I wonder if these laws could be encapsulated by a simple principle, which is that software has both per-project and per-unit costs, just like hardware. Notably,

I wonder if these laws could be encapsulated by a simple principle, which is that software has both per-project and per-unit costs, just like hardware. Notably, it contradicts the simplistic view that you can write a piece of software once and sell copies indefinitely at virtually no cost.