thanks Patrick!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Patrick Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agnucius@gmail.com">agnucius@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> hi patrick,<br>
><br>
> I think you may have misread the article it's not about selling software,<br>
> but about withholding updates on bugs .. i.e. some info is no longer shared<br>
> with competitors ...<br>
<br>
</div>As a software engineer myself, I know almost every update contains bug fixes.<br>
<br>
Maybe you are saying it becomes a "social imperative" when the changes<br>
are more 'vital'?<br>
<br>
I guess I can see the concern.<br>
<br>
It would be as though I had discovered a way to fix a terrible problem<br>
in the world such as disease or hunger, but am holding that solution<br>
ransom - revealing it only to those who pay me - similar to how the<br>
pharmaceutical and agriculture industries patent lifeforms to stop<br>
those designs from being copied.<br>
<br>
There is a difference however. �The Linux kernel is protected by the<br>
GNU GPL which requires RedHat allow anyone who receives a copy of<br>
those fixes be allowed to further distribute them without limit.<br>
<br>
Hmm... So their actions require someone on earth buy at least 1 copy<br>
of those fixes, but cannot stop that buyer from giving those changes<br>
away - though there are real costs involved for internet connectivity<br>
that distributor must find some way to recover.<br>
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