Re: Does the LGPL encourage sharing of code?

At 07:37 PM 4/12/2002, Anthony Taylor wrote:

>The economy is not merely
>the exchange of green paper things (or prettily-colored paper things,
>for folks with better-looking money).

It's clear from the above that you either never took -- or flunked --
Econ 101. The key measure of an economy is the velocity of money -- the 
rate at which money and other valuable objects are changing hands. No 
commerce, no economy. The unmeasurable "intrinsic" value which you tout
means nothing. It is only when something is bought, sold, or exchanged, 
by knowledgeable, willing people, that a snapshot of its worth is created. 

And, as anyone who has ever dealt with real estate appraisals knows, it's 
only a short-lived snapshot. After a relatively short period of time, 
that transaction can no longer be relied upon to determine an object's 
worth and a new appraisal must be performed.

The purpose of the GPL is to kill commercial software -- and, hence,
commerce. And, hence, the software economy.

--Brett Glass