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From: slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner)
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Subject: Re: New ideas on software piracy... Flames welcome.
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 21:24:03 EDT
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> 
> 	I have this idea floating around in my head that I can't get 
> rid of. Why can't information be free?
> 
> 	I see the present system of software marketing as fading into 
> the background, and that sooner or later, most computer software will 
> be public domain or freeware.  

Tell me this, if all software if public domain, who is going to
sink 50 to 100 man-years developing the next generation of great
software?  (The 50-100 man-year figure is only for development, there
needs to be an equal amount of time put in for QA and documentation...)

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