2007/1/14, Sachin G Nambiar bomlug@snambiar.com:
When i buy a software i have a right to use it in any way i wish.
That is Freedom 0. If you buy a non-free software you don't have these rights.period.
But when
i distribute it as if it were my own(even with modifications), iam basically building upon the millions(possibly) spent by the creator in developing, market research for usability and marketing.
You are thinking from a proprietory business model. Free Software is created because we want to live in Freedom. Open Source Software is to develop powerful and reliable software. There isn't a creator but every one collaborate here.
The creator has
every right to stop me from distributing the software because as a creator he/she has every right to control who gets the software and who does not!
This is not a natural right but one he got from the Bern Convention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary...
Software is intangible like mp3 and the effect of free distribution will
make my business model non-profitable!
Chose another business model that is profitable. Who said you should chose a non-profitable business model?
The creator likes the society as a whole to be benefited thats why he made
the software, but not at his expense!
No, if he likes to see th whole socity benefited he would have released it as Free Software.
Cheers Praveen