Game Theory was Re: GPL Infectiousness

[Derek Neighbors]

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> Where is your economic principle behind this?  Have you seen "A
> Beautiful Mind" think of his 'revelation' for a minute.
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> 5 girls. 1 much better looking than the other.  4 boys.
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> If all 4 boys go after the best looking (greed), its likely they all
> nullify each other an NO ONE gets the girl and the other girls then snub
> them and they all go home empty handed.
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> However, if they all strategically pick one of the other 4 girls, they
> all get a girl and move along.  Sometimes 'taking one' for the team
> yields a better result.
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> If Microsoft is that pretty girl and Free Software Choices the other
> girls and user community the boys.  Can you see why the pretty girl is
> nervous?
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> I havent taken the time to research the economic principles in detail,
> but I dont think greed is a proven theory of goodness (ask Enron).

I decided to research this some (been on my list to do anyhow).  Its
called game theory.  Interestingly the first site I found was UCLA's
economic theory home page. =20

http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general.htm

Funny that here are a list of some of the essays on it....

Why the SSSCA is Wrong [March 2002]
All hail the Borg [December 2001]
Why Napster is Right (with Michele Boldrin) [October 2000].

Im sure there is more good stuff to be found.....

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Derek Neighbors
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