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>> There is no reason why people in poor cities should be barred from transmitting software peer to peer peacefully and instead forced via threat of violence to
by rutthenut 6y ago
>> There is no reason why people in poor cities should be barred from transmitting software peer to peer peacefully and instead forced via threat of violence to pay tithes to people like Bill Gates.
You appear to be under some delusion that when companies invest in developing and supporting software - or other things - they are behoven to give that away as a charitable act.
Microsoft, for example, is a business tasked with making a profit.
- breck 6y ago> You appear to be under some delusion that when companies invest in developing and supporting software - or other things - they are behoven to give that away as a charitable act. This is a lie and I never implied such a thing. What I'm saying is that when companies publish something, they should not then win some special rights of control over the people. You are free to keep ideas a secret, but as soon as you publish, people should be free and have the freedom to do what they want with those ideas. > Microsoft, for example, is a business tasked with making a profit. Thank you for telling me that my former employer is a for-profit business. I had no idea. /s