>> Yes, it's intentional scarcity. Why is it assumed that's a bad thing? Artificial scarcity is not necessarily bad, but it is not realistic on its own. The a

>> Yes, it's intentional scarcity. Why is it assumed that's a bad thing? Artificial scarcity is not necessarily bad, but it is not realistic on its own. The amount of piracy on the Internet shows that artificial scarity alone is insufficient. >> When we license our code, there's a choice to limit it's use or not Yes and the choice to impose artifical scarcity or not impacts how widely the code is used. Code released under unrestricted licenses is more widely used than artifically restricted code.