RE: Simputer team interview

[Kingsly John <kingslyj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Arun Sharma wrote:

 |>     Arun> GPL is a discriminatory license - it discriminates against
 |>     Arun> those who write closed source software for a living.
 |> 
 |> Even worse, copyright is discriminatory since it discriminates against
 |> those who pirate movies for a living! 
 |
 |Pirates didn't pay to make the movie. In this case, the tax payer, who
 |also happens to be a closed source programmer, paid his taxes.

So can I say that pedestrians are discriminating against me.. coz I paid
Road Tax .. but they didn't and yet they get to use the roads for free!!

Are you saying that open source programmers don't pay taxes ?? and who is
being discriminated against ?? (The govt. that is losing tax revenue ??)

I don't think this discussion is going anywhere... why don't you just add
the line that "GPL is a discriminatory license - it discriminates
against those who write closed source software for a living." to your
signature and so anyone who has something to say can mail you /offlist/

Kingsly


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