Re: [OT] Intelectual Property Law [WAS: Re: what graphic card to buy?]
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- Subject: Re: [OT] Intelectual Property Law [WAS: Re: what graphic card to buy?]
- From: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:42:44 -0400
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:30:50 +0300
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jo, 19 iul 12, 22:50:25, Celejar wrote:
> >
> > Quite true - and completely irrelevant to my point. I don't deny that
> > money can be made with FLOSS, just that it's pointless to try to sell
> > copies of one's software if it's freely copyable. The examples you give
> > are all of models other than the straightforward sale of licenses or
> > copies.
>
> IMO a business model that relies on the possibility to sell copies that
> basically cost nothing to produce is broken.
Is this a moral claim, a business one, a legal one, or just plain dogma?
Celejar
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