Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:20:07 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> As it's included in commercial distributions,
>>
>> Commercial distributions of Linux?  That doesn't count. The more broken
>> it is, the more money they make.
> 
> Um, I don't see how. 

If you can copy it for free, the only business model is to charge to fix it. 
Indeed, that's the usual answer to "well, how do programmers make a living 
if all software is free?"

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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