On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 14:45 +0530, steve 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.
Let's us assume that A is smarter than you
the very fact that he is dumb enough to take *my* code makes that assumption very remote ;-)
(OMG ! is that even possible ??) and has added stuff that you cannot implement independently for another year or so -- you have effectively killed B's freedom (of /choice/) -- he now either has to give up his software freedom or give up technical advancements. In this scenario who is the person causing the restriction to freedom ?
*shrugs* that is B's problem - no one compels him to pay cash money for software - it is his choice. If you cannot get something free, and you cannot do without it or work around it - you pay. I see lots of people paying for software because they think they cannot do without it. Not my problem.