[CS-FSLUG] Proprietary Software: Capitalism or Greed?

[Ed Hurst]

Don Parris wrote:
> Recently, Eben Moglen was quoted as saying that proprietary software wasn't 
> really about capitalism, but about greed.  While that sounds good, what is the 
> basis for such a statement?  The statement is important because it cuts to 
> the heart of the defense of proprietary software.  

I would add only a qualificationa: *Some* proprietary software is about 
greed, not about fair capitalism. Fair and free capitalism does not 
allow for near-monopoly leverage to force everyone to live with unfair 
restrictions on software licensing. Fair and free capitalism doesn't 
permit outright lying to promote your product, either. Lying to the 
potential customer -- which is most advertising you see today -- reduces 
the element of freedom in choice.


-- 
Ed Hurst
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