Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> I don't follow your analogy at all. 

I understand that you don't 'get it'. It has very little to do with price. It 
has to do with FREEDOM. It is NOT about getting something for free. It is 
about being free to share, modify, collaberate etc..

Please read the information provide by the FSF, GNU.org. Read the GPL. Read 
the 'Cathedral and the Bazaar' by ESR.


http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreedomOrganizations

-- 
Kevin O'Connor

  "People will be free to devote themselves to activities that are fun ...

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