[P2P-F] red hat's restriction's

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks Patrick!

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > hi patrick,
> >
> > I think you may have misread the article it's not about selling software,
> > but about withholding updates on bugs .. i.e. some info is no longer
> shared
> > with competitors ...
>
> As a software engineer myself, I know almost every update contains bug
> fixes.
>
> Maybe you are saying it becomes a "social imperative" when the changes
> are more 'vital'?
>
> I guess I can see the concern.
>
> It would be as though I had discovered a way to fix a terrible problem
> in the world such as disease or hunger, but am holding that solution
> ransom - revealing it only to those who pay me - similar to how the
> pharmaceutical and agriculture industries patent lifeforms to stop
> those designs from being copied.
>
> There is a difference however.  The Linux kernel is protected by the
> GNU GPL which requires RedHat allow anyone who receives a copy of
> those fixes be allowed to further distribute them without limit.
>
> Hmm... So their actions require someone on earth buy at least 1 copy
> of those fixes, but cannot stop that buyer from giving those changes
> away - though there are real costs involved for internet connectivity
> that distributor must find some way to recover.
>



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