Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)

"Antoon Pardon" <apardon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Op 2005-09-23, William schreef <Reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > History - there for anyone to read and interpret.
>
> You show no evidence. You only assert there is evidence.
> So I find your statement that I prefer my belief system
> over the evidence at least premature.

Since we both have equal access to the available evidence,
but only one of us has asserted that they've studied it,
I kind of think you do prefer your belief system. By your
own assertion, anything I feed you will be biased, but you
don't seem inclined to do any looking on your own.

You made the original assertion, it's been challenged,
your turn. Were I in your position, I'd have hopped over
to Google and checked out a few high profile inventors
and/or inventions and come up with a little support.

Here're some starters:
John Harrison (chronometer)
George Westinghouse (hundreds, but most of his early
work was railroad-related)
Joseph Jacquard (loom)
Samuel Colt (revolver)
Elias Howe (sewing machine)

I would argue that most of these people were responding
to market opportunities with profits in mind. (Harrison
was responding to a prize offer, but a large market for
timepieces was obvious as well.)

But just refuting these won't support your argument very
well, you need to find evidence of a trend; something
suggesting a majority were not profit motivated to begin
their work.

BTW, I didn't bother mentioning Edison - too obvious.

> Well but until I actually studied this evidence and form
> a valid opinion, you can't expect me to be convinced, can
> you?

I don't actually expect you to be convinced. -Wm


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