Re: Economics and the GPL
Matt Seitz <[email protected]>
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"Deven T. Corzine" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > 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? ===== Sincerely, Matt Seitz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com