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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FREE Software, PD and author compensation
Message-ID: <3090@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 14 Dec 88 13:57:45 GMT
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Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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This takes us back to a concept known as "The tragedy of the commons".

"But, Dan, why should XCorp pay $200,000 to develop ProgramA instead of
waiting 6 months for YCorp to do it?"

And of course Mr Y, president of YCorp, says the same thing.

When everybody owns a resource, nobody owns it. Nobody maintains it.

And Big Brother steps into the vacuum.
-- 
		    Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		     Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?

	          Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn busines#!rne