Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:45:05 +0200 | Subject | Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] | From | Helge Hafting <> |
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 12:40:48PM -0400, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: [...] > The coherency you seek lies in seeing a common thread of wanting > something for nothing. Free software developers often clone products > developed by commercial companies; this is taking a free ride (something > for nothing) on the R&D budget of the corporation. The effort that goes > into designing quality software isn't just coding -- it's also research, > design, focus groups, testing, and QA. I think it is quite reasonable > for commercial entities to protect their investment in time, effort, and > personnel. > Except that this isn't "something for nothing". The free clone is the price paid - it is available for everybody, including that company. Companies are free to use free linux distributions, and get a lot that way.
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