Re: [ox-en] Re: Business opportuities based on Free Software
- From: magius <gmagius gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 12:43:51 +0200
Imho, what Franz notes, is a very important thing. Why FLOSS was
successful? Because it used the principles..of AIKIDO ! It used the
enemies' energies to strenghten and propagate the FLOSS mode of
production itself. It happened through the GNU/GPL working mechanism.
Let me give you an example: IBM doesnt use and produce FLOSS, because
is a "good" company (ethical value) but because FLOSS is useful
(utilitaristic value) to make profits (through services related to
FLOSS that it offers). But.. But if IBM wants to use a GNU/GPL
software, it is obliged to release its contribution under GNU/GPL !
GNU/GPL is the tool to "socialize" the value of the software produced
by IBM and to avoid its privatization.
2006/5/17, Franz Nahrada <f.nahrada reflex.at>:
You can still dream of your "seedling form" developing entirely out of its
own potential and power, in reality it is an interaction between the
forces of the old and the new. Without Jimmy Wales there would be no
Wikipedia and thus no free content flagship project - and without IBM and
SUN FLOSS would be the hobby of an esoteric circle of technicians. It is
very sad that consequentally with your method of "unmasking" and
"purifying" you hinder and disturb the process of development of Free
Software and Free Modes in general and you have consequentially also
contributed to the loss of quality and almost destruction of the German
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