Re: OSD && DFSG - different purposes - constructive suggestion!
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:23:26AM -0500, Brian T. Sniffen wrote:
> > Convince me that in this imperfect world, as we try to make things
> > more transparent, and give people more control and access over the
> > software that affects them, that being able to get access to the
> > sourcecode for www.wherever.com whether they want me to or not is a
> > *bad* thing.
> * There's less incentive to develop new changes: unless you can afford
> a stable of developers large enough to deploy new features faster
> than your competitors can copy them, you gain no competitive
> advantage from innovation. Software gets developed only to scratch
> personal itches.
This sure sounds like a (poor) argument against open source in general.
--
Glenn Maynard
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