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Re: Sunday, August 18, 2002
Dave believes (and I'm sure he'll correct me if I get this wrong) that Larry doesn't understand the software business itself, in all its real-world complexities Here's the correction you were looking for. There's no way to know how he got to that place. I think perhaps Ernie the Attorney had the best explanation. There is an attorney point of view of software. Ernie explains it well. It would be arrogant for me to say that anyone doesn't understand the software business, I only understand one slice of it. Anyway, after endless wheedling, let's try another angle, and forget about Lessig for a bit -- he isn't here, so who can tell what he would say about this or that. Question: Where's the harm in keeping the system as-is, minus the patents. Give me an indefinite copyright on my own work. But I can't stop anyone from competing with me. So if I don't open up some aspect of my code, and that's a mistake, the market will correct me, and one of my competitors will eat my lunch. Where is the problem with that? There are responses to this message:
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