[pp.int.general] Why Free Software misses the point

[Philip Hunt]

On 14 May 2010 09:19, I.K. <aeroclub.ep at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Boris,
> You say that an "end-user" doesn't need a source code. But that actually
> means that "majority of end-users" don't need a source code: you don't, and
> I don't.

Indeed not. But if everyone has the source code, some people will find
it useful & build enhancements to it, and because it's free software,
those enhancements are available to all.

> But some end-users might decide that they want to modify a program.

Only 0.1% of users might modify it, but those modififcations are then
available to the other 99.9%

> So we're just talking about majority.

Do you mean "minority" here?


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Philip Hunt, <cabalamat at gmail.com>