5 Jan
2011
5 Jan
'11
10:06 a.m.
On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 14:44 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
then B is an ass - he should have taken it from me. The fact that A takes my code and closes it only applies to the copy A has - my copy
is
still open.
In the real world, your friend is $megacorp with a world-wide supply chain, retail store presence even in little towns and $$$ in marketing budget to burn. B is someone who just needs to solve a problem yesterday, goes to nearest store and picks what his television tells him is the best software since /bin/true.
I wrote this parable some time back: http://lawgon.livejournal.com/68802.html
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