nemesis wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> Why not?  AFAIK, it's exactly what RedHat, Novell and other Linux-based firms
>>> are doing.
>> Ask the people who write video games and are put out of business because 90%
>> of the games are pirated.
> 
> Piracy is a problem in Windows environments, as far as I can tell.  How this has
> anything to do with this conversation is really beyond me.

You asked why someone GPLing their software can't spend $1M on it and sell 
100,000 copies for $10 each like someone using proprietary licenses. Even 
with illegal copying, companies go out of business before making the money 
back they spent, let alone if the license requires them to give it away.

>>> Well, if it pleases you, I don't feel an urge to write SAP from scratch be it
>>> under GPL, MIT or a 1 million dollar contract.
>> No, but some people obviously do.
> 
> Where are they?

www.sap.com

>> By dismissing them as unworthy to play in
>> your playground, you beg the question.
> 
> I don't think the GPL would be against a SAP-alike project.

No, but it won't happen, because there's not enough revenue in it when you 
spread it around to everyone who will freeload off it.  GPL doesn't prevent 
leeching. It only prevents leeching the *code*.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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