Re: Economics and the GPL

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Roland wrote:

> At 02:45 PM 6/19/02 -0400, Deven T. Corzine wrote:
> > > That's one way of looking at it.  Another is that it is using the tools of
> > > oppression against the oppressor.
> >
> >But are you on a higher moral ground if you act like those you despise?
> 
> He is not acting like those who he despises, he is merely using their 
> tools. Sounds fair to me.

He's not?  Hmm...  Software hoarding?  Check.  Embrace and extend?  Check.

I thought Microsoft and others were supposedly bad *because* they did these 
things, not only because they don't distribute source?

I guess the question is, do the ends justify the means?

Deven