Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:22:10 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Jason Garman <garman@earthling.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Richard Stallman came to town Message-ID: <XFMail.990515002210.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990514221109.F13575@fw.garman.net>
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On 15-May-99 Jason Garman wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 09:08:01AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> And you are confusing practical with technically possible. If one customer >> takes your source and puts it up an ftp server and announces it to the >> world, >> then you just lost a very good portion of your sales. >> > ... and this is somehow different from someone posting binaries on an ftp > server and announcing it to the world? why does source suddenly make this > so much more of a threat? if nothing more, the binaries would be more of > a threat because they usually have a flashy installer utility and such > included, while the straight source release probably won't. I have legal recourse against someone who pirates my software. I don't if it's released under the GPL. Also, binaries are only for one platform, source is usable on many more platforms than a binary. Source also tells more about your product and ideas than a binary. I have to have some stuff that people are willing to buy so I can eat, and if they can get it free, they won't be willing to by. Besides, hasn't the entire open source movement shown you why source is more of a "threat"? > -- > Jason Garman http://jasongarman.com/ > Student, University of Maryland garman@earthling.net --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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