Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)

There's a effect where chimpanzies will make a "I've found food!"
exclamation when they find food - nearby chimps will hear this and come to
the location of the food. Now, for the _individual_ chimp that found the
food, it is invariably better if that chimp could eat as much of the food as
it wanted before calling out - but it's an inbuilt behaviour that the chimp
cannot control. Naturalists have observed chimps putting their hands over
their mouths when they cry out. I.e. there is a conflict in the chimps
brain when it finds food: inbuilt behaviours that have evolved naturally
and have given the chimp species a particular advantage, over the wants of
an individual from that species.

So, to consider what is better for the buyer alone is to ignore a bigger
picture.


"Willem" <willem@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrndjfh3o.28f1.willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Gerry wrote:
> ) In article <slrndjf86h.1krl.willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, willem@xxxxxxxx
> ) says...
> )> My argument is roughly: if you use any piece of software that is closed
> )> source, if would have been better if the vendor had decided to release
> )> it under some open source license.
> )
> ) That's like saying it would be better if the vendor had decided to make
> ) it free, or to give you money for using it.
>
> I can't argue with that.
>
> ) You are ignoring the effect on the vendor.
>
> By the same token, you could say that it is better for a vendor
> to produce software that locks in the users most effectively.
>
> The two reasons I can think of off-hand for a venduh to keep his software
> closed-source would be to make it more difficult for others to copy what
> you've done, and to lock in your buyers to your support only.
>
> Anyway, it comes to a tradeoff between better-for-the-vendor and
> better-for-the-buyer. So yes, I ignore the effect on the vendor
> when arguing what's best for the buyer.
>
>
> SaSW, Willem
> --
> Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements
> made in the above text. For all I know I might be
> drugged or something..
> No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you !
> #EOT


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