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MS Internet Developer: Free Software 2.0

Thanks to David L.
Collett
for this link.

“My mother always told me never to disturb a hornet’s nest.
Those critters will come after you with all their fury. It seems
that’s what I did with my last column, “Free Software. Is it Worth
the Cost?”

“This column is about the question: should intellectual
property-more specifically, software-be “free”?”

“I like a world where a programmer can sit in a spare bedroom
hacking away late at night. When the product is ready, the budding
young entrepreneur can sell the product. All the toils of
late-night development may then be rewarded with, among other
things, a nice pile of cash. This flies in the face of the GNU
concept where the product can be distributed by anyone to
anyone.”

Complete
story
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