Re: GPL vs. sweatshops (was Re: Bias)

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Roland wrote:

> At 11:35 AM 6/14/02 -0400, Deven T. Corzine wrote:
> 
> >As for poor countries, they may have limited resources, but does that mean
> >they can contribute NOTHING to the cost of developing the software they'd
> >like to use?  Somehow I doubt that's the limit of their capabilities...
> 
> Please be carefull with what you say. Let me remember you that daily 
> thousands of people die of starvation. There are many countries that can't 
> afford to pay for software, but they have to because there is no choice. 
> Giving them a choice seems reasonable to me...

In such a case, where they truly can't afford it, it would make sense to 
allow them free access as a special case.  Many people, however, can pay 
but won't if they don't have to...

Deven