Re: Economics and the GPL

Matt Seitz <[email protected]>
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"Deven T. Corzine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Right now, I think the *GPL is basically a good thing 
> but IF it were to become an effective monopoly, I could see that as being a 
> very bad thing.  

I think this is an excellent distinction to make.  Tactics that are perfectly
appropriate in a competitive marketplace may become inappropriate if one
becomes a monopoly (a distinction that Microsoft and its supporters either
don't grasp or choose to ignore).  The question then becomes:  what is the best
way to prevent an xGPL project from becoming a destructive monopoly?
 

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Sincerely,
Matt Seitz

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