[Nottingham] Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#

[Michael Simms]

On 26 Jul 2009, at 02:18, Jim Moore <jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com>  
wrote:

> On 7/20/09, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Rather an interesting post:
>>
>>
>> Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#
>>
>> http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono
>>
>>
>> Fanciful?
>> Extremist?
>> A form of self-sabotage?
>>
>> ... But... Note also the ever increasing debacle for using VFAT...  
>> And
>> the past silliness with mp3... And the very expensive SCO attacks...
>>
>> It's all a jungle out there!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Martin
>>
>
> There's an extremely easy way to avoid  litigation - simply don't
> charge  for any software you write. Charge instead for tech support

Ive just been discussing that subject via a blog post - the problem  
with this is that it encourages open source to be harder to use or  
broken, compared to proprietary. If your only way of making money is  
support, it doesnt encourage good software

> unless you're quoting lyrics in their fullness to an audience of more
> than thirteen people and they have MAF/RIAA ties, they can't touch
> you.
>
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