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>the information for free.  I believe it could get quite difficult to 
>>produce new information products for 0 real development costs.  
>>
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>>-- 
>>Thomas Kunselman                              {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!tek          
>>Office of Institutional Research       bitnet: tek@ukma.bitnet
>>Kentucky State University            internet: tek@ms.uky.edu
>>Frankfort, KY 40601                     Educate, Don't Legislate! 
>
>Except for the usual one:  obscene profits!   What incentive is there to 
>stop?  Of course, in a market economy, we hope that someone just a little 
>less greedy will step in and produce a similar product at a lower cost.
>
>Bernard A. Badger Jr.	407/984-6385          |``Use the Source, Luke!''
>Secure Computer Products                      |``Get a LIFE!''  -- J.H. Conway
>Harris GISD, Melbourne, FL  32902             |Buddy, can you paradigm?
>Internet: bbadger%x102c@trantor.harris-atd.com|'s/./&&/g' Tom sed expansively.

People don't introduce lower cost products because they are morally superiour
to their competition (your "less greedy"), they do it because they think they
can take away sales from their competition and make a profit themselves.

And tell me, what is an "obscene profit"?  What you think is an obscene profit
might be a tidy profit for my effort.  So should the State decide?

-- michael peirce, for profit software developer