Re: An attempt (probably in vain)

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From: david carlton
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1992 19:07

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In article <MIB.92Jan17193223@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:
>In article <NEERI.92Jan17101553@iis.ethz.ch> neeri@iis.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher) writes:

>    But seriously, could you please give us a picture of how you
>    imagine the world when everyone would distribute everything under
>    the GPL ? Am I wrong in imagining that programmers would become
>    pariahs in our heartless, capitalist world ?

> I don't think programmers would be pariahs.

Yeah, I didn't really understand that comment.

> I'm confident of two things:

> First, there would be more, and better quality, software, and it would
> be more generally available.

I doubt that there would be more software, personally; while there
would probably be better distribution mechanisms, I think that that
would be offset by the decreased number of people writing software.
Not sure, though.  It would unquestionably be more generally
available, and there would be a lot less junk.

> Second, there would be far fewer programmers.

Ayep.

david carlton
carlton@husc.harvard.edu

       I'm having a tax-deductible experience!  I need an energy
       crunch!!

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