From owner-freebsd-chat Sat May 13 22:16:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B901537B8FA for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 22:16:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 33817 invoked from network); 14 May 2000 05:15:55 -0000 Received: from theory6.physics.iisc.ernet.in (qmailr@144.16.71.126) by theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in with SMTP; 14 May 2000 05:15:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 28501 invoked by uid 211); 14 May 2000 05:15:53 -0000 Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:45:53 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: "G. Adam Stanislav" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <20000514104553.A28453@physics.iisc.ernet.in> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i 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 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.15pre4 alpha X-Question: Do you enjoy reading pointless headers? Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message