Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:45:53 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <redprince@redprince.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <20000514104553.A28453@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000513194018.00898d80@mail85.pair.com>; from redprince@redprince.net on Sat, May 13, 2000 at 07:40:18PM -0500 References: <003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme> <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <20000513205610.A22103@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <20000514010614.A16058@happy.checkpoint.com> <391DDB3E.8DFFD8D0@mindspring.com> <20000514041848.K22405@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513181415.00890300@mail85.pair.com> <20000514051809.N22405@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513194018.00898d80@mail85.pair.com>
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It's interesting that shortly after this free-software argument, I
find an article by John Perry Barlow (Grateful Dead lyricist and EFF
co-founder) giving his opinion about Napster and copying of music:
http://technocrat.net/958163435
In particular, I think this quote could apply equally to the software
industry.
While scarcity may increase the value of physical
goods, such as CD's, the opposite applies to information. In a
dematerialized information economy, there is an equally strong
relationship between familiarity and value. If your work is good,
allowing what you've done to self-replicate freely increases demand
for what you haven't done yet...
-R.
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